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Anonymous wrote:I don't understand why people buy designer pieces only to want to sell after a year. If something doesn't fit I get it, but bags and shoes seem like things you should buy to last a while.

Some people do genuinely buy designer clothes that are trendy and sell them after a year or two when they are less trendy. This is common in certain circles/cultures and not in others. It's not helpful for you to reply to this comment saying your friends don't do this.

I think more of the stuff at these shops are things people buy and don't end up wearing and are not returnable for whatever reason. Like, you buy a new dress wear it once, decide it's unflattering and then it just hangs in your closet unloved.

I would also bet that a fair amount of what ends up being sold secondhand is originally shoplifted, purchased with a stolen credit card, etc. I used to work retail and the organized shoplifting gangs were notorious and frightening. I personally think the rampant, unchecked shoplifting is what killed the high end retail in Friendship Heights, but that's a thread for a different forum.

I worked a relatively high end clothing place at Tysons. This had us well into the red. Corporate kept the store open for brand presence, but we lost money. A lot of it.

Anonymous wrote:When people say "designer" - can you give an example? And where are you buying all this designer stuff? I am genuinely not sure where I would have encountered this.

Khaite, The Row, Loewe, Max Mara, Brunello Cucinelli, Balenciaga, Prada, etc.

What do you mean, where are people buying it? Bloomingdale's, Saks, Neiman Marcus, various boutiques ... plenty of places.

Anonymous wrote:Agree. First few bags to thredup in 2024 I got reasonable return. The most recent bag in January 2026 the prices were shockingly low… e.g., I got $2 for new with tags Talbots blazer (purchased earlier in the Fall and I missed the return window). I’m going to try somewhere else next time.

I mean ... it's Talbots. I wouldn't expect any more than that.

Anonymous wrote:I find that consignment shops are consistently rude to the consigners. I'm treated completely differently depending on whether I'm a customer browsing or a consigner bringing in items. The difference is like night and day - and at every consignment shop I've ever used.

+100

Anonymous wrote:Have you all just considered buying less? That’s a much more effective way to get to the root of the problem. It’s so silly to complain about stingy consignment places when you could simply stop shopping as a hobby. It’s never going to fill your cup.

Have you ever considered not making huge assumptions?

I've lost 70lbs. To consider "buying less" isn't going to change the fact that I need to clean out my closet and get new things. I've never shopped "as a hobby" in my life (in fact, I hate it). So take your ignorant condescension elsewhere?

Anonymous wrote:I don't understand why people buy designer pieces only to want to sell after a year. If something doesn't fit I get it, but bags and shoes seem like things you should buy to last a while.

Some people do genuinely buy designer clothes that are trendy and sell them after a year or two when they are less trendy. This is common in certain circles/cultures and not in others. It's not helpful for you to reply to this comment saying your friends don't do this.

I think more of the stuff at these shops are things people buy and don't end up wearing and are not returnable for whatever reason. Like, you buy a new dress wear it once, decide it's unflattering and then it just hangs in your closet unloved.

I would also bet that a fair amount of what ends up being sold secondhand is originally shoplifted, purchased with a stolen credit card, etc. I used to work retail and the organized shoplifting gangs were notorious and frightening. I personally think the rampant, unchecked shoplifting is what killed the high end retail in Friendship Heights, but that's a thread for a different forum.

I don't understand why people buy designer pieces only to want to sell after a year. If something doesn't fit I get it, but bags and shoes seem like things you should buy to last a while.

When people say "designer" - can you give an example? And where are you buying all this designer stuff? I am genuinely not sure where I would have encountered this.

I find that consignment shops are consistently rude to the consigners. I'm treated completely differently depending on whether I'm a customer browsing or a consigner bringing in items. The difference is like night and day - and at every consignment shop I've ever used.

Anonymous wrote:New to You in McLean is great if you have high end items. 50/50 split if it sells. If it doesn’t sell, you can pick it up.

I was at New to You a few months ago and was really disappointed with their inventory. Very little high end.

Have you all just considered buying less? That’s a much more effective way to get to the root of the problem. It’s so silly to complain about stingy consignment places when you could simply stop shopping as a hobby. It’s never going to fill your cup.

Agree. First few bags to thredup in 2024 I got reasonable return. The most recent bag in January 2026 the prices were shockingly low… e.g., I got $2 for new with tags Talbots blazer (purchased earlier in the Fall and I missed the return window). I’m going to try somewhere else next time.

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Anonymous wrote:Poshmark has a new service --- it's call Sell it For me. They send you a bag, you put the clothes in it, and they pick it up. When something sells, they send you the money. Much easier that having your clothes sitting around until someone buys it...
https://poshmark.com/consignment?srsltid=AfmBOooOmvnXFyCvSGF4EDe6bcdw9E1-2Z72sTtxgp5BzuPyPa6XK7lA

Thredup.com does the same thing. You can either cash out your earnings or use as store credit.

I used to use Thredup pretty consistently, but the last 2 bags, I noticed the pricing of my items was absurdly low ($12 for Jenni Kayne leather mules, $4 for Frank & Eileen jacket), so my share would have been like $8. I asked for all my items to be returned (and they did). Not sure what is going on with Thredup, it feels like they are catering to resellers. It's still a good destination as a buyer, but not really worth it as a seller anymore).

+1, I just sent a bag to Thredup after not using them for a few years - the prices were ridiculously low as were some of the items they decided they weren't going to sell.

This is OP I have mostly designer stuff but most of it more than one year old. Maybe Real Real is the way to go.

If you go to Real Real.com they break down what brands earn what %. They also only take certain brands. I think you get the highest percentage on Hermes.

I have sold with them 3x. I just finished up a round and ended up with just over 5K. Both men's and women's items.

They make it easy, at least for me. The DC location closed, but they will do a video call and then they send you everything you need to mail in all that they accept. If, once everything gets there and something isn't acceptable, they send that back to you. I don't know what would happen if they accepted something and it didn't sell.