Goodwill Bins in Savannah

"Our experience was typical for a Goodwill Outlet, but that's not a bad thing! My wife LOVES the GOO, and I've gone to a few across the US with her. This was one of the smaller ones we've been too, but it was still pretty good. Yeah, it's kind of hectic and people are swimming through bins, but that's the typical experience. In fact, the contents of these bins were cleaner than I've typically seen in other GOOs, though obviously not pristine and clean condition. No one was rude, and the staff were pretty fluid in the transitions of new bins. They were stern when people were in the way, but never rude. There were kids playing very loudly in the kid area, which caught me off guard because other GOOs don't allow children under 13, and even still the staff kindly asked parents to supervise their children. As for cleanliness, again, it was typical for a GOO. Even larger facilities (like in Oklahoma) can be far less clean. Overall, it's not a Goodwill, it's a GOO. They always have a "warehouse/facility" vibe that comes across as sketchy, but in reality, parents, grandparents, teens, college kids, fraternity/sorority kids, and even people down on their luck come in looking for stuff. It was good."

"*Update January 2022* Since my previous review in 2018 I've made countless trips and spent far more money than my husband would approve of at this Goodwill Outlet. I was pleased to see that the price per pound for clothing only increased by .10¢ since I first started shopping here in 2018. Savannah GWO has been one of my favorite places to shop up until this past year. I don't know if it's Covid or a change in management but shoppers here are out of control. Staffing does nothing about it. Shoppers charge bins before wheels are locked and they get pushed into people, buggys and employees. The shoe bins are especially dangerous, shoppers charge these bins in pairs, grab and throw pairs of shoes across bins to their partners across the room. I was nearly taken out by a pair of chunky sandals just two weeks ago. In addition to almost being hit in the face with shoes, in my most recent trip there was a group of 4 women shopping with a little girl who was maybe one and a half years old. This child was left unattended in a shopping cart for 45 minutes. It's not the responsibility of store associates to care for children but it is certainly their responsibility to tend to the store's liability. Customers approaching bins prior to being in locked positions and released for shopping, children being left unattended for any period of time and customers being allowed to throw anything in the store are unacceptable practices that could very well land this location in a lawsuit if something isn't changed immediately. In addition to my review I will also be reaching out to Goodwill of Southeast Georgia about these practices and give it a month or so before I make a return visit to see if anything has changed. I'm hopeful that with a little time these careless and dangerous practices can be changed and order will be restored to this location. *Review from 2018* Not a bad store. This was my first trip to a Goodwill Outlet and it met my expectations. I found some excellent pieces and two pairs of cute wedges. The staff was friendly, some of the other shoppers definitely have room for improvement though. Regardless, I spent 4.5 hours in the store on 11/20/18, I'll probably drop in again next week too lol"

"Edited to say... Went on Friday 8/23/ 2024. Prices have increased to 1:79 a pound and .99 cents a pound. This is long winded but its for other shoppers to be aware of the lack of product. Air is now fixed after around 2 months with no air in JULY!!!!! This air breaks every year or so. Its a common occurrence and it takes forever to get fixed when it does break. The bins were being put away at 3:30. Keep in mind the store closes at 7 pm. This was not a rotation to bring more product back out. This was putting the bins away. So I would say around 4 pm only about a third of the merchandise is available to purchase. So the store is half empty at 4 and is that way until closing at 7. So if you are trying to get the best product I would advise not really coming after 3pm. Be aware this has probably already been picked over as well. In the past they brought out a clothes rotation at 2. I am not sure this is happening anymore. Its not really the best after they put half of the bins away. . I think they do combine a row or two but it makes the top so high its really a lot to go through and stuff drops all over the floor. Also about half of the shoes and maybe even purses and books are blocked at this point because they store the empty bins up next to the shoes, purses and books bin. I really think they should close the store early to do all the putting away and sweeping. It doesn't make sense to me why they are open for sales but more than half of the product is not available for purchase. It is awkward as you are looking to have them put away the bins when you know they aren't bringing new product back out. Read below they start time to put away was 4:30ish. Now the store is pretty bare at 5 instead of 6:30 My original review. My favorite store. I loved reading all the reviews. A lot were negative because I don't think people understand that this is an outlet. I guess some have come to shop and don't get the outlet concept. The employees are pretty friendly and helpful. I do wish the bins could stay out longer in the evening. They employees are usually putting bins away around 4:30 to 5. I would say by 6:30 there is only about half of the bins out at that time."

"Just stopped in while driving thru because we love the bin outlets. Never seen one so empty of shoppers, but it is a smaller one. It was 4:30 when we went in and it didn't seem like they change the bins much at this location, not sure how it works here but most rotate bins every half an hour or so. Don't think this location does, hope they don't just leave the same bins out for one whole day. Only a few books, 3 bins of toys, a few of shoes but mostly clothes. Not bad, but not the best one either"