It’s true, more than 60 years ago, when our family founded the company (or even 20 years ago), you could find items for a dollar (or sometimes less) at Value World. Over the decades though, we’ve had to gradually raise prices to cover our costs and keep up with inflation.
Some people think the items we sell are donated to us (meaning, we get them for free). In fact, 99% of our inventory is not. We buy almost everything we sell in our stores – from nonprofits, recycling programs, retailers, and many other sources.
In addition, the cost of shipping and storing those items, operating our stores, and offering our employees competitive wages, means we have to price things fairly, while still paying our bills and staffing our stores.
How do we price our items? Every single item we sell is sorted, evaluated, and priced by an individual. We carefully train our team members to price items as low as possible, based on quality, condition, brand, and fair market value.
Do we sometimes get it wrong? Sure. We’re only human. If you find an item that seems overpriced, please email us with a picture and the store location, and we’ll look into it. We appreciate your help in improving our pricing and procedures, and we thank you for shopping at Value World!