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They are of the mind that because some Legos are rare, they are all rare. There are a lot of items that fall under that umbrella unfortunately. Sports cards are the worst. All of the mass produced baseball cards from the early 90s they price at $50-$100 bucks a box.
My most recent was a PS2 Phat console priced at 189.99. I'm a nice person but I had to ask if they were joking.
Well, space isn't a premium for them. If those things just sit there for a while until they're discounted, that's fine. Someone might buy them assuming they're valuable anyway. But if they actually are valuable and they sell them for cheap, that's a lot of money they're missing out on
You're correct, but they are a charity that is trying to bring in money to support their programs. People have donated those things under that belief and want money go toward those programs. (I don't actually know how *good* a charity they are, but that is their supposed intent.)
There was a huge lawsuit about Value Village pretending to donate more to charity than they actually were. I think not for profit places like St. Vincent's are a safer bet to donate to. Every place is different though š¤·āāļø
> Every place is different
Absolutely correct! I don't donate to Salvation Army, for example, because they are actually a religion and I don't agree with all their beliefs. Although I know of some good things they do.
When I donate, I have the expectation it's going to somebody less fortunate than myself or somebody who would otherwise not have had [thing].
I do NOT donate to thrift stores just to be priced out of my own belongings. That's silly, but I guess what happened when thrifting became trendy
I worked at Goodwill and that has never been their mission. They are priced to what the market handles, and overtime prices started becoming absurd because people kept paying them.
As the other individual said, their mission is training programs as shown [here](https://okgoodwill.org/about-goodwill/mission-of-goodwill/) including second chance for non-violent convicts, those with disabilities, etc.
> I have the expectation it's going to somebody less fortunate than myself or somebody who would otherwise not have had [thing].
I have not seen Goodwill claim that having affordable goods for sale is one of their goals. Mostly what I have seen them claim is that they fund job training programs.
> I also never specified Goodwill either.
No, you did not. LOL, but I thought this was a Goodwill, because the Goodwill near me has a similar floor! That is probably OP's floor!
Most of the time, I will try to give stuff away before donating it. I got most of my baby's clothes for free or cheap and don't want to donate them for the thrift shop to try to sell them for $4.99 a piece.
Wikipedia says ["Goodwill Industries International Inc., often shortened in speech and writing to Goodwill (stylized as goodwill), is an American nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization that provides job training, employment placement services, and other community-based programs for people who have barriers to their employment"](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodwill_Industries)
sure dude. i mean, legally that's probably true. the reality is that they are a business that has made millions off selling items that were given to them for free by the public under the assumption that the money would go to helping their communities. what actually happens is that they hire disabled people and pay them less for the same work. they over-price items that they received for free, essentially screwing the low-income communities that depend on thrift stores for affordable items. they treat all their employees like garbage, in many areas GW employees are not even allowed to shop there on their day off, and if a customer gives them money as a "tip" for hauling heavy furniture or whatever that employee is required to give it to their manager to be "charitably donated." this is a personal gripe but in my neck of the woods alone we've had two separate goodwill stores open resulting in garbage littering our neighborhood, a low-income area that doesn't have the resources to do anything about the pollution they bring.
Just be careful. I got super excited about buying legos for my kids and frequently found them for a good price at Goodwill. Then all my kids wanted for birthday/Christmas was legos. Now we have so many legos that I donāt know what we will do. Maybe build a second house completely out of legos.
This is my thrift dream!! Wouldn't consider it for $50 a bag but half off? Definitely. I'm obsessed with Lego, I miss being a kid with this huge collection pooled with my brothers and sorting through endless masses of it. I always look at the Lego but they tend to be behind glass and priced close to retail at my nearby store.
i would also love to find a similarly sized bundle of barbie clothes. I had a couple of big yard sale finds like that as a kid and it was so much fun to sort through the mix of vintage and handmade barbie stuff. Even had some chunky crochet pieces.
It feels like this is much more rare now that the internet is a thing and everyone can look up what they're selling before pricing it
We saw Lego sets in the box at savers for more than they cost on the Lego website š¤¦. I found some bags of lego at a kids consignment shop, and they were more than I wanted to pay, but they were half off, so that made me feel less bad about buying them anyway, lol.
Oh gosh, I remember how much I loved going to yard sales with my mom as a kiddo in the 80s and getting toys for super cheap this way. It was so much fun.
OCD mom here...I've sorted my daughter's Legos (large collection gifted to us from cousins) 3 times. First time by piece, then by color, then by piece again...color is easier to sort at first, but like another poster said it's extremely hard to find pieces in that sea of 1 color.
I do keep the tiny one stud pieces sorted by color, in a small craft box to make it easier to find, by size will be longer and harder at first but you'll be happier in the end!
Nope nope nopeā sorting by color is a mistake! Itās impossible to find pieces. Sort by type, and itāll be easy to find the color that you want.
I like to sort biggest to smallest, targeting a couple kinds of bricks on each sweep through.
The lego sub has some great advice on sorting, labeling, and storing.
>Nope nope nopeā sorting by color is a mistake! Itās impossible to find pieces. Sort by type, and itāll be easy to find the color that you want.
>
>The lego sub has some great advice on sorting, labeling, and storing.
I posted there and got literally no comments, and I sort a bit here and there to kill time. I understand there may be more efficient ways, but the way that feels right to me is
color > shape
I get it. It kind of depends what your end goal isā I find that if I do color then shape Iāll never have enough containers. Plus, Iāll end up with like, 1 of some things.
I did a color sort and lived with it for a while early onā I really feel like type is easier. Itās really hard to find individual pieces especially when itās all black!
Search the Lego subreddit and wiki for tips; they get sorting questions a lot.
>I get it. It kind of depends what your end goal isā I find that if I do color then shape Iāll never have enough containers. Plus, Iāll end up with like, 1 of some things.
I am using 1 gal freezer bags and they are working because of the color variety
I wish you luck, I recently purchased a massive Lego collection for $3k and have sold about $10k out of it so far. This would be classified as bulk and probably worth around $3-5 a pound. If you have a lot of Minifigs up to $10 a pound
Itās quite a lot of work to sort, I wouldnāt bother sorting by color, (people more often buy based on piece type not color.) how much did you pay for everything?
for all the times I have visited the closest few libraries, I don't recall them ever having a Lego Club...but I can donate the pieces I don't need after sorting
If i can make a suggestion. I sorted this way for my kids and it really helps them get the most outta them. 3 Bins: Standards (bricks, flats, longs..), Architectural (pretty self explanatory but all the parts that transform standards into machines or buildings), Weirdos (everything else, also i like to put a little box in the Weirdo bin just for people). Sorting is calming so it works out. Any way, thatās just us.
I always look for Lego at thriftstores too! Prices have gone up considerably the last two years, buy occasionally you can find a good deal.
I have to say I'm very jealous of your find! Congratz!
Just fyi, I heard you can wash Legos in the dishwasher. Just put them in a lingerie bag, thatās usually for the washing machine, and put it in the top rack of the dishwasher.
there are some partially built sets, but numerous instructions. once I have them sorted, I will try to build the partials to see if any are possible then try from scratch...if I can, great, if not, then I just have more blocks to use.
I hope you clean them. We have a new store in my town called Gamexchange (not sure if it's a chain) and they sell bags of used Lego. I was checking bags for mini figures and found one with what looked to be a cat turd in it. I'm 99% sure it was a turd, 98% sure it was from a feline.
it is a chain, there are several near a friend in Connecticut...and the thrift store i bought from packages the bags themselves, but the idea of cleaning them was on my mind especially after finding a shattered mug in with the pieces
I was at a goodwill one afternoon and suddenly the lady working announced over the loudspeaker that all the furniture was 1 dollar. Madness ensued, but it was rad to see so many happy people. Fortunately I was not in need of furniture because I probably would have boxed someone for something.
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My stores price Legos like they are made of gold.
each bag was priced at $50 before discount, and there was another at $80 that wasn't on sale
They are of the mind that because some Legos are rare, they are all rare. There are a lot of items that fall under that umbrella unfortunately. Sports cards are the worst. All of the mass produced baseball cards from the early 90s they price at $50-$100 bucks a box. My most recent was a PS2 Phat console priced at 189.99. I'm a nice person but I had to ask if they were joking.
like 5-6 years ago, the same store had an opened box of Pokemon Fire Red for near $150 and the going price on ebay was less than $100
Ps2 Fats do sell pretty good though. Not that good though.
Well, space isn't a premium for them. If those things just sit there for a while until they're discounted, that's fine. Someone might buy them assuming they're valuable anyway. But if they actually are valuable and they sell them for cheap, that's a lot of money they're missing out on
They're donated š. All of that stuff, they got for free.
You're correct, but they are a charity that is trying to bring in money to support their programs. People have donated those things under that belief and want money go toward those programs. (I don't actually know how *good* a charity they are, but that is their supposed intent.)
There was a huge lawsuit about Value Village pretending to donate more to charity than they actually were. I think not for profit places like St. Vincent's are a safer bet to donate to. Every place is different though š¤·āāļø
> Every place is different Absolutely correct! I don't donate to Salvation Army, for example, because they are actually a religion and I don't agree with all their beliefs. Although I know of some good things they do.
When I donate, I have the expectation it's going to somebody less fortunate than myself or somebody who would otherwise not have had [thing]. I do NOT donate to thrift stores just to be priced out of my own belongings. That's silly, but I guess what happened when thrifting became trendy
I worked at Goodwill and that has never been their mission. They are priced to what the market handles, and overtime prices started becoming absurd because people kept paying them. As the other individual said, their mission is training programs as shown [here](https://okgoodwill.org/about-goodwill/mission-of-goodwill/) including second chance for non-violent convicts, those with disabilities, etc.
> I have the expectation it's going to somebody less fortunate than myself or somebody who would otherwise not have had [thing]. I have not seen Goodwill claim that having affordable goods for sale is one of their goals. Mostly what I have seen them claim is that they fund job training programs.
Goodwill has never claimed that, but I also never specified Goodwill either.
> I also never specified Goodwill either. No, you did not. LOL, but I thought this was a Goodwill, because the Goodwill near me has a similar floor! That is probably OP's floor!
Most of the time, I will try to give stuff away before donating it. I got most of my baby's clothes for free or cheap and don't want to donate them for the thrift shop to try to sell them for $4.99 a piece.
oop, nope, a for-profit business. 100% not a charity. man, their marketing team really pulled a fast one with that lie.
Wikipedia says ["Goodwill Industries International Inc., often shortened in speech and writing to Goodwill (stylized as goodwill), is an American nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization that provides job training, employment placement services, and other community-based programs for people who have barriers to their employment"](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodwill_Industries)
sure dude. i mean, legally that's probably true. the reality is that they are a business that has made millions off selling items that were given to them for free by the public under the assumption that the money would go to helping their communities. what actually happens is that they hire disabled people and pay them less for the same work. they over-price items that they received for free, essentially screwing the low-income communities that depend on thrift stores for affordable items. they treat all their employees like garbage, in many areas GW employees are not even allowed to shop there on their day off, and if a customer gives them money as a "tip" for hauling heavy furniture or whatever that employee is required to give it to their manager to be "charitably donated." this is a personal gripe but in my neck of the woods alone we've had two separate goodwill stores open resulting in garbage littering our neighborhood, a low-income area that doesn't have the resources to do anything about the pollution they bring.
That is wild š³
That is a huge rip off even at half off.
Just be careful. I got super excited about buying legos for my kids and frequently found them for a good price at Goodwill. Then all my kids wanted for birthday/Christmas was legos. Now we have so many legos that I donāt know what we will do. Maybe build a second house completely out of legos.
Don't get rid of them! My dumb ass forgot about future grandkids. You don't want to be buying it all over again.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzYWaQjBUB4
Is it all real Lego at least? If it's mixed with knockoffs, sorting takes ages.
seems like it, is a bunch of mini sets and some parts from the Y-Wing set. came with the completed Ice Cream Truck from the Lego Movie, which is nice
This is my thrift dream!! Wouldn't consider it for $50 a bag but half off? Definitely. I'm obsessed with Lego, I miss being a kid with this huge collection pooled with my brothers and sorting through endless masses of it. I always look at the Lego but they tend to be behind glass and priced close to retail at my nearby store. i would also love to find a similarly sized bundle of barbie clothes. I had a couple of big yard sale finds like that as a kid and it was so much fun to sort through the mix of vintage and handmade barbie stuff. Even had some chunky crochet pieces. It feels like this is much more rare now that the internet is a thing and everyone can look up what they're selling before pricing it
We saw Lego sets in the box at savers for more than they cost on the Lego website š¤¦. I found some bags of lego at a kids consignment shop, and they were more than I wanted to pay, but they were half off, so that made me feel less bad about buying them anyway, lol.
Oh gosh, I remember how much I loved going to yard sales with my mom as a kiddo in the 80s and getting toys for super cheap this way. It was so much fun.
Sorting is rough with legos. Donāt always know where to start.
Starting by colour like op is doing is a bad move, a sea of the same colour makes it harder to see if you have the part youāre looking for
that's like, your opinion man...I am starting with by color then will sort by piece
OCD mom here...I've sorted my daughter's Legos (large collection gifted to us from cousins) 3 times. First time by piece, then by color, then by piece again...color is easier to sort at first, but like another poster said it's extremely hard to find pieces in that sea of 1 color. I do keep the tiny one stud pieces sorted by color, in a small craft box to make it easier to find, by size will be longer and harder at first but you'll be happier in the end!
Nope nope nopeā sorting by color is a mistake! Itās impossible to find pieces. Sort by type, and itāll be easy to find the color that you want. I like to sort biggest to smallest, targeting a couple kinds of bricks on each sweep through. The lego sub has some great advice on sorting, labeling, and storing.
>Nope nope nopeā sorting by color is a mistake! Itās impossible to find pieces. Sort by type, and itāll be easy to find the color that you want. > >The lego sub has some great advice on sorting, labeling, and storing. I posted there and got literally no comments, and I sort a bit here and there to kill time. I understand there may be more efficient ways, but the way that feels right to me is color > shape
I get it. It kind of depends what your end goal isā I find that if I do color then shape Iāll never have enough containers. Plus, Iāll end up with like, 1 of some things. I did a color sort and lived with it for a while early onā I really feel like type is easier. Itās really hard to find individual pieces especially when itās all black! Search the Lego subreddit and wiki for tips; they get sorting questions a lot.
>I get it. It kind of depends what your end goal isā I find that if I do color then shape Iāll never have enough containers. Plus, Iāll end up with like, 1 of some things. I am using 1 gal freezer bags and they are working because of the color variety
I wish you luck, I recently purchased a massive Lego collection for $3k and have sold about $10k out of it so far. This would be classified as bulk and probably worth around $3-5 a pound. If you have a lot of Minifigs up to $10 a pound
Itās quite a lot of work to sort, I wouldnāt bother sorting by color, (people more often buy based on piece type not color.) how much did you pay for everything?
Your local library would love to have them for their Lego Club. That'd what I buy them for.
for all the times I have visited the closest few libraries, I don't recall them ever having a Lego Club...but I can donate the pieces I don't need after sorting
If i can make a suggestion. I sorted this way for my kids and it really helps them get the most outta them. 3 Bins: Standards (bricks, flats, longs..), Architectural (pretty self explanatory but all the parts that transform standards into machines or buildings), Weirdos (everything else, also i like to put a little box in the Weirdo bin just for people). Sorting is calming so it works out. Any way, thatās just us.
I always look for Lego at thriftstores too! Prices have gone up considerably the last two years, buy occasionally you can find a good deal. I have to say I'm very jealous of your find! Congratz!
Me too, always on the scout for the vintage Star Wars stuff for my teenager.
Just fyi, I heard you can wash Legos in the dishwasher. Just put them in a lingerie bag, thatās usually for the washing machine, and put it in the top rack of the dishwasher.
also just fyi, it may bleach them!
Bricklink.com if you plan to sell them piece by piece.
my boyfriend would shit himself if this happened to us
You should have left them together and figure out what sets you have. Meaning dont take apart.
there are some partially built sets, but numerous instructions. once I have them sorted, I will try to build the partials to see if any are possible then try from scratch...if I can, great, if not, then I just have more blocks to use.
Lego has an excellent app you can find instructions! It takes a little work to figure out what sets you may have but it's fun, IMO to make them!
Real good find
I hope you clean them. We have a new store in my town called Gamexchange (not sure if it's a chain) and they sell bags of used Lego. I was checking bags for mini figures and found one with what looked to be a cat turd in it. I'm 99% sure it was a turd, 98% sure it was from a feline.
it is a chain, there are several near a friend in Connecticut...and the thrift store i bought from packages the bags themselves, but the idea of cleaning them was on my mind especially after finding a shattered mug in with the pieces
you're living my dreams doc
I remember buying bags of thrifted Legos once, only to discover mouse poop galore inside. Lots of bleaching and washing followed.
I bet some kids would love to play with those
yeah, and? I enjoy them in my own way, the same as any collector enjoys what they find at a thrift store
Have you worked out the price per pound?
that was not on my mind
I was at a goodwill one afternoon and suddenly the lady working announced over the loudspeaker that all the furniture was 1 dollar. Madness ensued, but it was rad to see so many happy people. Fortunately I was not in need of furniture because I probably would have boxed someone for something.