Keep, charity shop or throw away?

[Karcheer]

I'm having a sort out. Help me decide what to do with these...

A pair of Ash wedge trainers, I think they are called Thelma's, white and taupe.
Another pair but in suede, black and burgundy.
Both purchased when I really liked dmbl40s style a few years ago. Only really worn a couple of times

A pair of R Sole cowboy boots. Sale purchase quite a few years ago, worn once I think

A Burberry midi length summer skirt in Burberry print. Bought a couple of weeks before Daniella Westbrook wore head to toe Burberry, and that put me off...

So ladies should they all go in the bin????

[LovingLola]

Why on earth would you put almost brand new clothes in the bin?
Bring them to a charity shop.

[PinkShampagney]

Ebay.

If not:

Oh and.... grammar police... TAKE (not bring) them to a charity shop. Arrggh!

[PiratePointyTits]

Ebay, charity shop, Facebook selling page, gumtree, garage sale.
It's a waste to put hardly used items into landfill.

[Karcheer]

Ok so the consensus is that they would be wanted by a charity shop then. I thought they might be a bit too dated fashion and so not wanted by anyone iykwim.

[ChishandFips33]

YY to charity shop or sell

Some food bank collections also take clothes

Women's refuge are always looking out for decent clothes - especially unworn packs of underwear/socks

[SapphireSeptember]

Some people don't care about fashion (myself included.) I don't care if something looks dated, I would dress like it's the 1880s if I could afford to. As it is I dress like Amy Lee circa 2003-2006 about 60% of the time, wearing stuff I get from charity shops.

[PinkShampagney]

Slighty upset that e b a y n appears as a link. What the fuck is that about? Is this a new MN thing?

So a random post I place on a message board generates revenue for other people. You can fuck right off thanks.

Puts me off this place really. Testing testing one two three:
Amazon
McDonalds
Harrods
Toys R Us
Mothercare
Tesco
Waitrose
Sainsburys
Aldi
Daily Mail
M&S
Bastards

[PinkShampagney]

Oohh - so just e b ay and T oys R U S then at the mo?

Commericalising fools.

[Bubbinsmakesthree]

I am pretty indiscriminate with what clothing I send to the charity shop - I think stuff that isn't saleable quality gets ragged, shipped abroad of whatever but something useful happens to it. Barely worn brand name stuff will definitely be saleable though.

Some of that would be worth ebaying though if you want to see some money from it.

[FeliciaJollygoodfellow]

If I would still wear it (basically not worn out or stained) then I charity shop it.

I did try eBay and Facebook selling pages but tbh I just can't be arsed anymore. People are so cheeky and tight. I'd rather the charity got the £3 I get for something, particularly as I always end up short changing myself with the postage.

[DancingHouse]

I'll always try it on eBay once or twice see if there is any interest. If not take it to charity, if they don't want it they get money for the rags.

[Matildatoldsuchdreadfullies]

I was chatting to a couple of volunteers in a local charity shop, and mentioned that I needed to sort out a pile of clothes so I only gave them sellable stuff. They told me to give them everything, as they'd get rag money for the rubbish.

They now get all my old clothes because I don't have to agonise about whether I'm just offloading junk on to them. I tend to give them a bag of what I consider to be sellable, and a bag of rags. But if they disagree with my views of wearability of second hand clothes they still actively benefit.

[Surreyblah]

Many charity shops only want saleable items.

[intheknickersoftime]

I'm still pretty shocked that you would consider putting them in the bin. There are clothes collection points in pretty much every supermarket car park.

[BabyHamster]

I also had no idea some people put clothes in the bin! We recycle things which are unwearable, anything else goes to the charity shop. My local charity shops don't care whether things are currently in fashion.

[SuburbanRhonda]

My local council does a weekly roadside textile collection. They sort the items in the same way I would at home but it saves me the bother.

[MinesaPinot]

Anything wearable goes to the charity shop (my DH reckons I keep our one in the village going) My charity shop also has a Gift Aid scheme and I get a letter every so often letting me know how much our donations have raised. The option is there for me to have the money if I want, but I usually leave it as I don't do much else for charity.

Any unwearable textiles can go in our green recycling bin.

I do feel that some of the stuff I have donated to the charity shop I could have sold on Ebay if I could have organised myself, but really can't be bothered to be honest.

[piefacerecords]

So a random post I place on a message board generates revenue for other people

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