Here is the YouTube video. But the best stuff is in her Shorts.

I could only vote for one, but I both give away and donate to a variety of sources. I COULD sell a fair amount of my stuff but I don't have the time or energy .. and since I'd have to uber to mail, it wouldnt likely save me much money.

At this point, I just want stuff OUT.

That said, I have a LOT to clear out.

I had this conundrum when I was purging before moving a year and a half ago. I started out with the lofty idea of being able to somehow resell brand name clothing (designer jeans especially) but at least around here the consignment shops only wanted very new clothing (less than 1 year old) and trendy. If I'm honest, I don't know if I've ever been trendy in my life so I just gave up and donated box after box of clothing. I hope someone was able to use it and it didn't end up in landfill somewhere, but I don't know.

Ive been going through this in my head. I have a few items that arenew with tags. Shopping mistakes that I never returned. Im tempted to try to sell them but Im not sure the effort is worth the return.

I donate wearable clothes and household goods to the hospital thrift shop and get a nice tax deduction every year. Mostly I get the satisfaction of clearing things out.

I donate clothes after checking with family and friends first.

We have quite a few wonderful local places that are always in need of nice clothing, housewares (even furniture), and food.

I recently decided to change all my hangers to wood, so it was a great opportunity to purge.

I just donated BOXES to my cleaning lady. I went through my whole house and garage and boxed up everything very nice and stacked boxes in my garage a couple of weeks ago. She appreciates nice things and I told her I don't care if she keeps them or has a garage sale or whatever. Now it's all gone. So glad!

Possibly with the exception of REI, the brands you have don’t sell for much. Probably more work than it’s worth. I’d donate.

I have a vintage goose down REI womens vest in a 14 (bigger sizes worth more) that has languished on eBay, but it’s probably overpriced at $75 and I haven’t touched my listings since last September. Any less and I’ll keep it.

Donate.

Consignment shops only want things in season, and that rarely suits me.

I usually donate or trash. I did resale on the side for a few years, so I understand the work involved, and I do have a pile of nicer things set aside that I am considering listing. We will see what happens, I have given myself a deadline.

Thans for the feedback. At least I made the thrift run and mailed the stuff to my sister, two bags.

Well, if anyone wants the JJill linen wide leg pants in size 14 I'd be happy to send them to you. One navy and one heather black. they are not petite.

I do a combination of donate, Poshmark, Ebay and Thred Up depending on the items. Thred Up is very easy but I don't expect to make much with them. The good thing is you send a big bag of clothes, they then do the work of posting, pricing and shipping for you. Anything that does not sell, they will donate or return and I always choose donate.

I wonder how much sense it can make to ship bags of clothing, given the cost?

After listening to an NPR piece on the pitfalls of clothes’ donations I have limited my purchasing of new clothes and offer cast offs to friends and family first. Then I put a clothes rack out side on the curb with items that no longer fit and a sign that says free for the taking. Any thing left I use as cleaning rags.

Only less than 20 percent of donated clothes get resold the other 80 percent are shipped to impoverished nations, like Ghana, where they have created an ecological disaster.

Try and avoid donations of any not worthy items if possible.

The two very full bags I just shipped to my sister USPS cost $35 total.

I will need to look up the ThreadUp.

I donate, mainly to a local organization where they are put to good use. i actually have friends that volunteer there so i know the items are used. You can also donate or contribute to a food pantry there.

When I worked, there was a womens shelter where they offered job training. They loved getting job appropriate clothing for women going on interviews. 😊 Of course they could use more casual items too as many of the women had arrived at the shelter with very little clothing.

Trash is trash - if it isn't in good condition I toss it.

I check with friends and family first and then donate anything that is still in good condition. If it is a particullarly nice or expensive item I will give it to a young woman I know who earns some extra cash through online sales. I never ask for any of the money from the online sales - just like to help her when I can.

Really? That seems cheap? I must be using the wrong vendor. Was it USPS? I don't even consider them.

FYI no "a" in Thredup

My daughter has had some success with Poshmark.

However, I had nothing but scammers & pervs contact me regarding things I listed.

I do what Jennifer Hogan does, I check with family & friends, and then it gets donated to the local women's shelter.

Thred UP sends the bag to you and then you can put as much clothing as will fit and then they take about $15 from your earnings. Sometimes they will offer free bags or reduced fees. I've only used them a couple of times but at least most of the clothes are purchased and reused. The seller dashboard keeps track of sales, prices and what you can expect to net. Nothing about it is especially quick but I have been mostly satisfied. Any higher end brands I usually sell myself on Poshmark or Ebay.

Donate. It's the quickest way and hopefully someone is happy to get it. Someday maybe I would attempt to sell but not sure.

I donate usable clothing to a local organization which helps abused women. They have a thrift store near me. I'm not into thrifting clothing, but have purchased books and trendy jewelry from the store. I don't buy high end clothing, so reselling is out for me.

Edited to add: I think it's great, @gsciencechick, that you found so many useful organizations to donate to.

I donate. I know the place that gives, free, items to veterans and active military and their families likes men's work boots, kids' wear especially things for events like school concerts and graduations, and women's wear for work and casual. Another place is good for almost any type of clothing and especially dressy and designer; their sales are donated locally. And the church rummage sale can sell almost any women's wear.

So easy to drop off while out and about. But they do request that items not have been sitting in a donation bag for a month, getting wrinkles that a steamer just isn't going to get out.

I sell quite a few nicer items on The Real Real. It’s very easy, although occasionally I’m annoyed that the amount I get for a particular item is lower than I think it’s worth-although for some items I get more! But for the ease of use, it’s excellent . I’m sure I could make more by selling these items myself on eBay or Poshmark, and I keep telling myself that I’ll try that, but so far I haven’t. I purchase almost all my clothes on resale sites, and enjoy the hunt. Items I no longer wear that are more basic, I donate.

On the outer Cape where I live we have a local non-profit that has a free clothing shop for adults and children. I donate clothes to them and feel good about that. I've lost 58 lbs. in the past 2 years and pants especially don't fit my body anymore. I've given them a lot of stuff, some of it new with tags.

When our neighborhood has a garage sale, I nicely arrange things on the curb, clothes and household items, and put a "free" sign on them. They always vanish.
People will take everything so don't set things on a table or it will vanish as well.
I've sold some things on Poshmark, I think it's easy to use.

I donate but mostly , because I also read the articles that talk about how so much is sold for weight and trashed or mass-shipped----, I offer on buynothing .

I love buynothing because it's extremely rare to get no interest, and the person actually wants it enough to come pick it up from my porch. It gets used, and often with real thanks. Buynothing is on FB, but there may be similar local sites for you. I've shared before when we were moving 8 years ago, buynothing was not on my radar but freecycle was, and it was similar in concept ( buynothing is just way more local and better supervised at least in my experience). You can even meet at a police station parking lot if having people come pick things up from your house is not comfortable for you.( I have no issue with porch pick up),

I'm with others who find the shipping and all of that too much work and $ so I'm thrilled to offer something and know that someone wants it.

The buy nothing Facebook group for my neighborhood is maxxed out and I can't join. I have been waiting for a spot for almost a year.

Dee, I’ve put free things out at our curb, too. We live in a busy area with lots of vehicles and dog walkers. We also have people who come to our street on trash days, looking for items (especially scrap metal). Nothing lasts long.

My favorite, though, was when I put one of those super soaker type water guns on top of our trash bags one day. The sanitation guys stopped to get our bags, and one of them picked up the gun (still full of water) and starting spraying the other guys. They were laughing and having so much fun! They jumped back on the truck, the one guy still holding the gun. :D

Oh wow - here's something I never thought of - just saw this about a local hospital's 'closet' for patients facing discharge without adequate clothing. They buy new, but I wonder if there are others like that who take donations?

https://baynews9.com/fl/tampa/news/2026/06/29/threads-of-care-baycare

And I tend to donate to a local mental health service's shop more than anything else.

I donate for the most part - most clothing goes to the women's center where they can direct to women and children who need the assistance and to the resale shop that supports them. The school district where my son works has started a clothing "closet" for all ages, so I will likely send some things there also. We used to have curbside collection for damaged and worn clothing and textiles not suitable for donation, but apparently too many of the bags were stolen and the collection was discontinued. I miss that.

One of the Pilates instructors donates to a local foster care closet. So if someone gets a foster child and they have nothing for them it’s a great resource. Everything is free.

Similar to lascatx, there is a woman nearby who collects coats for a school in an impoverished neighborhood. The school has a free shopping day. Ive donated coats there.

I only hope the clothes I donate dont end up on eBay!

Gscience can you link to any of the videos showing the showhost trying on outfits and deciding which are yes and which are no?

I also pick what I am going to wear the night before. After checking my calendar and todo list and the weather forecast, I choose and hang the clothing together with shoes on the floor underneath the outfit. I even put out my jewelry and accessories like belts, scarves, watchband and reading glasses on the closet dresser. It not only saves time, but insures i am wearing an intentional outfit rather than rushing to grab something off a hanger.

I donate to one of our pet rescues. They have a thrift store and use the money to fund the rescue.

I donate to local thrift stores that support programs that help people in the area.

When I lived in LA the thrift store funded an after school music/instrumental program, including providing the teachers and musical instruments for elementary aged kids.

The thrift store I donate to here in FL, funds a local Hospice facility.

if you want to go down this path, the easiest is consignment as they do all the work.

I did this many years ago with children's clothing.

Nowadays, I give my clothing to my house cleaner. She has a large family and it will go to someone.

For things too shabby, I just throw into the donation boxes that are stationed all around town. i think these items be ome rags.

Friendly reminder; if you donate clothes to a charity, get in the habit of donating money as well with your dropoff. They are providing you a service IMHO.

Look what popped up in my feed this morning:

https://www.marthastewart.com/donation-alternatives-to-thrift-stores-12015719

Nice rundown, including things mentioned above.

Agree with what’s been said especially about consignment shops - they go thru everything with a fine tooth comb, which i totally get but it stresses me out — and when they reject items honestly it makes me feel BAD. So i either donate or for nicer things I bag up and send to thredup - what they don’t take or can’t sell they donate but I prefer not to be standing there lol 😅

@kswl, I could not link the shorts videos, but they are on the account I posted higher in the thread. The stylist needs her own channel but I guess she has enough business she does need to do that.