The 2010 crazy clothes challenge

bethg2009

NGlady wrote: »

Very tempted to join in - omg me on a budget for clothes :S i must have foolishly spent 3000 last year lol
Just a query, im an active member on bigwardrobe (swapping clothes) so basically i have a largeish expenditure on postage, do i have to include the postage in my budget or is that a plus?

Ooooohh just had a quick look at this website never heard of it before, how does it work then, I've loads of clothes could go...

niksyg

JohnnieStar wrote: »

Please can you count me in? I want to spend no more than £100. I got motivated after fixing my only pair of trousers last night quite succesfully! Is there a thread about fixing/customising clothes too? Or is it all tied in to this one? i will need some new clothes very soon, but I'm so eager to have a great financial year!

xxxx

Just to say well done on mending your trousers!! :j

niksyg

Nothing for me today, and tomorrow is hopefully doing to be a NSD for me (OH turn to buy groceries and he's offered to pay for us to got with friends for a curry :-) )
Hope every is having a nifty thrifty start to 2010 x

NGlady

Ooo I hope I don't get in trouble for explaining this website on here lol.
Basically, the best way to explain it is.
You get a vertual wardrobe - in this vertual wardrobe you list, much like you would on ebay things you no longer want. Pop some pictures a description and wella. What you also do, is decide whether you would "swap" the item or you would prefer cash offers. In truth, you don't really get many cash offers, especially in your "newbie" days.
So - once you've got items in your wardrobe, this can take 24hours to "approve" each item is manually approved.
Say you list a T-shirt in your wardrobe. People can see the t-shirt in the t-shirt search catagory, or if you pop a message on the forum they may choose to go directly to your wardrobe. Say three people like this T-shirt, normal practise is they will pop you a message saying "any swaps" which is basically a invite to look through their wardrobe and pick something you like N.b there is normally a "guide price" which much like in a auction house its how much you would swap for, so normally give or take a few quid you match these prices up so somebody wouldnt swap something with a guideprice of 25.00 for your 5.00 item or people would give you a cash offer.
What normally happens is the "swapping code of practise" which means, whoever has got the least feedback at the time of accepting the swap posts first. If both same feedback, you send same time. if a cash swap, cash comes first.
Normally its advisable to post recorded - i dont normally do this with the active members on the forum, as to be honest its such a friendly place you are really in a group of friends
The beauty of the site, unlike Ebay is your not forced to take any offers. So unlike with ebay that runs the risk of ending on a shiney penny, you keep the item until your happy with the swap
Hope this helps, and I hope I havnt drivvled on - feel free to ask anymore questions, i hope Luna doesnt mind me posting this here

Swinstie73

Swinstie73 wrote: »

Hi, can I join please? I've already set myself a budget of £120 for the year (£10 per month) and that will include all clothes for work and home including accessories.
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Hope everyone is having a great New Year so far!

Haven't spent anything today (no shops open), but wanted to amend mines to NOT including accessories, as bought a fab pair of earrings yesterday (31st Dec) and thought I could tart up some old clothes with accessories. Also my total is down for £100 but I wanted £120 as per first post. Can you please amend Lula? Thanks

loopychriss

I'd like to join please.... Loopychriss

I've got a wardrobe full of clothes that don't fit me, and am living in the same few things that do fit. I am starting a healthy eating plan next week (when all the Christmas goodies have been eaten up!) and know that if I stick to it I can lose a stone in about a month and that some of my clothes will then fit me.

I might need some new underwear when I've lost a bit of weight, but apart from that I've got enough.

I will need some new t-shirts in the summer but I'll get them from Primani, they're only about £2.50 each.

I have bought my clothes from charity shops for years, I much prefer them as a) it is recycling and b) I can get better label stuff at a fraction of the price.

So - I don't think it will be very hard for me to stick to less than £100 for the year.

solventsoon

Hi everyone,
Hope your new year celebrations went well and you're all prepared for 2010 now.

Well done to everyone for joining this challenge, when I first saw this challenge in the middle of last year I seriously thought anyone even attempting this was mad! Seen the light now and realised just how many clothes I actually have and how many I actually wear (or, more to the point, can wear) :o:o

Managed to spend nothing so far and hopefully this will carry on. I'm determined to declutter my wardrobes (and rest of my house) during 2010 - thus gaining some extra cash -and lose the weight I've been carrying around for far too long.
Good luck everyone and thanks to Lula for organising this :beer:
x

ThinkingOfLinking

NGlady, I have a question for you:
Do they have brand new clothes? I wouldn't ever wear anything second hand (I just have phobias of that sort of thing).

loopychriss

I'm not NGlady, but I buy things from charity shops, and yes, they do have new stuff. Mostly from people like myself who (used to) buy things on impulse and then never wear them. I've bought things brand new still with tags on. I also buy other clothes (never underwear though) and just put them through the washing machine. No difference between doing that and buying new and washing after 1 wear...!

NGlady

Hi, I know entierly how you feel and I have often wondered about this myself - I wouldn't dream of shopping in a charity shop, although I will happily swap clothes with a woman the other side of the country that she has worn. I think the difference between Bigwardrobe and charity shops are, you actually know in a small way the person whose sending them, so they are going to be looked after as people get bad reps for sending poor clothes. They are also like you, majorily into fashion and style and just trying to do this on a shoe-string so you get a lot in common, so its a lot safter than Ebay. There is some BNWT stuff but people are as the above poster says generally shoppaholics, buy something weaer once and then want a new outfit, so normally there worn once clothes.
Hope im not going to get in trouble for talking about Bigwardrobe!