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And only if your goodwill has decent suits. I’ve never seen a suit nice enough to wear to anything but a costume party in my goodwill.

I wonder if goodwill is going to lose a bunch of donations once people realize they can’t deduct them anymore on their taxes (for the large number of people that will now use the standard deduction). I also wonder if goodwill is getting a lot less good stuff now because of sites like Swap and Thread Up.

My wife gets a bunch of her clothes there. I’m not sure how much money we actually save since because the clothes are so cheap, she ends up buying more. But she does put old clothes she doesn’t wear anymore on the site and has gotten some cash back for them (usually more than the donation deduction would be). They just started carrying a decent selection of men’s clothes and I got a couple name brand sport coats (one new with tags) for under $25 each. I sent in a couple sport coats that don’t fit anymore. I’m curious to see if I get any decent money for them.

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