What to do with old baby/toddler clothes.

fabforty

My son has a ton and a half of baby clothes that I want to offload. In the past I have given them to charity shops but I am feeling less generous now :o and would actually like to get something for them. They are mainly M&S and Mothercare - no designer names - and on the whole, are in good condition. I just wondered what other people do with theirs. There seem to be various sites which pay per bag load, has anyone tried one and how did it work out? Ebay is the other obvious choice, but that is completely new territory for me and there appear to be lots of baby clothes already on there.

Any recommendations or advice would be much appreciated.

kerri_gt

How about a car boot? You won't make a kings ransom there - like ebay it's a popular choice to offload baby / toddler clothes, but some money in your pocket and extra room is better than nothing I would think. Toys also sell very well at car boots.

For the clothes I would suggest a per item price, but also have a price if people want to buy a bundle of clothes - for example 5 t-shirts for £4 or something like that.

My friend sold a lot of kids clothes at a car boot, most for 50p - £1 for t-shirts / tops / trousers. More expensive items like coats were up to about £5.

if you have certain items you know did cost a lot and want to try and get a little more for them, stick to the price you want but be prepared to bring the items home - for example my friend had a christening gown she wanted £10 for and it took 3 car boots to shift it.

LannieDuck

I would suggest you either find a local NCT sale or try putting some bundles up on ebay. You could also carboot, but I think things generally sell for less there.

hot.chick

You will defo get more on eBay, 50p per kilo is about £8-10 for 3 bin bags

snowyz81

if your on facebook, check if your town has a local selling page. I've got rid and bought loads of bargains from mine

swingaloo

I wouldn't bother with the car boot unless you know of a really good one near to you. I go to a car boot, its a really busy one every weekend but there are always loads of stalls trying to get rid of baby things such as toys and clothes.
I spoke to one lady last week who had loads of toddlers boys clothes (I often look on the baby stalls for things for my nieces daughter). She was struggling to get over 50p for anything and resorted to laying out all the items at 'anything for 10p' which was giving them away and still people were not interested.

Our local charity shop now sells baby and childrens clothes up to age 10 for 30p each and have baskets full. I just don't understand why, there are some great bargains but all mums seem to want new.

Ive sold bundles of baby clothes on ebay for my sister in the past but now that postage costs have increased even that dosnt work now as a small bundle would be £5.20 just for the postage.

dizziblonde

Might have a baby nearly new shop as well - we have one locally that either buys baby stuff or sells it on your behalf and then takes a cut of the money in the case of things like pushchairs.

She's picky about what clothes she'll take because obviously she'd be swamped otherwise - but branded stuff like Next and the like are fine - it's the supermarket stuff she doesn't resell.

pinkshoes

Sell them in bundles on eBay or use your local Facebook group to sell them.

LannieDuck

swingaloo wrote: »

Our local charity shop now sells baby and childrens clothes up to age 10 for 30p each and have baskets full. I just don't understand why, there are some great bargains but all mums seem to want new.

Wow, that sounds great. We don't have anything like that in my bit of London. Any good quality baby stuff in charity shops around here gets snapped up asap.

foolofbeans

I've used ebay to sell clothes but if you sell individual items it is a lot of effort and the charges are extortionate so any profit soon dwindles away. Ebay are now charging a final value fee of 10% based on what your item sells for and the postage charge so although you make no money on postage ebay wants a cut on top!!

At car boots people only want to pay pennies for baby clothes, it's shocking really.
I've been to NCT sales where the items were priced up and you browse and buy. To sell it was a charge of 30% of whatever you priced the item at so you could risk asking more to cover the charge of just get rid. Different branches do it different ways though as I know another that charges £10 per table.
Facebook selling pages seem the way to sell stuff now. I'm stuck as I don't live in a town but if you do and you're at home a lot you detail a price and they pick up at a convenient time. Just be careful who you give your address to though.

debsy42

I know you're not feeling too generous however do you have a local hospital with a children's ward, the one I work at is always grateful for clothes, toys etc. Quite often children come via A & E and only have the clothes they were brought in with. (Sorry not trying to put you on a guilt trip but someone else reading this might have some old clothes hanging about )