Charity shop - yes or no

[darksoya]

I have a couple of pairs of trousers which are good but the hook thing to fasten them has come off. I know I could try and get one and try and sew it on but they've been lying waiting for me to do this for about a year.

Would charity shops sell them like that or not?

they won't like. those hooky things are cheap to buy & sew on yourself.

It is frustrating when you end up fixing something to give to charity shop but I sometimes do it because I don’t want things to go to waste. If you don’t have time energy atm you could freegle/free cycle them if good label, someone might take them to fix and sell on. Or the clothing banks in supermarket car parks/ recycling centres seem to say that everything will be used one way or another. Made me think maybe I should see if any of my friends want to come round for a mending evening with drinks !

No they'll just get binned. They dont have time to be sewing things up.

They will just bin them nobody wants broken trousers.

I've seen clothes in charity shops with similar minor faults and it wouldn't put me off buying something that can be so easily fixed.

Charity shops get money for scrap material (anything they don't sell in the shop)

Perhaps I should have made it clear. They are good trousers, one pair is an expensive COS one and another is one that I bought in Denmark. It's not trash.

Stick them in Vinted with clear pictures and description

I'd buy Cos trousers that needed an easy repair if the price was right

You get rid of the trousers knowing that they've got a good chance of being work again and you can give the cash to charity if you want

I don't have the time or motivation to use Vinted. I don't want to spend time using freecycle cos of idiots who don't turn up. Charity shops are my best bet I think, as long as they will sell them on.

You can't control what will happen to them if you give them to charity. They may sell, they may not. Sounds like you like them though and want to keep them. I bet you could fix them easily. Just like sewing on a button.

Pay for them to be repaired?

Fix them and use them.
Or fix them and donate them.

I worked in a charity shop for 10 years. Most shops would absolutely appreciate them if that was the only flaw. On the other side when things are really bad it is still worth donating them because they still get money for rags so everything given is useful. If it is only a catch that is missing then please donate. We were always grateful for donations.

I volunteer in a charity shop and do a lot of sorting.
If it’s a small fault like that and can easily be repaired, then we would definitely put them out for sale, especially if they are a good brand.

Thanks for feedback. Will take them to the local charity shop this week. (Any one but Oxfam!)

Just buy the little hook. So easy to sew on. Or offer to friends who might not mind fixing them

I honestly dont' know anyone (else) socially who sews. Even when DD had brownie badges: everyone said "Oh I'll give that to my mom to sew on." or they used fabric glue. Nobody sews. I'm the only one who sews.

I tell a lie, I'm on social terms with... the lady who taught me patchwork quilting. She sews. One of very few.

OP: what I'd really like you to do is to ask the shop if they want the item even with that flaw. & report back what they said.

This is the reason I'm teaching my GC to sew. They've watched me sew a button on a blouse, and sew a ripped seam.

They think I'm amazing and so clever.

It’s a dying skill. I’ve taught my grandsons to sew & knit as I did with their dad.