Thrift stores were created to allow those who couldn’t afford full-price goods to buy good quality items at a lower price, allow for those with items they’d like to get rid of to donate them to someone rather than throwing them away, and to provide funding for the various charity missions each thrift store chain represents.
Unfortunately, Goodwill and Savers, two of Reno’s most popular chain thrift stores, have seen an uptick in prices over the last five years.
High prices are turning people away from thrift stores in a search for lower prices, often ushering potential buyers towards fast fashion websites like Shein and Temu. This shift in purchasing habits is continuing to create piles of cheap clothing made by underpaid laborers, which often ends up back at the, you guessed it, high-priced chain thrift stores…