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Is this really bad?

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Z0rr0 · 17/11/2022 01:15

A friend is moving house. We're helping them on moving day.
As part of the clear out she brought several bin bags of clothes destined for the charity shop for my DD to look through. DD chose a few bits but most of it is not stuff she likes. To save the friend having to worry about it I said I would take the bags to the charity shop but I'm tempted to sell a few bits on Vinted. They're not mega things just hoodies I would sell for a couple of quid.
Is that wrong? I personally wouldn't care if the situation was reversed (if I couldn't be arsed to sell and was taking to the charity but friend could be arsed to sell) but I feel like some people might think that was bad and somehow my moral compass has gone a bit wonky.
Should I not do this?

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minidancer · 17/11/2022 20:17

I had exactly this done to me. Except I found out my clothes (that I'd given to a friends daughter to go through) had been sold on eBay and made over £300. I had said anything you don't want take to the charity shop. I wanted the clothes to go to someone who needed them. I could have sold them myself but wanted to help other people. Definitely ask before you do it

AngelinaFibres · 17/11/2022 20:35

Z0rr0 · 17/11/2022 19:28

Good point about the things selling in the charity shop if they would sell on Vinted. All the shops round here are overflowing with stuff and struggle to sort it and dispose of the stuff they don't want. But maybe these days things are selling more quickly.

Charity shops have well established procedures for sorting donations. Things are moved on to other branches that have less stock if the shop you left it at has too much. They also have regular rag collections of clothes that aren't suitable to sell. If she has given you things that are good enough for you to be bothered with the faff of selling on vinted then you know that they will sell well in a charity shop. That is where they should be going. If its 'not about the money' and your concern is that they should find a new home then that is precisely what the charity shop will do

DuvetHugger · 17/11/2022 20:42

I've seen loads of posts on here where people have kicked off because they gifted friends items which they later sold. Posters would come on and say if it qas gifted to you then you can do what you like with them.

This is the same situation. She obviously couldn't be bothered to sell them. Or maybe suggest she sells them on vinted and see what she says

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