#nobody believes that they will actually sell their stained pillow it just didn't fit in their bin this week or whatever

[aralintheobsessive]

There is one notable exception (although it depends on your region and the individual stores) and that is clean but damaged pure cotton. Ideally jersey, but woven can be acceptable. T-shirt fabric, basically, but only if those t-shirts aren't polyester. A lot of charity stores/thrift/op shops in my area will collect big bags of damaged t-shirt fabric to sell as rags. Your local mechanic etc will go buy a few bags of t-shirt rags every so often. Doesn't matter if it's damaged or ugly because it's literally going to get cut up and used to mop up motor oil. But again, make sure that this is something the specific shop in question actually does before you donate your shirt with a big hole in the armpit!

DONATING TO THE THRIFT STORE PSA!!!!! that i can’t believe i even have to say

if you would not buy it in the state it’s in, don’t fucking donate it!!

maybe if there’s a button missing or little holes or stains, but stop using thrift stores as your garbage. the amount of actual trash we get donated at my job is ridiculous. one man’s trash is another man’s treasure like 20% of the time. but chances are if you didn’t want to fix it yourself, neither will anyone else.

quality too. if you would not buy shein from the thrift store yourself, don’t donate your “cute summer shein hauls :33” that you don’t wear anymore because the trend ended. nobody buys shein second-hand, and it sits on our shelves until we have to throw it out.

“but i don’t have money to not shop at shein 🥺” idc. cope. thrift. maybe if the thrift stores weren’t full of plastic cancer clothes from last months aesthetic you’d be able to find more good quality items. but alas

ITS STILL YOUR CONSUMPTION WASTE, even if you give it to us. clothes don’t just disappear once you donate.

TREAT YOUR THRIFT STORES WITH RESPECT