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Problems with less used clothes
I have a lot of less used clothes and I don't know how to get rid of them. I told my mom about this and my option is to have a garage sale but I'm afraid no one will buy. Any options?
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Yard sales are a come or go! :) Etsy is a good idea or search Google for ways to sell clothes! :)
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Used clothing does not have mush value unless they are designer labeled. Even then they only bring a fraction of what they were originally worth. The cost of having a garage sale plus the time and effort to tag everything may not even cover you costs to put on the sale.
My suggestion is to donate the clothing to your church or temple, the Salvation Army or other similar organization. Make a list of each type of item you donate. So many dresses, blouses, sweaters’ so on an so forth.
At tax time either you or your parents, depending on who is the taxpayer in your family, use this list to value the clothing against the value the IRS allows for each item of clothing donated and take the deduction. It is easy to do, you or your parents get a needed tax deduction and some people who really need the clothing get some good, slightly used much needed clothing. To me this is a win/win situation and you don't spend a day haggling with strangers over the value of some of your prized possessions.
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Donating them to a second-hand store is likely your best bet. Lots of churches or community centres will also have boxes for dropping off clothing to donate.
The truth is, unless they are high-end brand name pieces, they aren't likely to bring you much money. Depending on your neighbourhood, a garage sale would probably cost about as much to advertise properly as it would bring in.
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My suggestion is this, have your garage sale and advertise it, next what ever you dont sell id take to the salvation army and donate, or facebook also has rummage sales on there where you put your items up and people buy them online its quite easy you just have to take pics of them.
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