Fwiw, I often buy clothes on e-bay.

consignment ..

Thanks for your input

If so, there is a great organization called dressforsuccess.org that you might consider looking into.

I have a lot of clothes I'm going to donate today to a local charitable thrift -- plus a ton of books.

I'm not by any means flush anymore at all (happier outside of the corporate world, but ...) -- and if I can get some cash for the designer suits, I'd like to try...

The store does have all the expenses involved in keeping the physical location, including rent and utilities. I have never gone the consignment store route---I just donate clothes that I don't wear anymore to people who I know who need them and will use them, or to charitable thrift stores. But that is mostly because the consignment stores in my area require that the clothes be no older than 2 years, and I don't get rid of them that fast.

But if you are intending on getting some money out of them, I would definitely talk to all of the consignment stores in the area before I made a decision.

would like a little cash if at all possible from the 'designer' pieces ...



No one mentioned an age requirement, but if these items have to be less than 2 years old, I'm toast. These are all from the late-90s.

One store was seasonal with a 2 week window of accepting properly labeled clothes, and a 2 week window of pickup. The other store would just keep the clothes until they sold or for up to a year,iirc.

Thanks.

Clothing is really tough to sell for any significant money, unless it's high end stuff from the 30s or 40s.

If I were closer to a bigger city (I'm about an hour from DC) I'd probably put my items into consignment there - not necessarily that the percentage is better, but that the pricing is.

I'd donate all of these items if I didn't need the extra cash. Hopefully soon I'll be in a better position and that won't be a concern.