# UK - Would people even buy second hand clothes? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 31, 2016, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-would-people-even-buy-second-hand-clothes/750720 "2016-03-31T10:48:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Lars\_Aruns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c68b51/32.png) [@Lars\_Aruns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lars_Aruns)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2016, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-would-people-even-buy-second-hand-clothes/750720/21 "2016-04-03T11:42:23Z")
> [@legalsnugs](#): > > Um, yes: [http://london.craigslist.co.uk/](http://london.craigslist.co.uk/) Yup… Craigslist looks relatively active in London and - I believe - Manchester, but here in Newcastle there’s very little going on. Gumtree by comparison is **the** ads site people use here in the UK. ---
**Author:** ![legalsnugs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@legalsnugs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/legalsnugs)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2016, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-would-people-even-buy-second-hand-clothes/750720/22 "2016-04-03T11:57:42Z")
My mistake. I thought DrCube asked if there was a Craigslist in the UK. :rolleyes: FYI, I am in the UK. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2016, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-would-people-even-buy-second-hand-clothes/750720/23 "2016-04-03T15:37:52Z")
> [@Lars\_Aruns](#): > > …After talking it out with the wife, the plan now is to try and sell them on Gumtree (the UK equivalent of Craigslist, as **ticker** pointed out), donate a part of whatever we make to charity, then donate what clothes are left to charity shops. Now this is insanity. All the difficulty of trying to sell them individually and then you’re going to donate what amounts to more than your proceeds, net of your time, to charity anyhow? You’d be money and effort ahead to simply throw them all in the bin and give a few pounds to the charity. My vote at this time is to tell the wife she has created a problem she needs to solve. She can do anything she wants, but the excess clothes are not going in your part of any storage anywhere in the house, nor are they going to sit about in plain sight. And you’re not going to lift a finger. She must take it from here. Or not and into the bin they go. ---
**Author:** ![Declan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Declan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Declan)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2016, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-would-people-even-buy-second-hand-clothes/750720/24 "2016-04-03T19:48:12Z")
> [@Maastricht](#): > > Consigment stores are your best bet. Or be a gent and donate them to Syrian\*\* fugitives\*\* now in the UK. LOL, think you might want to reword that. Declan ---
**Author:** ![Lars\_Aruns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c68b51/32.png) [@Lars\_Aruns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lars_Aruns)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2016, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-would-people-even-buy-second-hand-clothes/750720/25 "2016-04-03T19:55:09Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Now this is insanity. Not quite. It is negotiation, which always has quite a bit of give and take and never leaves everybody completely happy. Look at it this way: I have a hard deadline past which the clothes will be gone one way or another. My wife will have to put the lot on sale, which she might or might not have the time to do. If she does, she might or might not manage to sell them. If she does, she will feel like she accomplished her goal, and at least some charities will be supported. If any of these steps fail, the whole lot goes to charity whatever the situation. In this way, she will feel like she gave it a honest try, and the good feeling success brings if she manages to pull it off; and I will have an emptier wardrobe on the same date. And deserving charities will be supported. Everybody wins a little! ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2016, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-would-people-even-buy-second-hand-clothes/750720/26 "2016-04-03T21:21:41Z")
Ah, very clever. I misinterpreted the plan as you surrendering and doing all the work per her plan to her satisfaction. ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2016, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-would-people-even-buy-second-hand-clothes/750720/27 "2016-04-03T21:29:34Z")
> [@Mr\_Shine](#): > > My sister makes a profit buying and selling clothes on ebay. Me too, that’s how I make pocket-money, buying from op-shops and reselling online. In the smaller charity shops, typically brand name women’s stuff gets marked up - or on-sold to the boutique recycle shops - but they mostly have no idea how to price men’s clothes, so you can pick up unbelievably good, very expensive stuff like Ted Baker and Paul Smith suits for a pittance. And the stuff I really like I keep. ---
**Author:** ![Lars\_Aruns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c68b51/32.png) [@Lars\_Aruns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lars_Aruns)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2016, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-would-people-even-buy-second-hand-clothes/750720/28 "2016-04-03T21:33:31Z")
> [@Penfeather](#): > > Me too, that’s how I make pocket-money, buying from op-shops and reselling online. Out of curiosity, how do you package clothes for postage? For whatever reason, my mind got stuck on that minor point. Do you just stick them in boxes? Padded envelopes? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-would-people-even-buy-second-hand-clothes/750720.md?page=1)