What to do with old baby/toddler clothes.

dolly84

Please don't sell them for 50p/KG as this is all used for rags which is terrible if they are good clothes. I agree with sorting them into age and listing on gumtree, I've sold that way and it works well. Also freecycle if you don't want any money but want to think they will be re-used.

JimmyTheWig

dolly84 wrote: »

Please don't sell them for 50p/KG as this is all used for rags which is terrible if they are good clothes.

That's not true.
They make most of their money by reselling them as clothes.
The last time I took some stuff to one of these places they wouldn't take anything that was stained, anything drawn on (a name in a label was ok), school uniform with the school logo on it, unpaired socks or unpaired shoes.
If they were using them for rags, all of the above would have been ok.

dandelionclock30

If you sell them on Gumtree be prepared for lots of people trying to knock you down in price. I always put what I want and no offers or haggling. Otherwize you get hasselled with loads of daft texts.

Another thing you could try is putting a card in supermarkets and Wilkinsons. You can always meet the person in a shopping centre if you dont want them coming to you house.

Ebay is really expensive and I try to sell my things elcewhere first.

AM84

Do your local nurseries or playgroups have fairs? I got a stall at the local primary school with my sister and cleared out the house. We made enough to make it worthwhile and got to meet some more mums in the area. It's a double win!

Magicboo

The Facebook selling pages do very well round my area (Hampshire) too. They are usually called something along the lines of "*** (area) babybay" so you can find them.
Don't forget you could do collection available on eBay so someone may pay more because they don't have to add postage.

mitch1975

foolofbeans wrote: »

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.

Myself and a friend have both been selling items on our local Facebook selling pages and we have had people ask if we would be willing to post, we have posted items and it was really easy, the buyer paid through PayPal and we posted the item once payment was received, a bit like eBay but without eBay's fees. We decided to create a Facebook selling page called items for sale, willing to post anywhere in the UK this was because of the change in eBay's sellers fees as they are now charging a fee on the postage. With eBay's insertion fee, FVF, FVF on postage and PayPal's fees, sellers on eBay are now putting their prices up so they are not out of pocket and buyers are no longer getting a bargain, in todays society people are struggling to make ends meet so we hope the Facebook selling page will give people another alternative to selling their goods and make a bit of money for themselves.

bulktrans

Use local gumtree :-)

WifeandMummy

I have gifted some of my toddler clothes to friends, sold some bits on selling sites and also bagged some up for the "rag" man. Also I have had some keepsakes made out of some of my favourtie clothes, such as a cuddly bunny and memory blanket xx

applecrumble24

NCT sales are fab, If you volunteer you can reduce the donation %, plus get first look at all the sale stuff, although I appreciate that may defeat the object!

If you're in yorkshire try table tots. They set uo the sales in school halls etc any you hire a pitch for about £10 so might work out cheaper than nct depending on what you've got to sell?

I like gumtree for kids stuff too

gayleygoo

What about asking your child's school/nursery/toddler group to hold a fundraising baby-stuff sale? Most parents with children of that age still have things to sell, or young children they can buy things for. The venue could charge a small amount per table, or get more involved and make a day of it for a good cause with raffles and lucky dips and allsorts...! But if that is way more hassle than you intended then I'd suggest a car boot sale. You might not get much for the clothes but it would be easier than ebay!