To think it’s too much hassle to sell clothes and I should just bring them to the charity shop

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I’ve got a lot of lovely unworn clothes I’d like to sell online but it seems like I’ll get about fiver for a dress that cost me £40 and is still in perfect condition, or £30 for a brand new All Saints biker jacket that cost me £350! Or £3 for a perfect condition item from a brand like H&M.

It seems a lot of hassle taking the pics, doing the descriptions, then posting them. But at the same time it feels like such a waste of money to not get something for them…

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yABU - sell them online
yanbu - just give it to charity

It’s very good in the sense you can get rid of everything in one bag so way easier than selling. You make less of a profit and anything that isn’t sellable quality won’t go up on their site but it’s good if you want to get rid things quickly and don’t mind getting about a quarter / half? Of the profits.it’s quite fun seeing your credit build up to buy things too.

Sell them - you have to get into a bit of a rhythm photographing and listing etc but honestly there is money to be made if you put in the effort. But I do get why people can’t be arsed.

Oo might do that then.. better than them sitting in bags in the cupboard, no need to do any posting etc. Thank you!

Not nesscesarily, the Charity shop i was involved in would bin damaged things some people donate torn, damaged and filthy clothes, but most went on the rails/shelves.

😂 it does make more sense financially to sell them ourself (rather than eg. Thrift+), it’s just a pain to get it all done. Adverts, weighing, packing, sending from post office which usually has long queues.. Work, children, life in general means it’s not feasible most of the time 🤷‍♀️

If you have time and are short of cash, sell.
If you’re managing okay for money, but short of time, donate.

If you sell , don't forget that you are limited to 30 items per year or £1000 limit. After either of the limits reached, you will be reported to HMRC by eBay, Vinted, etc and potentially have to prove to HMRC that you are selling your own items to avoid tax... high risk and hustle

I always give them to charity shops, I couldn't be bothered with photos and then posting the item and all the other fuss

I walk past both Evri drop off and Inpost locker on the school run every day so it’s no extra effort for me really. I also reuse postage bags most of the time so no extra cost incurred there.

If you can afford to just take them to the charity shop that’s great as some lucky person will find a bargain that day! But for me I am between jobs at the moment and a SAHM so the £1/£2/£5 sales add up and I buy myself and DCs new clothes from my Vinted balance.

I do charity shop. I buy on vinted and ebay but my time is too precious to put in that amount of effort for £10.

I don’t give to charity regularly anymore as too broke since the mortgage and childcare went up by a third but I see my donations of great clothes as my way of supporting instead.

I sell everything on Vinted. Don't make loads but it keeps my fast growing son in clothes. Usually end up spending my Vinted balance on him. I find the upload process simple and stick to Yodel and Evri for delivery options as they are both on my doorstep.

I can't be arsed with all the packing and faffing for eBay selling, not to mention the chancers that try it on.
Then my only experience of selling on Vinted ended with a suspicious stain appearing on the garment after it was sent, and me having to practically give it to her.

Giving them away is a lot less hassle, plus I can feel a bit virtuous.

It also depends on how much spare time you have versus what other demands there are on it.
I'm job searching at the moment whilst finishing up at current employment, so a spare hour is (hopefully)much more profitably spent updating my CV and applying for roles, rather than photos, posting online and traipsing to the post office.

I think you to change the mindset about what the clothes are worth.
You've bought them and now they're not giving you anything as you don't wear them. You either sell them for whatever people will pay for them and get some money and space back or send them to the charity shop and gain space and maybe a feeling of good from helping a charity.

If you do want to sell them sometimes you can get more by selling them on a Facebook group specifically for the brand.

We are definitely not rolling in cash but I cannot be bothered with the faff for a few £'s either tbh.

Yanbu.
If you take them to oxfam they'll email you to tell you how much money you raised it ends up being a lot- unless you're incredibly strapped for cash I'd rather spend my time and money like that

Ps maybe try the jacket on vinted if it's brand new

The opposite to your question though- I have got in the habit of checking vinted for brand new with tags items before I buy online, I just got some half price new Nike trainers this way

I just give them straight to charity. Charity shops need decent quality donations so they can cover their overheads and make some money for their cause, not just rails of bobbly Primark tat they've only been given because no-one would look at it on Vinted. And people will often pay more for clothes in a charity shop than on Vinted anyway because it's for a good cause and they don't have to pay postage. Just seems less wasteful and less hassle all round to me.

Yeah I just sell things that will make me at least £8. I’ve found eBay works better than Vinted. I did put a bunch of stuff up on Vinted but took most down after having to package, print label and drive to my nearest drop off point for the sake of earning £1 (.50p worth probably gone in petrol!) I was hoping more people would buy in bundle but didn’t seem to happen.

I personally would definitely try selling the jacket for £30 though, but if you don’t need the money a charity shop will appreciate it.

For things like the All Saints jacket I would use a dress agency. I maybe take one or two things a year, and they give good advice on what will sell. I've done a couple of lower end "designer" handbags that way too.

For the rest, I always take to the charity shop and consider it a way that I donate to charity each year.

If you can afford to not bother, I'm sure the charity shops will be delighted.

I personally find Vinted really easy - it takes less than 2 minutes to quickly snap a couple of photos and create the listing. Then I wrap stuff in carrier bags that I have at home and drop them at the In Post/Evri point right next to the kids' school. Then use the credit whenever we buy anything else for them.

I think selling something for £30 would be worth the hassle, even if it did cost a lot more.

Anything less than £10 I send to the Charity shop, I did list a few things for £5 and got offers of £2-3 and that really didnt feel worth the trouble - I took the listings downs and donated them. I have often seen my stuff for sale in the charity shops for more than it would fetch on vinted, if the charity shop can make £50+ off my bin bag of donations then I just think of that as my good turn.

My SIL is queen of selling second hand (FB marketplace, Vinted etc) but I absolutely cannot be faffed, and really dislike dealing with people I don’t know. Plus I am very time and energy poor but financially OK so charity shop all the way.

To be honest, if you need the money, it's a bit daft not to list.
I have a good old fashioned shopping habit, and too much stuff, a load of kids outgrown clothes. I've set myself some targets, and so far this year I've sold about 400 items and made around £3000.
I don't list for stupidly low prices. On a erage I'll do half of rrp for excellent condition.
I set the postage options to ones I'm happy to visit every day as they are nearby (Evri and yodel, I don't offer inpost locker as too much goes missing).
I list in size groups, so a load of 5-6 kids clothes at the same time, and write in the listing to check out my wardrobe for similar items to encourage bundles. If someone favourites a few items, I send a message offering a bundle price of about 10-15% off.
I pay for a wardrobe spotlight a couple of times a month at £7 a time, and if I list something like your all saints jacket, I would pay £1-2 for a bump on a Friday afternoon for 3 days.

I would quite happily list a BNWT £230 jacket for about £140, and look to accept an offer of about £115. Use good photos, good descriptive words, the rrp and the size in the listing title.

It takes less than 5 minutes to list something on Vinted.
In comparison, of the 400 ish items I've sold, 3 of them have been eBay, about 100 have been Facebook kids selling groups, and the rest Vinted