Getting rid of my "fat" clothes

Angie1212mfp

at my heaviest I was wearing a 4-5x; and I bought most of my clothes at Catherine's. However my first success with weigh loss I was down to a 2X, i still have a ton of my old clothes, mostly because, I was hoping to sell them, as i am always broke, and can use the extra money. I have posted pics on Facebook of the clothes hoping someone would be interested in buying them.
I am just at thre point where I just want them gone!!!I don't want to ever fall into that trap, of gaining more weight back, knmowing I have clothes. Any ideas? most, if not all of the clothes, have never been worn. I have several pairs of black dress pants, all from Catherine's petite length;I'5'3" itThey're from right fit, so the tags say size 9 petite, but I think they're more like a 26/28 or maybe even a 30/32.

I am not opposed to donating them, but I'm not too keen on donating them to Goodwill. Around the holidays, I learned the CEO of Goodwill indistries earns $2.3 million in salary and that only .09 of every dollar emade through their stores actually goes to helping people. There is something very wrong with that picture to me.:/

Angie

emilymean

You could try selling them as a "lot" on eBay, simply take a bunch a bunch of pics and post, ebay is having a discount to new sellers right now. Look at other seller's lot to get an idea how to display your clothes and pricing. Otherwise, see if there is a resale store in your area that is interested. I gave mine to goodwill because, like you, I wanted them gone.

rbfdac

are you on Fattoo on FB? It's a nationwide clothing swap group. size 20+. There's also one called Fattoo Grande, sizes 26+, I believe. I'm sure stuff from Catherine's would go quickly from there. I buy/sell LOTS of stuff on Fattoo. Message me if you want more details. It's addicting, honestly. You'll find stuff you want to buy now too!

SuggaD

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seltzermint555

I did the "lot" thing mentioned above, but sold them locally on Craigslist. I would recommend that mainly if you live in a somewhat smaller city. A rural/small town I don't think it would be as successful and in a large city it might be scary. But for me it was ideal! I sold all of my stuff within a couple of days each time.

I just took photos of the items, described them & set a price for each "lot". I met up with buyers in public places and had zero creepy experiences.

I also had a garage sale at my home and advertised it on some local plus size clothing swap facebook pages, as well as Craigslist. That was a huge success for me, I made hundreds of dollars. But that time was my first go-round, and I had loads of professional clothes in sizes 20-24 to sell.

Good luck!

Realtree2429

Look into a local nursing/mrdd home. Some of the residents could be wards of the state and most definitely need clothes. I was doing Goodwill, but like yourself, learned not to do that!!!!!! So now mine go to my local home.

Jruzer

We often use Saint Vincent de Paul.

lessismoreohio

Could you give them to a local church to provide to a local family in need?

shadow2soul

Around where I live there are clothing donation bins by the churches. That's what I've done with all but 1 pair of jeans.

Angie1212mfp

thanks for all the wonderful ideas. I want to stay away from eBay if I can, as i am unable to drive at present. So, if I do decide to keep trying tp sell, I'd want to stay close to home. ;)will habe to check out Fattoo for sure.

Angie

lsgibbs83

If you still want to sell them look for a consignment shop in your area. There are a couple of really nice ones where I live. While I am still losing that is where I am getting a lot of my "new" clothes. As I lose more I sell them back. Obviously I don't get back what I paid but every little bit helps.