As long as we don’t see the rent-seeking behavior of clothing “flippers” I’m happy with this.
Most of the goodwill-type stores in my area are stripped bare by “bargain hunters” who turn around and sell it for like 200% markup online or at the consignment stores.
Oh, with places like Vinted, the investor class is already trying to monetize it.
I don’t see a problem with that tbh. I buy almost everything in a couple of second hand stores. The first one is a regular one, with cheap clothes but is really hard to find anything good, half the time I left empty handed. The second one is almost a designer store where the people who supply the clothes knows about fashion and spend their time looking for cool clothes and everything they sell is cool, and I have to restrain myself or I would go broke.
I think there is value on looking and curating the good clothes from the thousands of crappy ones that are on regular thrift shops.
Thank you. I was a clothing flipper for a while, I was living in a relatively rural but well monied area and I got into it because the thrift stores there would have genuinely great stuff. It would sit on the racks at $7 or less for weeks, even through half price days. I have a good eye for quality, and so I started picking up things for a pittance and selling them online. My prices were less than half of original retail but still well above my original purchase price. I have a lot of fun combing through bins and racks and finding hidden gems, but it’s not for everyone and not everyone knows what to look for. I would make minor repairs, remove scents, stains, and pet hair, and list things with descriptive keywords, clear pictures and measurements.
I stopped when I moved to a place with much worse thrift stores (higher prices for less) but I still go and pick/shop for myself and my family. It was valid work, and I don’t begrudge any clothing flipper their profits. It’s just too competitive a business for the margin to be all that high.
agree. I do buy from online clothing flippers because I’d rather spend $10 online for a polo I know will fit than an hour hunting through the racks only to find nothing that matches my needs.
My local thrift store doesn’t even have dressing rooms anymore.
This is probably because everything is being increased in price by rent-seekers
Nah it’s because shit is high quality and cheap or upcycled and reflects reality better than labubu matcha stamp tshirt
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Nahh, I wouldn’t say Europeans are poor
