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To: V_TWIN

It might be better to charge $1(93 cents plus tax)/garment.

I see a lot of discarded clothing.


19 posted on 02/19/2026 6:33:59 AM PST by Brian Griffin
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To: Brian Griffin

I agree but only for first offering, things should age out after a while.

St Vincents used to offer cheap thrift options. Somewhere along the line they apparently decided that if Goodwill was going to charge new price for used items then they could too.

They stopped accepting the really cheap junky items which were exactly the kinds of things I went there for because I knew they were going to be destroyed with what I had planned.

It turns out that while women like to wear “vintage” things, this means something like 40+ years old, not last decades fashion so the younger used clothes at full price dont sell.

Since they didnt sell it the first time for a reasonable price like you suggest they remove it because its taking up space and send it to a last chance trash store where you buy by the pound.

I dont remember the prices so Im making this part up for illustrative purposes. Old broken furniture is something like $5, glassware is $0.64/lb, old electronics and household goods $0.48/lb, clothing $0.32/lb, etc.

So they cheated themselves out of a lot of money by refusing to sell when they better had a chance then dumping it for nothing later.

All of that to say, yes. People, especially women, waste far too much on too much clothing.


77 posted on 02/19/2026 8:35:44 AM PST by gnarledmaw (Hivemind liberals worship leaders, sovereign conservatives select servants.)
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