Where can I get money for gently used clothes that we cleaned out of our closets
that we're no longer using?
That's a good question and we're going to talk about that today.
Hi there, I'm Angela Brown and this is Ask A House Cleaner.
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All right on to today's question, which is from a homeowner who took our advice and did
some decluttering and organizing, and she went through all of her closets and she pulled
out all of the clothes that no one in the family is wearing anymore and the family has
gone through this massive weight loss program.
So a lot of the clothes are new, or in new condition, and they're not wearing them, and
they will never wear them because they don't ever want to ever get back to that size.
So she wants to know where can I sell my clothes?
Okay, well selling your clothes is a fun thing because that means you're getting rid of it,
and you're going to earn some money at the same time.
So I want to ask you, do you know about Facebook Marketplace?
If you don't, you may want to check it out.
You can just simply type in the search bar of Facebook, Facebook Marketplace.
And what it does is it pops up because it knows where you are via GPS.
It pulls up all of the local deals near where you are.
And they could be home and garden, they could be clothing, it could be people sell cars
on there.
So it's all kinds of stuff.
Today on there I saw a free washing machine, and somebody is giving away a free bed with
box springs and a mattress.
Someone else is giving away free chairs that they just don't need or want anymore.
And then there are people selling things.
So it's a great place to find things that you may need, but also to sell things that
you're getting rid off like your clothes.
Now in my area where I live, and I live in Charlotte, North Carolina, there's a consignment
store and it's a chain of consignment stores, and you take your clothing in there, or it
could even be your household items, they do furniture as well.
So you take things that you no longer want and you say,
"hey, would you buy this from me?"
And they say well we won't give you money now, but what we'll do is we'll hang onto
it for 90 days, and if after 60 days we haven't sold it, we're going to send you a note and
say do you want us to keep it a little longer, or do you want us to go ahead and reduce the price?
So we'll set it at this price for 60 days and if it doesn't sell then we'll ask you
to reduce the price for the last 90 days.
If at 90 days the product hasn't sold, we're going to ask you to come pick it up or we're
going to throw it away.
So that's the agreement that you have, you do not get any money up-front, but they do
all the selling, and they put your clothing inside their stores.
And then when people come and buy, you get a percentage of whatever it is.
And the percentage is usually around 60 or 70% because the consignment store also has
to make money.
So that's a great way where you don't have to do anything other than drive your stuff
over there and drop it off.
Now, there are consignment stores that will come to your house and they will pick up your
stuff, and they will also pick up used furniture.
So if you have someone coming over I recommend running through your house and saying what
furniture am I not using?
Do I have any extra chairs or extra hand me down items from grandparents that I've inherited
that I never wanted and I don't use and they're taking up space in my house?
And put them away on consignment and let someone else sell them.
Now if you're great at selling and you know how to wordsmith an ad then what I might recommend
is eBay. eBay is still of the largest popular auction and selling sites.
I remember finding out about eBay about 22 years ago and I was so excited.
I was like you mean I can buy stuff at a discounted rate just by bidding on it?
And I fell in love with eBay, I'm a huge eBay fan.
So if you have the time, and this is going to be the catch, if you have the time to sell
the stuff because if you have a crappy ad nobody is going to buy your stuff and that's
going to be a waste of time and a waste of money, but if you know how to write an ad
and you're great at taking pictures of your stuff you can put together some spectacular
ads and then because eBay is based on ratings and reviews, you want to make sure that you
have great communication with your customers and that you follow up and that you ship stuff
quickly and you send them confirmations of the shipping and that you invite them to leave
you a rating and review.
So it's a great way to get rid of a bunch of stuff that you no longer need or want.
Then there's nextdoor.com and I'm a huge fan of Nextdoor.
It's a neighborhood app, and it's designed where you type in your neighborhood and it
alerts your neighbors of things that are going on.
So people sometimes will say well I have a lost dog, or I have a lost cat, there are
people that are in search of items and the items might be I'm looking for a used violin
for my youngster that's going to school and is going to be studying violin this year.
And then people will say, oh I have one, I can sell it to you for 25 bucks, or whatever.
So there are people that do all kinds of deals on Nextdoor.com, and it's a great place to
take pictures of your stuff and to sell them on Nextdoor.
I know lots of my neighbors sell lots of their used stuff on Nextdoor.com,
you can also give stuff away for free.
So I just went through my closets and I got rid of a bunch of stuff and I had to ask myself
this question, do I have time right now to create eBay ads?
Do I have time to create Nextdoor ads?
A lot of the stuff I have is pretty good, but I don't have the time and it's not worth
it to me to even pay somebody else to create ads and sell the stuff and pack it up and
ship it and do all that stuff right now, that's not where I am in my life.
So I decided instead to donate it.
So I just donated it, I took it all in the car and I just donated it.
And now I'm done with it, it's gone, it's free from my life and someone else can sell
it in their thrift store.
So there are other ways of getting rid of the stuff.
So it's going to come down to the available time that you have,
are you any good at writing ads?
Because if you're not, it's going to be a waste of time if you try to sell stuff and
it doesn't sell.
And then try the consignment stores because the consignment stores will just take it from
you if it's of value to them and they think they can sell it.
And then at the end they will give you a fee back for whatever they're sold.
So those are a couple of options to get you started, but I'm so excited that you went
through your closets and you got rid of all the stuff that you have decided
you no longer need.
And I'm absolutely thrilled that you guys have lost the weight and you've made the commitment
to live a healthier life because when you take care of yourself, you can take care of
everyone in your household and your business even better, so congrats on that.
And I'm so thrilled that you're getting rid of those clothes that no longer represent
that part of you.
AlL righty, til we meet again,
leave the world a cleaner place than when you found it.
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