What to do with old baby/toddler clothes.

Make-it-3

Unless its designer stuff, its a lot of work to shift things and very little return. Decent chain store stuff M&S/Next used to do ok on ebay, but with postage charges skyrocketing its put people off. Boot sales and NCT can be costly because of the charges involved to sell.

If you've got the time, then go for it with ebay. But honestly, its mostly not worth it and you'll feel good if you do donate to a charity shop.

Savvy_Sue

Alternatives to a charity shop are your local women's refuge and the Salvation Army.

I was at an event today with some information stalls: one of them mentioned befriending asylum seekers and had (anonymised) details of a single mum who had no money for clothes for her or her DD. I asked if they could use baby clothes (as we're sometimes offered them at work) and they suggested the Salvation Army.

TinyToes

gumtree. i usually bundle up the ages and sell them per bundle. no hassle with fees etc either.

an9i77

I've just sold a load on ebay and made a tidy profit. I list them individually first and then if they don't sell, I bundle them.EG I just sold a bundle of 4 jumpers for £14 inc postage.
If they are small enough to go large letter when packed flat you can send them for 69p second class which makes it worth selling as most people won't pay more than £3 or so for an item including postage.
If they are too big you are looking at £2.60 per parcel which will probably kill any profits you make so these ones I'd send as a bundle unless it is something particularly valuable.

LottieLou

Just a thought if you start to feel generous again, you could donate some to you're local Neonatal unit. On the unit I work on, we rely on donations from staff/ old and new parents for all sizes...it's not something the NHS will ever allow in the budget

fluffnutter

I think you get so little for used baby clothes, that the 'glow' you get from helping poorly babies or babies who don't have much is worth more than the money you might make.

JimmyTheWig

Ebay is such a lot of hassle and is fairly expensive to use. It's not the same beast that it was 10 years ago when it was worth selling any old junk.
Plus if you sell a bundle the postage cost is huge.

Car boot sales are great for shifting the bulk. When I do a car boot sale I sell children's clothes at 50p or £1 an item (£1 for reasonable names like M&S, Next, Mothercare, etc; 50p for supermarket, Matalan, etc) or £5 for a carrier bag full.
If you do this it is definitely worth sorting them out into different baskets for each age.

Or, as has been mentioned, join a Facebook buying and selling site. These are great for selling and buying, and also great for meeting local people.

The "cash for clothes" type places are fine as a last resort, but you really do get peanuts for the clothes.

PurpleFairy26

I would definitely recommend NCT sales. OK, so you donate 30% of anything sold to the NCT, but, you label them up, drop them off first thing and then go and collect what's left at the end and they send you a cheque for what you've sold a couple of days later. yes, you have to price it all up. But, you don't have to haggle like at car boot. You put a price on it and people buy it or they don't.

I make a decent amount twice a year at our local one. I have a huge pile for selling in November and will also be digging out some toys too a) to raise funds and b) to make space

Hippipal

I would try the facebook route. No postage fees. There are loads of toys and clothes on ours and they seem to sell well.

Kinski

I wandered into this part of the forum accidentally but when I saw your post I thought I'd shove my tuppence worth in. You could see if you have something local to you like the Jack and Jill markets we have up here. My daughter and I did one a few weeks ago to try and get rid of a lot of her daughters baby clothes and some big stuff as well, she managed to make about £200 in a few hours, I don't think she would do one again but it was worth it as a one off just to get rid of a load of baby stuff.

http://www.jackandjillmarket.co.uk/