To sell free baby clothes on Vinted

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One of the Mums in the village offered up a huge box of old baby clothes for free. There wasn't much interest (I know as she put it twice on the WhatsApp group) so I said I'd have them.

Anyway I've grabbed the few bits I want and some for a friend but lots of them are wrong season for DD and not quite my style. They are also quite well washed (no complaint they were free!).

I was thinking I might put them on Vinted in big very cheap bundles and see if they shift. I could give them to charity but wondering if a charity shop would actually want them?

Is it ethical to sell them on Vinted when I could technically give them to charity?

Donate them to a charity. Yes it's wrong to sell them and make money from something that was given to you

Would a nursery take them as spares?

Take the bag and give it to a charity shop it doesn’t matter if they weren’t accepted many people just have what they want as they’ve bought it. It isn’t for you to say well no one wanted it who’s to say someone in a charity shop wouldn’t

No they were free, put them in one of those clothes bank bins that recycle the clothes.

Well I've found a recipient for some of them and the rest I don't think are good enough to sell so going in recycle bin. Some interesting insights on what actually happens to unwanted clothes.

If you actually bothered to read the whole thread you'd realise that I was actually just trying to dispose of them in a conscious way. I think it's actually very selfish to dump a load of out of season poor quality clothes on a charity shop or refuge. Or ship them to the global south.

My local Children's Centre takes clothes like this and they put them in an area where they are sorted by size and free for anyone who needs them to take. Perhaps you have something like that near you? Otherwise, I'd donate to your local domestic violence organisation.

I fled with no clothes of my own except what I was wearing and DDs change of clothes for preschool. I had to borrow clothes off other people, which just added to the stress and trauma.

Sorry to hear that happened to you and glad you got support.
They are summer clothes (I should have put it my OP as people keep missing it) so I think not useful. I've now decided to donate the surplus to a recycling bin although not wild about it.

I’d feel bad personally I’d offer them to someone in need or contact your local baby bank / charity.

Women flee DV in the summer as well - I'm confused as to why you don't think they'd be useful.

Because it's just about to be Autumn/ Winter and I don't think a charity would want to store them for 6 months. I could be wrong but I've actually found a home for the decent ones now and the others are probably better in a recycling bin.

Of course they do, that's why multiple people have suggested various types of charity to you.

I have done it once when someone who I specifically told multiple times I did NOT need anything; dropped SIX! Yes SIX loft bags on my doorstep.

Fuming!

I always sell our clothes as most charity clothes get washed up on the shores of Africa. Look it up. It’s mental.

So part of me agrees, but you did ask for them. So in that case; sell them and send her half the money.

Honestly I was going to sell them for like £2 so I think she'd think I was a bit mad if I gave her £1 (I don’t actually even know her!). But I found someone to give them to anyway.

At least I've now saved about half of them from landfill/ being exported whereas they were originally all going in a charity bin. I still think Vinted is preferable to landfill but I don't think what I've got left is sellable.

I just don't believe a refuge wants a load of grotty summer clothes in September sorry!

If I have any decent, season appropriate clothes to give away then I'll try some local charities. I'd want them to be decent quality though. Otherwise what is the point?

I hope all the people on their high horses about this actually consider doing this as well!

Are they grotty? Sounds like you certainly won't be able to sell them then, if they're too bad for a refuge.

Some were better but they are all mostly like primarky type stuff that has been worn a fair bit. I was going to pop on Vinted in big v cheap bundles as people might have wanted for play clothes etc. But actually all the decent ones I found homes for and I think what is left is probably too grotty to sell.

I think if you are giving clothes to a refuge or similar they should be of a certain standard.

So I actually just had a quick look and our local baby bank only will currently accept older kids clothes due to space and the local refuges don't want clothes at all (they all want new bedding in case anyone is thinking of donating). Which proves it is actually not as easy as people think!

The good thing is I now am following them on Instagram so I can now see what they do want. I encourage others to do the same!

Selling very very cheap on vinted eg £1 for 10+ items is "passing them on" if OP literally does not think she can pass them on locally.

But yeah better to ask person who gave them to you when you picked them up.

not as easy as people think?
People were just making suggestions according to our experiences .
Many of us have donated to refuges and Baby Banks, so these were valid suggestions.
It's also worthwhile noting that these things are very area dependent. What one refuge/bank or charity shop needs is not the same across the country..
I hope these items have benefited someone.

I don't understand how you think they're not good enough to give to charity but they are good enough to sell??

Just donate them. End of. 🤷‍♀️

I am just pointing out that it's not a blanket thing with charities where they will accept any old stuff. Lots of the charity shops near us only want men's clothes for example. There are just too many baby clothes floating around and it's unfair to just dump ones that aren't that great and are the wrong season on a baby bank (my local one wouldn't have taken them). It isn't just a case of rocking up somewhere with them. You have to actually check what these organisations need.

And yes I found another Mum to take the good one's and the other ones are going in one of those bins.

Nobody ever said it was "a blanket thing".
We were speaking from experience, and giving advice.
Your choice what to do, it's good always to check where these things would be most useful.
Which is just what people were suggesting.
I'm glad there's a good outcome. Have a good day.