Goodwill Bins in Indianapolis

"This location gets mixed results. No shopping bags or electrical outlets for testing. On the weekends, bins are all rotated about hourly. Digging can get hectic after each rotation. Bring your own bag for shopping as carts get used up early. Bring gloves and your patience. Sometimes find good things to flip."

"Shallow bins filled with very miscellaneous thrift/resale items. Except for a few large specially priced, everything is weighed in a scale at checkout (in the cart if you are using one). Price as of 04Sep2023 was $1.79 per pound. Employees were all great, some other shoppers were a bit aggressive. Definitely reccomend wearing sturdy work gloves. The bathrooms were clean and stocked with soap which was great for washing hands after shopping."

"Everyone in their mother's uncle's nephew's great grand-niece was there on a Sunday evening 'round 5pm. The place is huge. A lot of bins with clothes (mostly) but also some furniture and misc garage stuff. There were basically no dishes or kitchenware items. They charge $1.79/lb for stuff, unless an item is over 15 lbs then it might be priced differently. I couldn't find very good quality clothes, but that may vary day-to-day. People in there move + dig FAST like they're racing to grab the good stuff... honestly just take your time and hope you find something good. I'd prefer to just go to a regular Goodwill."

"All the fun and excitement of dumpster diving, but with a timer and competition involved! If this game show of a store sounds like your idea of a good time, then you'll fit right in with the madness. Blue bins of as-is cast-off items from other Goodwills are carted in on the hour, and all shoppers are forced to the side walls while the bins are swapped out, and then, like dogs at the starting mark, people will swarm the floor at the given signal and rabidly sift through the items, some of which may be the perfect find, or might be broken garbage. Gloves and hand sanitizer come highly recommended for sorting through everything, which may or may not be infested with God-knows-what. Everything is sold by the pound, which is fantastic for thrifty, eagle-eyed shoppers looking to cheaply outfit their home or flip on an internet market for a quick few bucks. Recommended spot if you enjoy shopping and/or consumerism spectacle."

"Two stars might be too generous actually. There was so much wrong with this particular bins location. I’ve been to 4 different locations so far in 3 different states and this was by far the worst experience. When we first walked in, they were in the middle of a bins rotation where everyone had to stand along the edge of the walls and all bins were off limits while they rotated a few. This doesn’t necessarily bother me. The issue was we had no clue this was happening as we walked in and no one told us as we walked in. I noticed what was happening as I started walking to the other side. My husband and teens followed me. As we we were walking to the wall, my husband who hadn’t really understood what was going on walked a little too far into the area where they had removed bins to bring more in and one of the workers yelled at him. There were several workers near the front door as we walked in. It wouldn’t have hurt for one to be responsible to tell people walking in during a rotation what is happening and what to do. Other bins I’ve been to only close down the section they are rotating. It’s insane to close the entire store for 20 minutes every hour just to change a few bins. I spent a lot of time talking about this but it was really the least of the issues. The main problems is the horrible organization and unprofessional manager with an attitude. The half of the floor that is not clothes, has big heavy items thrown on top of almost every bin. There is no way to really dig beneath to see anything underneath. And by big items I’m referring to large mirrors, furniture, even saw a lawn equipment item the size of a push mower. They have big open areas where they put individually priced large items so putting all these on top the bins is just laziness. And when I went to the register to inquire about a piece of small furniture that was in the bins, the cashier told me it was going to be really heavy and not worth the price by weight. Lady, most the stuff in the bins is stuff like this. Do you guys not want to sell it? So I asked if a manager could give me a lower price because it rung up to $27 by weight. She acted like it would be an inconvenience to ask a manager. She also mentioned he was mean. I got the feeling she was trying to avoid bothering him, probably afraid of him yelling at her for bothering him. When he came over, he acted very rude and like we’d just inconvenienced him. He did give me a price of $11.99. I did take it but felt it was still a bit high considering bigger nicer items aren’t much more than that in their furniture section. Another item I didn’t take because it wasn’t worth the price quoted. Also, the people in line ahead of us had a table they were trying to buy. The cashier kept yelling “bottom bottom” at them. They didn’t understand what she meant so they kept looking at the bottom of the table. Finally she really rudely told them no the bottom of price tag needs ripped off. There is just no excuse for this location to be this rude. I imagine it all stems from poor management. The workers are rude, stressed, and have attitudes because their boss is running the place that way. They need new management for sure. Not just to foster better attitudes but also to change how they organize the bins themselves. Most bins put large items that aren’t priced individually into a few dedicated bins so people can dig through the small bins items. They also usually have a flat cap for anything weighing over so many pounds. Usually this cap is around $3 to $5. We will not be back to this location."

"This place is a mad house, but it is exactly what you think. It’s fun to dig through stuff. It is very hot. It is very packed. People dive toward the shoe bins. It is very hectic. The rotate bins regularly but it takes forever. I’m pretty sure there are bugs there because I always feel so itchy."

"Going here was a complete experience. When I left my little thrifting heart was full and exhausted. Honestly, I think I blacked out as soon as I walked in from excitement. I found so many great finds and in good shape too! Next time I will BRING GLOVES! The donated items are piled in bins and you must sort through them at a fast paced rate as the bins get rotated every hour. It’s honestly so much fun though. I looked for 30 minutes for the other shoe to make a pair for one I found and miraculously found it. What a rush! Lol But man, the customers though.. It was my first time here so I asked a couple of people that were clearly experienced questions and on multiple occasions got stared at and ignored. I was bumped into and people were very pushy. That’s really the only complaint I have. It was worth it for the amazing cart full of items I purchased. The function of the store and the employees were great!"

"Manager lady was very rude and said I had to pay per item not by the pound for some booklets I was getting. I asked where in the store this was stated. Employees couldn't show where it was posted. Cashier didn't know anything about paying set price per booklet. I pulled them out of the bins and it was my understanding based on the info posted, that it was pay by the pound there. There was someone ahead of me that bought the same items and they charged him by the pound."