Goodwill Bins in Virginia

"My second time here.....no complaints, but not the best place for me as an online reseller. Everyone waits and swarms to the new bins rolled out every 10 minutes or so throughout the day. The items are being liquidated from goodwill stores in the area that have not sold on their shelves. Prices are confusing somewhat. They weigh the household items per pound purchase, I think was 1 dollar per pound. As well as the textiles or clothing. Certain items you pay separately, like shoes are 3.75, I paid 3 dollars each for new in bag incontinence wraps for adults to resell. Cds and dvds are still 1 dollar each. Prices not too terrible, but why not just charge everything per pound. Those shoes should not be 3.75, most are dirty and not much value left in them, they didn't sell on your shelves to begin with. Not sure how much books are going for. They did have alot of those, I hope they also charge a reasonable amount like no more than 25 cents, but I'm sure it's more. Be reasonable, Goodwill, in your stuff that didn't sell at your thrift stores. I guarantee mostly everyone at your outlet are resellers. It has to make financial sense, to be able to make some profit on these " misfit toys " items that were not sold in your stores."

"Love going to local Goodwill to check out what they have. Sometimes, I am looking for a particular item, and sometimes, I am just there to see what treasure I will stumble on. Tonight, I was there to see if I could fund any toddler toys. Serious score!!! There were a lot of educational toddler toys there. All of the toys were reasonably priced. They were all in good condition. I ended up getting 15 interactive toddler toys. Some were from leap frog. The staff was curious. This is a very large store, probably one of the largest I've seen. The restroom was clean."

"This is a really good low price store. I really like the concept to help people. You can find a lot of good clothes. The store looks very good, clean and the employees are friendly. Add to my shopping list 🙃🙂 you can find furniture too and more. …"

"This was a my second time coming here, first time I bought a computer and second time I bought some clothes. Not only are the prices pretty good, but the staff are also very friendly. Highly recommend this if you're in the Hampton Roads region, y'all will not regret it."

"I drove 45 mins to Harrisonburg to visit the GW bins on Friday, July 11, 2025. The store was extremely clean inside and out. When I first walked in, it didn’t seem like a lot was available, I thought to myself, ‘Well this won’t take long.’ It did take a while, but I found a ton of great stuff, including Reed & Barton silver cake server, 100% cotton king size sheet set (super cute😍), Christmas decorations, top whistle tea kettle, and tons of name brand clothing and shoes. It does take time and patience to dig through the bins as everything is in disarray and can even have matching pieces in separate bins completely apart from each other. For instance, I found a Keen hiking sandal in one bin, found the other 3 isles over. The young man at the register that checked me out, was super friendly and informative. As we talked, I learned that the bins were considered to be low in stock that day and Mondays typically have a much more. I highly suggest wearing gloves while shopping, as the items are constantly being handled by so many shoppers, and in the clothing section there are some dirty worn garments (please donate AFTER washing). This was my first visit to bin shopping, and I was pleasantly surprised. I look forward to visiting this location again!🙂"

"Weirdly set up with everything tossed into bins. It’s like a treasure hunt if you enjoy that sort of thing. Items are sold by the pound starting at $1.89 per pound for anything under 25 pounds. Goes down to $1.49 per pound from 26-50 pounds , etc"

"Go with a sense of adventure and be ready to laugh at some of the "finds" you can't believe weren't trashed instead of donating. Each visit has led to some "treasures" for my family, but it does take time and good attitude as you may leave empty-handed some visits. Make sure to bring your bags for goodies you do find. Gloves are probably good too or a good drenching of sanitizer after checkout as some clothes should have been tossed and not donated! Cashiers have always been lovely here: sociable and kind. They should be given permission to shop at least once weekly and not banned due to working here as plenty of stuff to share despite obvious resellers with heaping carts. Take a friend and laugh together on opposite sides of the bins while you do cheap adventure "digging" shopping for a good cause. :) Prov 17:22 "A cheerful heart is like good medicine.""

"It’s okay but found used tissues in the coat pockets, opened boxes with missing products, and not disability friendly. I stood ten minutes waiting for a cart and my back is bad. She kept telling me you got people in front of you waiting. No there wasn’t anyone waiting. I almost cried when she handed the empty cart to a random customer who was walking around. I had enough and took a random cart I found that was sitting for a while with nothing in it. That woman should be retrained in recognizing disabled people. I almost collapsed because I’ve been waiting too long. No compassion. Now the good stuff… I found nearly new items that were nice and high quality a couple of times. I just wish they clean out the bins of garbage and empty packages…."

"The selection of clothes if filled with older women/men stuff. While I’m sure people look for those, if you’re a younger person I would avoid here. I’ve been here three times and every time it was pretty much the same. Screaming/running kids whose parents don’t care. People shoving others when new bins come out. Not a great thrift bin store."

"Ah "the bins" as they are called in most re-seller groups. My first visit to this location. They don't like you taking photos or video so be discreet. Was told photos not allowed by staff. Separate electronics area that's priced more like a regular Goodwill. What's the point of that? Prices are way too high in this area. Everything is priced mid-eBay selling prices. No flipping items from here. The regular bins however not bad. I found plenty of junk for $14 I can use or sell. I am primarily a re-seller but I also buy and have found plenty of items for my personal use as well. I love the treasure hunt and if you do you probably already know all about it. This location however is kinda hidden in the back of what I always thought was just the Goodwill office building. For years I never knew this was even back here. You have to go around the building to the back! Check out the photos. Hit the thumbs up button for this review please! 👍👍👍👍"

"I am a connoisseur of Goodwill bin stores otherwise known as Goodwill outlets. I love them and the Goodwill outlet in Richmond Virginia not only is cleaner than 95% of the bin stores I've been in, but the wonderful employees that work there are the nicest people I've come across in a very long time. Even the gentleman that cleans up the parking lot was wonderful to talk to. Since it was Wednesday there was an auction happening in the next room and since the only divider was a fence you could hear and see everything that was happening and it was distracting, but not that bad. I am thrilled and wish I lived closer so I could come more often"

"Went to this location for the first time last weekend. Great shopping experience. Not my first time at a goodwill location, so I would say go early. I went at 9am. I was finished by noon and that’s when the majority of people started to arrive. I didn’t have the experiences that other people are talking about with people pushing you. Don’t even see someone putting their hands on me..... lol anywho, I found a lot of great items here. I found a Michael Jackson off the wall vinyl and it was less than a dollar. Original case with lyrics and everything. Spent $20 and walked out with a garbage bag full of clothes. Outlets really work in your favor and my budget’s favor. You just have to be willing to put the time up to find the deals. These make it worth it. I spent three hours digging through bins and found enough clothes for my winter wardrobe to be replenished. Only catch is it’s a little dirty digging through bins. I would bring gloves. Hands felt extremely dirty at the end."

"The “digging bins” is a great place to find decorations for your home, electronics, shoes, clothing, bed linens, hats, books, you name it. There’s usually a line at the entrance before it opens. Some people sell on eBay and Amazon and want to find the best items It’s a neat place"

"The outlet store is my go to. Highly recommended. Picked up $175 worth of New Halloween stuff with tags still on for $9. You can also find sewing patterns for extremely cheap because it’s based on pounds. I found vintage sewing patterns in excellent condition here some weren’t even used. It’s all about continuously coming back and checking through all bins. I do recommend you bring gloves to search through some of the bins."

"I have been coming here for a few years. Yes Great Deals etc but the clients some of them try to size each other up. It’s a pity that I round up, pick up broken glass in bins, gave even gifts to a couple workers bc I know it’s not a picnic to work there with all the drama. Lots of great deals yes but be ready for pesky drama and the new co manager needs to stop talking down to people, telling you to pick up every item that hits the floor by mistake. That’s part of the workers job. I have to clean up the floors where I have worked, why can’t she? Sure a few fights here that can be laughable but very irritating to a paying customer that helps the Goodwill mission so to speak. People talk about each other under their breath make racist comments about black white, Hispanic, Indian etc. Enter at your own risk. People also steal and take stuff out of each other’s carts. A shame that the bigger picture can’t be seen that if you are in the store you obviously are in need of some of the items they provide at lower by the pound prices. I did call your Corporate office, you bet I did bc I’m not going to be intimated by people saying they are willing to fight you like been on the streets bc the aisles are cluttered. Been to Staunton, Richmond, Greensboro, Baltimore and even Hollywood Goodwill outlets not as much drama and well frankly that bathroom is just disgusting."

"Love the Outlet. You can get some good deals if you don't mind digging through the bins. They sell the items that didn't sell in the other Goodwill's."

"I visited the Goodwill bin stores several Times this past month and have had a wonderful experience. There are great selections of clothes, shoes and purses. You pay for clothing and housewares by the pound so it’s way cheap than a regular thrust store. I also bought a metal workbench they were getting rid of and the manager Dorean (not sure how to spell it) was very polite and helped me load it into our car. I’ll be back soon!"

"Best place to shop for second hand if you are willing to put in the time. Staff does their best to rotate as much product as possible rotating new bins for shoppers to dig through. The managers and staff are nice, friendly and helpful. I asked Dorian, one of the managers for some advise with the auctions and he took the time out of his busy day to help me and give me guidance."

"I’ve been going here since day one and love going. The only complaint is kids shouldn’t be rummaging around in the new bins they put out. There are some adults that get a little overly excitable and it’s dangerous to have kids that are 3 or 4 feet tall getting in with the adults where things are getting tossed around and people are grabbing at stuff. There’s nothing wrong with them going through the established bins where there’s usually just 4-5 people rooting trough it but the fresh bins that have up to 20 people at a time isn’t very safe for them and unfortunately many parents don’t see it as an issue but when it’s their kid that gets hurt, I bet they’ll jump at blaming everyone but themselves"

"If I could give no stars I would . Slowest bins ever ! If you enjoy waiting around all day for any new items this is the place for you . It takes sometimes up to 1 hr 30 mins for a new bins."