I don't bother with them places anymore. My reselling days, them placed grossed me out. Too many YouTubers dumpster diving in the good will bins trying to make just a few dollars profit on each item. Id rather stick to higher end reselling.
A lot of the Youtubers will stage their finds or pay employees in thrift stores to throw out the best items for them and then fake believe they are the best shopper in the galaxy. The grossest bins experience for me is grabbing a used bath mat, I wear gloves and wore holes in some new Carhartt cut resistant work gloves within 2 weeks from just pulling that many clothes. There's an actual sophisticated technique to go through an entire clothes bin quickly/efficiently.
I've sold nearly $600 worth of items this weekend and over half came from the bins, $100+ for 3 pairs of Birkenstocks. Shoes are where the real $ is at, the best shoe rotation round of the year it'd be nothing to get $1000 worth of shoes in 5 mins. I've matched up higher end shoes 6 weeks apart which is nutty. I've sold a new Jordan jersey for $170 and several pairs of shoes for $100+ from the bins but the bread and butter items are in the $25 - 40 range. I'm there for the shoes first, clothes, hats and accessories are a bonus.
There are wholesale resellers and wholesale buyers at the bins I shop at, some of the younger guys will take pics of items and if they don't sell on instagram or tiktok or snapchat they don't buy them! You'd be shocked what some of the vintage clothes buyers get for 90's stuff that looks like a dog used it for a chew toy!!
