Cash for unwanted designer clothes

inglorius

Am in the process of clearing out my wardrobes, I have a lot of clothing that I have hardly worn over the past year or so, where is the best place to get some money back for these items?

As a caveat I wouldn't describe a lot of the items as tat, I have a Hugo Boss coat, Ralph Lauren and Ted Baker hoodies for example so am looking for a site that would pay per item rather then pay per kg of clothing irrespective of what it is, does anyone have any advice please,

Browntoa

You may get best prices via local Facebook buy and sell groups or gumtree

Robinette

I've sold a couple of items through vestiairecollective.com. The commission is quite steep, but the prices achieved were still higher than I could get anywhere else.

Wizzbang

Ted Baker is worth less than 10% of what you pay for it, see a lot of it in charity shops. But you could try eBay, but it's saturated. Ralph Lauren isn't exactly high end designer either and can be picked up in TK Maxx and the like for no more than Adidas etc. Hugo Boss is a label you see in really low end stores like Sports Direct and other really low end designer clearance places like T J Hughes, so again I would be expecting to charity shop it. If it was high end designer then a dress agency would be interested - but not for those labels.

lincroft1710

inglorius wrote: »

Am in the process of clearing out my wardrobes, I have a lot of clothing that I have hardly worn over the past year or so, where is the best place to get some money back for these items?

To be really MSE, return the items to your wardrobe and wear them in 2018. Do not buy any more clothes until you have worn out at least one item.

"Cash for Clothes" type places give around 40p a kilo, so for 5 kilos (or 11lb) you will receive the princely sum of £2!

Wizzbang

Having realised the poor returns on getting rid of perfectly good clothing, you should consider learning to sew and re-working the items (like they did in WW2). It provides much better value and you learn skills to boot.

I recently transformed an unloved and uncomfortable pair of jeans, admittedly they only cost £4.50 in the sale. But just by changing the waistband with an old top and about 20p of elastic and now I wear them regularly. I also took the hems up to fit me perfectly.

Emmaaar22

I`ll have them

I buy clothes for a cheap price and then resell them on for profit. I know places where they will go for quite a bit of money. Only thing is they have in good/Great condition. Any fault wrong with them and I won`t have it.

inglorius

Emmaaar22 wrote: »

I`ll have them

I buy clothes for a cheap price and then resell them on for profit. I know places where they will go for quite a bit of money. Only thing is they have in good/Great condition. Any fault wrong with them and I won`t have it.

Care to share these places please

Wizzbang

inglorius wrote: »

Care to share these places please

Oh yeah, sure they're going to tell you their business outlets on a public forum. Ha ha ha.

In this life, you do the hard work yourself. Read the MSE forums, they have a comprehensive guide on where it is possible to sell items. It's called Boost Your Income and you can also take the time to read these forums. But don't expect anyone to tell you what you can read for free, for yourself!

elly68

I find they sell quite well at bootsales same as plus clothing and goth clothing

inglorius

Wizzbang wrote: »

Oh yeah, sure they're going to tell you their business outlets on a public forum. Ha ha ha.

In this life, you do the hard work yourself. Read the MSE forums, they have a comprehensive guide on where it is possible to sell items. It's called Boost Your Income and you can also take the time to read these forums. But don't expect anyone to tell you what you can read for free, for yourself!

Thanks, it would have taken less time to provide a link to one of these places rather then offer the response you did. I'll get reading.