Goodwill Bins in West Columbia

"I come on Sunday when they have their 50% the weight. I have been going to them before they even moved to this location. I appreciate the company and the employees. This is a great place for those who are in need but don’t have the resources to pay crazy amounts of money for things. I was a single mother for many years and it was a blessing to come here and find needed items for me and my baby boy. Also love the fact that items get a 2nd life and some sort of recycling. The place is a clearance center and are a non - profit from what is advertised. You will not find top quality organization or carts that work 100% of the time. Everything is everywhere you have to scavenge through a lot of stuff. If you hate that this is not the place for you. If you don’t mind looking for buried treasure this is your fun place. I have found top quality items for cents. Tips: 1-come early when open if you want to find less mess 2- wear gloves, hands will get dirty 3-bring hand sanitizers after your done with digging for buried treasures 4-you are able to plug items in to see if they work prior to purchase. 5-you May get lucky and find used furniture at a Huge discount compared to a regular Goodwill. Happy hunting. Stay blessed"

"This location has a store with a connecting clearance center. The store was like most other Goodwill stores. Items were somewhat overpriced, but there are still good deals to find. The outlet store that was attached was horrible. Most outlet stores have bins on wheels that are rotated out with new selections a few times a day. In this outlet, the bins are stationary. In fact, many of the bins were actually large boxes, so there would be no way of moving them in and out on a regular basis. New donations just seemed to be tossed on top of old items. There were only a few clothing bins. There were a bunch of shoe bins/boxes that were filled up to two or three feet deep with shoes. Finding a matching pair would be like finding a needle in a haystack. I used to love going to the outlet in Pittsburgh. I am beyond disappointed that this will not be a place I can shop. It was dirty and the staff in that section was unfriendly. Goodwill should be ashamed that they are accepting perfectly good donations and then destroying them by throwing them haphazardly into bins. It is disheartening to know that my donations might end up as landfill rather than actually helping others."

"I think this store is stocked a little more professionally than a couple of other Goodwill stores I have shopped at. It's cleaners, and items seem to be stocked together in a way that you don't have to take the time to look through items you have no interest in. There are bins that have miscellaneous items so you know you'll have to do a lot of rummaging, but otherwise other items are put in categories that help you find items better. I liked shopping in this store better than the other one."

"I’m losing my patience with this bins location. While advertising that they are open until 7 pm. The manager Mr Terry begins putting everything up by 1 or 2 pm based on his bad back. His assistant has an awful attitude. She literally said loudly “she was taking a break before she kills someone. And then said stupid customers.” I don’t know why they bother to put the items in the back. The bins are filthy, so they aren’t cleaning them. And if you come the next day you see the same items as rhe day before. If you come at 3 pm. Mr Terry is sitting on the counter waiting for people to turn around and walk out. No other goodwill outlet is run like this. And I’ve been to many across the United States."