# Collecting used Doper underwear and lingerie for eBay sale- need contributions **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 24, 2002, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/collecting-used-doper-underwear-and-lingerie-for-ebay-sale-need-contributions/120593 "2002-07-24T16:20:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2002, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/collecting-used-doper-underwear-and-lingerie-for-ebay-sale-need-contributions/120593/1 "2002-07-24T16:20:53Z")
SDMB’s money problems are solved! Start picking that new mega-server and matched hamster team out now Lynn! Based on this [article](http://www.metroactive.com/papers/metro/03.30.00/panties-0013.html) and this [Pit thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=126340&pagenumber=1) used undies are a big business. > [@](#): > > One woman’s dirty laundry is another’s obsession. Welcome to the wild and whacked-out world of selling used undies online. -By Deborah Picker > > I MADE $14 SELLING my used panties on eBay. See, I got curious about the “panty people,” as I’ve dubbed them, who pawn off their worn undergarments in the adult section of the online auction house I’m collecting used underwear donations. Based on the article the hot sellers seems to be for unwashed undies with a “history”. Don’t be shy as there seems to be a buyer for every style of underwear from the underwear of big hairy bear guys to older librarian ladies to working mothers to well… there’s just no telling what someone might be interested in and be willing to pay for so ante up! The rules are that: 1: It needs to be in reasonable (not tattered) shape. 2: It needs to have a small biography describing it so the prospective bidder can be assured of it’s “provenance” or history. Possible suggestions are descriptions of your body type, what you do for a living and how they served you for better or worse. 3: No kid’s underwear (cut off is age is under age 13) unless they belong to you, and you are a kid 13 or over, posting on SDMB. Underwear or lingerie with exceptional histories (like RickJays) may need to to be in a special category (and container) by itself. Cmon’ lets get some donations. Think of the poor, overworked hamsters! ---
**Author:** ![Tiburon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e36b37/32.png) [@Tiburon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tiburon)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2002, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/collecting-used-doper-underwear-and-lingerie-for-ebay-sale-need-contributions/120593/2 "2002-07-24T16:29:27Z")
Ebay no longer allows the sale of worn underwear. I’m gonna start the countdown to mod lockdown. 🙂 Tibs. ---
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2002, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/collecting-used-doper-underwear-and-lingerie-for-ebay-sale-need-contributions/120593/3 "2002-07-24T16:57:34Z")
Ebay people are nuts. Last year, on a whim, I sold 6 pairs of used boxers there. I was about to throw them away…but figured I’d give it a try. I stressed throughout the auction that they were CLEAN, and in decent shape, I had just outgrown them. I got $29 for 6 pairs. More than they cost when I bought them new. I don’t really want to think about how they were used … but I’ll take 30 bucks for used underwear any day of the week. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2002, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/collecting-used-doper-underwear-and-lingerie-for-ebay-sale-need-contributions/120593/4 "2002-07-24T17:03:20Z")
Right. Like Dopers wear _underpants_. ---
**Author:** ![Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bad_News_Baboon)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2002, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/collecting-used-doper-underwear-and-lingerie-for-ebay-sale-need-contributions/120593/5 "2002-07-24T17:04:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by mouthbreather \* > \*\*Ebay people are nuts. Last year, on a whim, I sold 6 pairs of used boxers there. I was about to throw them away…but figured I’d give it a try. I stressed throughout the auction that they were CLEAN, and in decent shape, I had just outgrown them. > > I got $29 for 6 pairs. More than they cost when I bought them new. > > I don’t really want to think about how they were used … but I’ll take 30 bucks for used underwear any day of the week. \*\* how ironic would it be if your buyer was Pezpunk66? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2002, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/collecting-used-doper-underwear-and-lingerie-for-ebay-sale-need-contributions/120593/6 "2002-07-24T17:09:01Z")
Much as I’d like to support such a worthy cause, if I gave up my underpants, with or without biographies (?!?!?), I wouldn’t have and good dust rags left! Typical FCM Underpants Biography: Bought by the bag at Wal Mart Worn till torn or elastic sprung Consigned to rag bag People would pay money for that?? It’s a strange world… ---
**Author:** ![SisterCoyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@SisterCoyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SisterCoyote)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2002, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/collecting-used-doper-underwear-and-lingerie-for-ebay-sale-need-contributions/120593/7 "2002-07-24T18:32:55Z")
I’z gonna say… I don’t wear underwear. Much. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2002, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/collecting-used-doper-underwear-and-lingerie-for-ebay-sale-need-contributions/120593/8 "2002-07-24T18:37:17Z")
Now, if you were auctioning off pictures of Lady Dopers _sans_ underwear… ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_griffin-kentzel/32/14787_2.png) [@Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Griffin-Kentzel)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2002, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/collecting-used-doper-underwear-and-lingerie-for-ebay-sale-need-contributions/120593/9 "2002-07-24T19:15:16Z")
I don’t think so, **astro**. This is closed. * * * **Cajun Man** - SDMB Moderator