Leather Bag with musky smell should I ebay?

[mirpuppet]

I have a couple of high quality leather bags that I know longer use that I have stored in the cellar. They now have a slight musky order to them.

Should I ebay or give to charity shop?

Any tips on how to either getting rid of musky charity shop kind of smell?

or how to deal with in ebay listing -- I am assuming just disclose?

a smell like that rarely goes. You could try placing it in a bag of cat litter overnight and then hanging outside.
If the smell doesn't go you have to ask yourself who would want to use it - whether they buy it from ebay or a charity shop. It's not really on to give rubbish to charity shops - you yourself say it has a charity shop smell; well that's because people have donated stinky stuff.

I would sponge clean them and leave them to air dry. Then list them describing the smell that's left. If people buy them, great. If not, you haven't lost anything. I've sold musty smelling items on eBay. I stored a load of my bags, shoes and clothes while moving house and pregnant. They got very slightly damp and the smell stuck. I was completely honest in my listings and sold pretty much every item without a single return or complaint.

i had a bag like that once and tried everything to get rid of the smell.

Nothing works. Even those spray things you can buy to get rid of smells. Nah.

I couldn't use it and gave it to my mum who just loves my castoffs !

aswellasyou how much did you get for the items - I figure I would start bidding at 99p -- but if I'm going to get a pound for everything probbaly not worth listing?

sixlostmonkeys agree -- so perhaps bin them. I will ask charity shop first

typicalvirgo good to know smell doesn't go away I don't think I will try.

I found that some of the smell did go away. I think I made about £200 after fees out of all the things I sold that smelt a bit damp. There were about 25 items, so an average of £8. Some of the stuff was vintage and I think people are more forgiving of a bit of smell to have something 60 years old.

Obviously, it depends on what the bags are like and what brand they are, but I definitely think it's worth a go personally.

Thank you aswellasyou I will give it a go for some of teh older pieces. The others are charity shop bound as I asked if I should bring them in and they said yes. They will recycle if too dire.