Apr 22, 2018

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The Dark Reality Behind America’s Greatest Thrift Store Empire

How a Saturday night internet wormhole effectively ruined my favorite store.

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“We are trapped. Everybody who works at Goodwill is trapped.” -Harold Leigland, $5.46 an hour

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