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by troupe 1875 days ago
Yes it is a charity, but when you walk into the store with money you are participating in a market. You aren't going to pay $10,000 for a broken Pentium computer. Goodwill is still trying to sell stuff and if the inventory doesn't move at all, they will lower prices. If the prices are high, it is because there are enough people willing to pay those prices to justify keeping them at that level.