Just can’t be arsed to sell second hand children’s clothes

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DH wants to get them sold to claw some money back but I think it’s too much hassle. If I were to take the photos, asses the condition, list on Marketplace/ebay etc then they might not even sell - I just don’t think it’s worth the effort - I have sold the Frugi/Joules/Boden stuff and made a bit of cash but honestly who is going to pay for washed/worn H&M leggings?

AIBU just to donate or should I try to resell?

Don't bother with the Cash for clothes places because you will get so little.
Either drop them off at the charity shop, or bundle them and sell on eBay or similar.
Unless you have desirable brands they'll just be sitting around for ages.

I’d suggest he sells them as well.

I’ve tried selling lovely dresses, unworn, tagged, not high cost but not cheap, but for cheap prices and I don’t know how people succeed because I fail.

I’ll just have to lose weight and find somewhere to wear them 😉

If you want money there are clothes banks that pay per weight _ you would have to check your area. Or there are clothes banks at some supermarkets, kilbride hospice shops etc. Good school uniforms can go to some food banks. I am same. Too much hassle to sell. I just want it OUT OF MY HOUSE!

I've been buying bundles on Facebook for DS, I've been able to save so much money. Which is good, we're definitely feeling the pinch right now.

I only sell certain bits like Scandi brands or Little Bird. Anything else I give away.

The only clothes you’re likely to sell is brands people want or bundles for a tiny amount. I wouldn’t bother with eBay unless it’s a designer brand that has a strong market. There are designated Facebook groups for the organic/scandi type brands where people buy and sell.

If you want rid of your standard high street/supermarket clothes then you’d need to make them into size bundles, they’d need to be in very good condition and they might sell in dacebook

*on Facebook

I've just started selling again due to losing my job but usually I'd just pass on or give to charity. It only takes me 2 mins to list something on eBay so not exactly time consuming. Branded stuff sells well but I wouldn't bother with h&m or similar.

My DDs are adults now so no kids clothes to donate now, when they were growing up my financial situation was dire so their old clothes were only fit for the bin anyway.

DD2 still lives with me, and we put unwanted items on Olio now, things have gone very quickly indeed, within half an hour or sometimes less. You just put the items in a bag, the person messages to say they're coming, and as we live in a flat now, they just press the buzzer, so no real contact.

It's a great system, I could never be bothered to sell, and having had some very hard times myself, I know what it's like to have nothing, so I'd always much rather give things away than sell.

Either donate them, or let DH do all the work in selling them if that's what he wants. You wouldn't be able to sell them individually, I don't think, unless they're designer, better to do bundles by age. But that's his look out.

I used to sell the good stuff on eBay but what with a few buyers messing me about plus fees and lugging the parcels to the post office in the end it wasn't worth the faff.
Tell your DH to do it himself.

If it's not Frugi/Duns/Joules etc there's little point. Sell them on the Facebook groups, they usually sell within minutes, which cuts out faff. I only sell bundles of Next stuff on ebay now. On saying that, I did a massive bundle of basics - vests, socks, tights, leggings- listed it as playwear for £10 Buy it Now and it sold within an hour. Yet I've had 99p for absolutely pristine designer dresses

I'm with you OP. The effort of selling kids clothes far outstrips the payoff.

I take the same approach to most other items as well. I inherited a load of stuff from my parents, stamps, coins, vinyl, etc. Friends were horrified when I donated it, said there could be some absolute gems in there. Fine, then let the people who've taken the effort to read up on and become experts in those things reap the rewards of that effort when they stumble across them in a charity shop. I'm fortunate enough that I don't need to spend hours of my life individually valuing and then packaging up all that stuff. If that's your area of expertise then crack on, and bloody good luck to you.

I usually give things away to charity but we've lost 3 months income this year so I now have no choice but to sell lots of our old good quality stuff to make a little money.

I know iabu but it annoys me when people give things away on my local FB group - it makes the rest of us who are asking for a little cash look like skinflints! I wish they would stick to the free pages or freecycle. That's just a small side moan, sorry.

"If he wants them sold. Get him to sort it."

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Same here, I kerp the Scandi/little bird/joules stuff aside to sell, athen chariry shop or give away the rest. Unless you do bundles, maybe? I never have much luck selling kids stuff on facebook.

I found that our local Salvation Army gave decent clothes straight to needy families at their playgroups rather than putting them into their shops. If I donate clothes I want them to be used by families in need. A friend also used to do clothing bundles which were available to families that accessed the church food bank (used to buy packs of new undies to go with them).

Yanbu. I just donate ours. Most of my dc's clothes are fairly worn out after all 5 of my dc have worn them. We have had so many clothes and other baby stuff given to us over the years that it's been nice to pay it forward. I asked the school if they wanted the outgrown school uniform for when the children forget their jumper or wet themselves and they were so grateful.

I think that either he does it, you donate to charity, or else do full bin bags for a negligible amount just to get rid of them.

Surely brand new H&M leggings are only a couple of pounds? I doubt they have any resale value individually.

Easy. If he thinks he can get money for them, let HIM sell them.

He can sort it if it's that important. I sold a couple of expensive things like the bits I could only afford because they were on sale but I can't be bothered selling on the £1 Primark t-shirts DD had.

I always donate, whether it’s furniture or clothing. I don’t need the money. If I did, I’d be more inclined to sell.

I've just started to sell off some clothes. What I have found is they sell well if new with tags and obviously if gd brands. She's only 7 months and I've made over £600 so far but quite a bit was new. Still got about half the 3-6 months stuff to sell. For the used stuff you are practically giving it away for normal high street brands. If I had someone to pass them to I would but I just want them gone. The best money I've made was from Joules and Ted Baker which we have quite a bit of. Also got more for some than I paid for some used Next babygrows as they were sold out.

It does take time and effort but I'm pleased with what I've made so far. Have you tried selling in bundles that's what I've done with a lot of the used stuff. You can only try if u feel it's not worth ur while than you can give them away.

Unless they are designer and in good condition its barely worth it on ebay. Particularly with parcel fees @ £3.10.

I just can't be arsed with this and would just charity shop the lot. DH sometimes sells bits but I'm not doing it.