Submitted by Chemical_Gur7314 t3_126j608 in newjersey
Does anyone know if you can take stuff to a thrift shop for them to sell? A family member has to move & is a shopaholic. All her stuff is immaculate from clothes to kitchen stuff. Would they take them ?
Update: I was looking to just donate the stuff that she has given me. I wasn't looking to make any money from them but someone suggested PoshMark. I may go that route.
Thank you all for the suggestions & advice
or any consignment shop in NYC, there are many but they dont pay much. Tokyo 7 does better but has to be highend designer.
That's not what she asked.
"For them to sell" ≠ for them to sell for me.
That's a consignment shop...
Just cuz op has gurl in their name doesn't make them a girl u uncultured pork roll
Are you looking for a consignment shop (where they pay you a portion of what they sell the item for), or a thrift store where you donate it to them to sell and have no further contact ? Knowing which term you're looking for will help your search
Do an estate sale. Advertise on estatesales.net
I recommend using someone to run the sale, there are people who know how to price things competitively and move products out. Also they know how to spot “bad actors” and will ban them or keep them out.
Waste no time, this is a good time of year to run an estate sale. Many people spend their weekends going from one to the next.
Good luck!
Gotta google thrift shops nearby and call each one. They each make up their own rules and what they'll accept and what they wont. The ones near me typically want only expensive designer stuff not older than 2 yrs... good luck
you can sell stuff to plato’s closet or buffalo exchange in the city but you won’t get as much money as you expect/want
Plato's closet in a great idea.
There's locations in Edison, Middletown, Lawrence, Maple Shade, Fairfield, Deptford and Princeton.
If you want to be done with it, the VNA Rummage Sale opens up for donations on April 8th at the Far Hills Fairgrounds. They will take almost anything and won't be overwhelmed.
If you want to make money, I agree that hiring an estate sale company is for the best.
A bunch of charities will pick up dontlated items. There's a veterans one and a lupus one I'm always getting flyers for.
I donate to them and they are great.
Consignment shop
Post online and give us the link so we can buy lol you would need to check for consignment stores near you or goodwill.
Better money to make doing it yourself via Poshmark, eBay etc
Thank you. I didn't think about that. I have about no lie, 30 bags of clothes that are good with tags & some only worn once.
Not sure where you’re located but there’s a GREAT one in Freehold that gives back to the community . Also LGBTQ+ friendly. Here’s the link to their website. They’re always in need of items to sell. Also an incredible food bank next door that will take reusable bags.
We recently had to clear out my mother-in-law's apartment. Things went a few different places...
Electronics - I have video game collection, so I'm constantly selling old electronics on eBay to fund that hobby. So electronics went to me to resell.
Furniture - We have a pretty active Buy Nothing Facebook group in our area and we were able to get rid of everything of hers except for a couch and her bed in a weekend. It can be a little hard to get people to show up promptly, but it wasn't really too much trouble and a lot of people were clearly happy with what they got.
Housewares & Clothes - We ended up just dropping this stuff in some bins in a nearby church parking lot. If anything was 'great' then I probably would have added it to the Buy Nothing stuff, but most of the stuff was pretty old. Not 100% sure what happens to this stuff after it goes into the bin. Either gets donated places or ends up at a thrift store that generates money. Either way it's better than going in a landfill.
If we had more time and more need to get money for the stuff I probably would have had a garage sale first and then donate whatever didn't sell. Not sure it would have been worth the time. It's enough work just giving away a bunch of old crap!
RED, WHITE & BLUE THRIFT STORE 2055 Nottingham Way Mercerville, NJ 08619
(609) 586-1608
Additional Red White and Blue on Route 73 in Voorhees, NJ
I forgot which chain, but there's a shoe store my wife sends used shoes to.. for a $10 credit. (DSW?) They can even be worn out
Ummm I don’t think that’s for reselling
Or it's for export to 3rd world... Why does that matter?
I think it’s for guys to sniff
No try Plato’s closet tho, they will. Won’t pay much but they will pay.
Red White and Blue in Paterson does.
If you just want to get rid of it, donate it to a Goodwill. If you want to profit from it, try a consignment shop.
Also look into thredup and therealreal. ThredUp doesn’t give much, but for high end brands you can get a decent amount. It’s as simple as putting your items in a box and sending it in, but they won’t accept everything. I haven’t used therealreal, but it’s basically online consignment.
Stay away from thredup. They have gone downhill recently and charge you to send stuff in, take months to process your stuff and pay next to nothing, if you want to sell. Donating, there are tons of local places you could try.
Any of the local churches all have thrift shops that will sell stuff for you. I would go over and ask them what they would need 1st instead of just bringing a bunch of items.
Not sure if you’re near central Jersey, but the Red, White & Blue thrift store will happily take your donations.
Also from my own experience trying to sell on poshmark, it is very difficult unless you’re constantly getting new inventory or constantly updating/monitoring your listings. Was more of a hassle than anything helpful. Plus you’re left with practically no $$ once poshmark takes their cut of each sale.
You could try renting a spot at a local flea market one morning. You may have some luck there. A yard sale could also work.
- Selling on platforms like ebay & poshmark require a lot of knowledge about policies and pricing, I wouldn't recommend learning that unless you plan to sell for a long time. It could also take multiple months for things to sell.
You can give them to Goodwill
You can also donate them to local mutual aid groups that would directly help people
Plato's Closet will buy nicer clothing
Call AMVETS and they will come to your house and pick up bags or boxes right off your front porch, you don't even need to be home. They will sort and sell the items at a "Red White and Blue thrift store and use the profits for helping out veterans.
A lot of schools have big donation bins outside of them that you can drop off at. The companies that take the clothes will pay the school, or organization identified on the bin a small amount of money based on the weight of the items in the bin. I know schools that have them to raise funds for the marching band, performing arts, and some sports boosters. Unfortunately, some of those bins fill up and nobody comes around to pick up so stuff sits out, which it shouldn't, or you cannot donate until it gets emptied.
Good Will is OK, but it isn't all that charitable. They use money from their sales to pay their employees and train them to get jobs in other retail stores. A lot of their profits go to the founder/ CEO and executives' salaries, while the store workers make minimal salaries. So they get a bit less of my donations, but they still get some because I can drop off pretty much any time I want.
I would check out Plato’s closet they will pay you for it. Also green street but they are very picky
I sell vintage clothing for a living and am very familiar with thrift and consignment shops in the area. Are you in Monmouth or ocean county? I may have suggestions for you if ao
If you just want to donate, Rise Thrift Store in Hightstown takes donations and the proceeds go toward really great work in the community.
Do not take them to Plato’s Closet. They will undercut the stuff very bad while they’re selling pilled leotards. Poshmark, Depop, Mercari are nice but do require some work to sell.
Most don't. The ones that do are usually labeled second hand shops
PM me if interested in selling on Poshmark
Your best bet is to list items yourself on eBay / poshmark / depop ( any reselling app ) like the other commenters said thrift stores only typically take donations and won’t pay you for donating. However, consignment and second hand shops will but they’re going to take a %.
Honestly though you should consider the estate sale route, it’s getting nice out and people LOVE an estate sale and you won’t even have to lug anything around and you can price the items yourself!!
Not sure where you’re at but try these guys: https://www.nutleyfamily.org/
Not sure where you’re at but try these guys: https://www.nutleyfamily.org/
I think you donate it and they sell for a profit, you will need to do a yard sale or get in on one of those fake estate sales, where different people stock a home up and entice all those Pickers created by social media Ai, used Clothes is a hard sale, You can try third world countries, they only like Brand name clothing thanks to social media, so they may be more inclined to buy used as long as its Authentic!!
YES THE ANSWER IS YES THEY WILL TAKE THEM. God damn people the questions has an easy answer. If you have any more questions feel free to send me a dm. Wtf people arguing over dumb shit.
It’s a pretty safe bet that the OP is really asking about a place that will sell the stuff for them or buy it from them to sell.
Otherwise they probably would have asked “Where can I donate a bunch of stuff?”
Nope. Person wants to get rid of the stuff.
Yes, grammatically that’s what they wrote.
But why would they write “for them to sell”? I mean, what else would a shop do with stuff besides sell it?
If OP just wanted to “get rid of the stuff” without getting any money in return they would either toss it in the garbage or donate it.
New_Stats t1_je9ftkm wrote
You're looking for a consignment shop, not a thrift store
You can sell used clothes (and probably other stuff) on Poshmark.com