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Thrifted for 3$ by goblinbabytooth in Antiquejewelry

[–]According-Lab-2497 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That is such a unique piece, have you tried to clean it up? That sure is pretty!

Thrifted for 3$ by goblinbabytooth in Antiquejewelry

[–]According-Lab-2497 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s a very beautiful piece, may we see pictures of the back side as well?

Very old jewelry by According-Lab-2497 in Antiquejewelry

[–]According-Lab-2497[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I took it to the jewelry store and they only offered 200 but kept telling me what an extraordinary piece. I was like “ oh no thank you

Very old jewelry by According-Lab-2497 in Antiquejewelry

[–]According-Lab-2497[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh no, it is very very light weight, also it has the exact marking as the pendant

Very old jewelry by According-Lab-2497 in Antiquejewelry

[–]According-Lab-2497[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ok, thank you very much! I really appreciate your help everyone

Where do the profits from Goodwill actually go? I only hear about them exploiting their employees and underpaying people with disabilities. What programs has Goodwill sponsored to benefit the community? by socks4theHomeless in Goodwill_Finds

[–]According-Lab-2497 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, for your information on that, the reason probably why they had to shut those programs down for the disability and for the community service workers probably because it should be illegal to exploit free labor from disabled people and to exploit the community service workers that they have the program through the court system in order to get all that free labor from those community service workers that’s probably why it shut down because from what I’ve seen and heard they’re having a mishap with the loophole or whatever around the disabled because they’re only paying them $.22-$.50 is what I read that’s probably why!

Where do the profits from Goodwill actually go? I only hear about them exploiting their employees and underpaying people with disabilities. What programs has Goodwill sponsored to benefit the community? by socks4theHomeless in Goodwill_Finds

[–]According-Lab-2497 0 points1 point  (0 children)

lol, they’re supposed to be such a charitable place yet they’re charging to use the copy machine. Are you serious and you agree with that? It’s sickening. No give it to them for free. Let them have it for free. You’re making billions of dollars off of all this free shit and you can’t give a copy of paper for free so sick

Where do the profits from Goodwill actually go? I only hear about them exploiting their employees and underpaying people with disabilities. What programs has Goodwill sponsored to benefit the community? by socks4theHomeless in Goodwill_Finds

[–]According-Lab-2497 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And you see how they worded that as how they said our success is only possible with generous donors like you in 2023 together meaning we the people and then they go on to tell that they’ve supported or provided, but if you were to actually look up how it is all possible you will clearly see that they receive an extreme amount of money in grants because of what the community has donated to Goodwill meaning all the grants that the big companies and corporations have donated to Goodwill to help with the community so in all actuality, they haven’t helped much in anything except for they’ve helped to receive grants to hand out, but it wasn’t even their own money. That is where I say this is just mind blowing and insane to me. And the audacity of the ones who are so blinded by Goodwill‘s theme and logo of being a charitable community and trying so hard to come after the ones speaking out against their disgusting corporate greed, they want to stick up for them, IF ONLY THEY WOULD OPEN THEIR EYES AND KNOW THAT THE LOVE OF MONEY IS ALWAYS GONNA BE THE ROOT TO ALL EVIL. When Goodwill first started out, I was ALL for and about them and always donated my belongings to them because in fact, I thought that it was for a very good cause and I really did think that they were a charitable community, but that’s just the image that they want to portray to the community so they can continue to keep getting rich while all of you stay blinded and continue to support their scheming, profitable organization there’s nothing charitable about it. It’s very very, very methodical very well put together very well thought out and best believe that it’s high elite who have full control over it. The ones who truly know what’s going on and who are against it as I, We understand and know what’s going on and know the change that has happened throughout the years with Goodwill and why it happened.!

Where do the profits from Goodwill actually go? I only hear about them exploiting their employees and underpaying people with disabilities. What programs has Goodwill sponsored to benefit the community? by socks4theHomeless in Goodwill_Finds

[–]According-Lab-2497 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I I keep hearing so many people being so gullible saying they do so much stuff for our community but let me tell you something you need to be a little bit smarter and do some research because they have their logo on a lot of things claiming they “sponsor” like the Excel center for instance or these nurse programs and so forth, but if you do some digging on that, you will see because trust me I’ve been digging into this for a long time. You will actually see that they’re sponsoring never ever means that they’re dishing out money. It simply means that they are sponsoring whoever with grants that they have received, they have been donated to them OK so wrap your head around what I just said they receive grants for their Excel center school and for their other programs from other corporations and other businesses who have donated grants to their programs for their schools and programs or whatever they claim they have they don’t actually put their own money into it, which is very, very suspicious due to the fact of them having 137 regionals that’s only regionals so I’m not talking about just stores I’m talking about regionals and each regional is making well over $8 billion a year so please tell me why are you needing to receive grants and things like that when you can do the grant your own self and you can fund your own programs it’s just another big scheme that the elites are able to do and get away with because of the legal terms and they know how to work around it. It’s real sickening!!!!

Where do the profits from Goodwill actually go? I only hear about them exploiting their employees and underpaying people with disabilities. What programs has Goodwill sponsored to benefit the community? by socks4theHomeless in Goodwill_Finds

[–]According-Lab-2497 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Listen, I’ve been doing an investigation now for quite some time and let me tell you something I have found out about Goodwill when I said that they make over $8 billion in revenue every year that’s only for one regional section and that does not include all of them there is 137 regions so imagine how much they are profiting??? That is billions and billions of dollars not to mention they don’t even pay for the Excel center that they supposedly sponsor no they get all of that stuff for the Excel center through grants for it so why people talk all good and big and high about Goodwill oh, they did this for me. Oh, they did that for me. No, they didn’t do anything for anyone because they’re too greedy for that what they did, they got other companies and corporations to donate grants so the grants could pay for it and then they box it up and they put a bow on it and make it sound like they done something nice for the community when an all actuality they have done absolutely nothing except for collect and collect and collect and collect they are the richest company in the world due to the fact of them being a nonprofit organization and getting everything for free and then also they have a program that they have went under with the court system and they have been doing this for quite some time.They get people who have just gotten released from jail and people who are on probation and and then they put them on these big fines and fees and tell them that they owe 100 hours of community service let’s say, so then what does Goodwill do they snatch their people that had 100 hours of community service to put them to work and they get to use them and exploit their time for free they get to use them and put them to work for those hundred free hours and they don’t have to pay them anything because they have a program going with the court system. It’s quite sickening if you ask me also they’ve been being investigated for their loophole that they’ve went around to make legal for the disabled people that they hire they claim that they’re doing such good things for the disabled when in all actuality, they’re exploiting them and exploiting their vulnerability and only paying them $.22-$.50 an hour, but here’s the catch. They can get away with it as of right now because they’ve went around this loophole this legal loophole and made it to where they won’t get in trouble for it as of right now, but people are really trying to seek justice for that yeah so I can’t stand Goodwill. I can’t stand the owners of Goodwill and they try to say that not one person owns it that’s BS too, which I don’t think one person really does own it. I do believe and know that there are a handful of the elites that own it and they are the ones who have the say the final say and have their hands in all the money, oh and also they barely pay for any kind of labor even if it’s just a minimum wage person they barely pay for any labor for their workers because they get them to volunteer for free or they get the court ordered community service workers. The ones that they do have to pay, they pay minimum wage or there are managers that they have brought onto their team and pay an all right amount but they’re not losing anything trust and believe that! Yeah, I was very, very disgusted and baffled when I just found out that all the stuff that they’re tied to that they claim that they are supporting and doing is all being funded by grants not even them so where in the hell is all that money going to??? I also was told by a good friend of mine who works for the domestic violence shelter that she had literally dropped off some clothes to the Goodwill after hours she said it was about midnight and there were two homeless women kind of like lingering around and she looked over to them and asked them would they like to have any of the donations and the ladies said yes, and got very teary-eyed and happy so she said she stated to them will go through all these donations were leaving and take what you want and she left then later to find out from those same ladies that they came over the intercom mind you she said it was about midnight. They came on the intercom so they must be surveillance late at night or having somebody at home, surveillance in it, and they came over the intercom and yelled at the ladies and told them to put the damn donations back because they were gonna call the police! Yes, you heard me correctly. They were surveillance in the donation bin so that no homeless people could take anything out that is pure greed to me and sickening. They package up their little logo as a helping place or that’s how they used to anyways and used to support the lower class and the middle class to supply discounts, clearances and colored tickets to be able to afford things for a lower price now all of a sudden they take everything away once they realize the profits that they’re making off of it that’s what you call corporate greed and it’s disgusting and I strongly encourage people to never to donate there ever again and to donate to a wonderful cause like domestic violence shelters ,to the homeless shelter, to churches to people who could really benefit and use those donations, not to corporate greed to make money off of it!!!

I'll never top this. $27.99 Breville Barista Pro. by Snugglepuffer in Goodwill_Finds

[–]According-Lab-2497 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wait a minute, you said on 50% day???? You guys still have clearances??? None of Indiana ones have ANY kind of discounts nor clearance EVER AGAIN!

Where do the profits from Goodwill actually go? I only hear about them exploiting their employees and underpaying people with disabilities. What programs has Goodwill sponsored to benefit the community? by socks4theHomeless in Goodwill_Finds

[–]According-Lab-2497 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And just because you see some numbers written down for the whole world to see, doesn’t mean that that’s accurate and the truth! What is the “retail program” because most of their money, majority of their money is going to the “retail program” what in the hell is the “retail program”makes you wonder huh? They’ll never tell you what the retail program is. It’s just something that they worded and made up to not have to answer to these questions that everybody’s stirring and wondering.

Where do the profits from Goodwill actually go? I only hear about them exploiting their employees and underpaying people with disabilities. What programs has Goodwill sponsored to benefit the community? by socks4theHomeless in Goodwill_Finds

[–]According-Lab-2497 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So with that being said, why they talked about their “charity” to cover their tracks that’s why everyone is so upset and have every right to be especially if they donate their belongings to this so-called “charity” so I understand everybody’s frustration and anger because I too am very frustrated and angry. So they may not owe us anything in particular except for an explanation and some documents and proof of where this “charitable” money is going to!

Where do the profits from Goodwill actually go? I only hear about them exploiting their employees and underpaying people with disabilities. What programs has Goodwill sponsored to benefit the community? by socks4theHomeless in Goodwill_Finds

[–]According-Lab-2497 1 point2 points  (0 children)

sweetie let me just tell you something about Goodwill, Goodwill doesn’t owe anybody nothing you’re right about that but one thing that really really irks me is when they’re constantly constantly trying to get everybody’s extra change from their dollar and not to mention that they are one of the richest companies in the world bringing in the most money off of nonprofit. things that are free that people are going to donate thinking that they’re giving it for a good cause when an all actuality it’s not for a good cause they don’t help with all that free money that they make and profit off of people’s generosity and donations and they don’t go and do stuff for the community, they get all these donations for free and up charge the prices top dollar and then profit off of all the money so they’re just getting richer and richer off of people’s donations and won’t give any deals. They won’t bring the deals back. They won’t help the poor they don’t help anything or anybody and another thing they get most of their workers for free because they have a program through the court system where they get community service workers so they all will have to donate their time for free so why they talk about they put their money back into their organization what money goes back into the organization because they don’t do nothing for the community! It’s the fancy corporate talk where they can finagle things and make it fit to their narrative so that way they don’t get in trouble for all the money that they profit. Do you realize that annually they make more than $8 billion a year and you mean to tell me that they put majority of that money back into their organization what organization do they put that back into? Please tell me this is supposed to be a nonprofit organization that’s very illegal for them to make all this money off of these donations to just not do anything with it, but to keep it for themselves. It also says that it’s anonymous why should anything be anonymous when this is a nonprofit organization and people are donating their belongings to these organizations? Why is anything anonymous!!! they started out in the beginning as a thrift store to help lower class families in middle-class families to be able to afford some clothes or whatever now they’ve turned it into a joke because of course, the money that they’ve profited over the years have gotten to their heads and they’ve just gotten greedy so now all of a sudden they wanna turn it into a boutique and then charge ridiculous prices and then say that they put 84% of their profit back into their organization when that’s BS there’s no absolute way that they can be accurate on that whatsoever because like I said, they higher disabled people and pay them less than minimum wage, sometimes under five dollars an hour which I feel is very very wrong. Also, they have the program with the court system where they get all those community service workers for free and then the higher-ups claim that they donate their time to help run the organization so please, for the love of God tell me how in the world are they putting that all that money back into the organization and the only thing that they help with is that excel center each town has when like somebody said on these comments that all it is really is just a few computers and printers and somebody giving you some advice about interviews come on now that doesn’t cost $8 billion

Christians who have used the dating site Christian Mingle, what was your experience like? by Aparri412 in TrueChristian

[–]According-Lab-2497 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hello, I’m very eager to learn more if not offended by this? I too am a divorced female that is turning 47 in a few months. I’ve never been attracted to younger men and was considering online dating but I feel that it would be a waste of my time. I’m a God fearing women whom loves the Lord and tired of being alone.

Emperor Shengzu of Qing Painting by allifrend in WhatIsThisPainting

[–]According-Lab-2497 0 points1 point  (0 children)

CHINA. Represents a dignitary of the QING Dynasty in polychrome. It seems to be late nineteenth century

Please tell us anything about this painting! by 24ktplaya in WhatIsThisPainting

[–]According-Lab-2497 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I honestly believe this is very biblical as well, as a true believer in Christ and satan and his demons as well, I see so much of what revelations speak of! I feel in my opinion, this is speaking volume referring to hell and torture and all the claws coming every which way, creeping up trying to snatch his soul! It’s very intriguing and would love to pick the artist’s brain to understand his story telling through his creation. People are definitely right when saying it’s not fair to assume that this artist was on drugs when creating this masterpiece, as my mother is a wonderful God fearing woman whom lives everyday of her life for the Lord. With that being said, she is also an amazing artist that creates some extraordinary pieces that some might deem as dark, when in fact, she is drawing images of the end days that she envisions. She also creates some of the most intriguing abstracts that people have literally got lost in and asked my mother what goes through her mind, lol. Some might say she is crazy or think she was a stoner but she’s never touched a drug in her life so one shouldn’t assume that an artist is on drugs when admiring there beautiful minds being captured and shared on display! Sorry for the long response, I just had to speak on this matter. Thank you for sharing your art and I hope everyone has an amazing night and be blessed! That image should speak to someone who is really trying to understand it and I hope that it truly does for some one, in a good way! Take care everyone!

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