Goodwill Bins in Colorado Springs

"If you watched the movie, Blade Runner, about a future dystopian society, you will know the vibe to expect when you first walk in to the Goodwill bins. Wear gloves, closed toe shoes, long sleeves and pants. Expect garbage, broken glass, and digging through literal tons of waste to find anything you might want. It’s busy and the crowd can be surly when the store drops some new bins. Lots of jostling, arguments, standoffs over stuffies, yelling. Tense environment. I guess the majority of customers are ‘working’ there on the daily. They all know each other and work there. Like trash pickers in India but with better trash. Aa a bonus lately they have a bully, yelling worker there. He’s a young kid having a power trip in there. Yelling at people a lot. Thinks his first job ever is real important. Delusional amount of overstepping authority. I mean, chill bro, it’s Goodwill bins you are working. Touch grass and get some perspective. Calm down. I just can’t."

"Wear gloves, wear your hair up. Wear something comfy sweat pants and loose shirt. I got hot really fast digging around. Bring a bag, there were no carts. People were there likely all day. And they took over the carts. Found some good stuff but also found a pair of pooped stained shorts that motivated me to stop. I get it people have no common sense and donate everything. But I also found a lot of target, Walmart, SHEIN items some new with tags. Staff were friendly at check out."

"Since it's the outlet store, everything is in big blue bins and mixed up together. Most things are priced by the pound and it's like a treasure hunt. I found 2 pairs of barefoot shoes, never worn and Jackie vionic shoes, never worn. It was 4 ponds total and $7.00. It was our second Goodwill as we were looking for an entertainment center. He found one with glass doors for $7.00. Had some scratches but it had less scratches than the one we saw at the first Goodwill for 20.00. Everything will need to be washed down before bringing it into the house, we'll, because you never know. But there were definitely great finds. The staff were very helpful and kind too."

"We had never been to a Goodwill outlet & was surprised when we realized it was the bins. A lot of the stuff was tore up from being dug through. Lots of broken glass so I was scared to dig too much. The 3 star review is because of the hazards of the broken glass. Luckily I didn’t cut myself but I was not prepared for all of that. When they brought new bins out the people went wild. I also didn’t realize that people like camp out & spend all day here! Wild"