Saturday, July 11, 2009

My adventure at Plato's Closet

First off, my apologies for being a while since my last post. Life has gotten chaotic recently and my internet connection has been bipolar lately.

Anyways, with our upcoming move into our new home in two weeks, I began going through all of my old clothes and deciding what I could get rid of. While I know we all like to hoard clothes, a good rule of thumb is, if you have not worn it in the past two years, you probably can get along without it. I ended up with a very large box of clothes to take over to Plato's Closet, a store that specializes in buying and selling used clothes for the young crowd. You may have something similar near you as well, that will pay you for your used clothing.

After giving them all of my items and doing some looking myself for about 30 minutes, they had my offer for me. They showed me the basket of clothes they wanted to buy, which out of the 30-35 items I probably had in there, they only took about 5-7 I would say. I'm not going to lie, they are pretty picky since the trends change so quickly. They told me they will typically not buy anything more than a year old, and do not take higher than a size 15 (for women). However, it was something that I was expecting to hear. They aren't going to buy things from you they cannot sell. I was happy to get whatever money out of this that I could, since they likely would give me as much at a rummage sale or from donations to Goodwill. I ended up getting about $15 from what they wanted, and I used some of it towards some clearance tank tops they had for $2 each. I got one American Eagle Outfitters top, one from Hollister, and another top I could use for my work, all for $6. Can't beat that!

Although it is tough to sell stuff to them, I think they offer a lot of good deals in stores like this. It was a weird experience for me because you are used to seeing racks with the same item in different sizes. Here, everything is categorized by size, then color. I remember last year wanting to find a specific color of blouse to go with a pair of pants I had, and going to a place like this would have been a lot easier than searching a typical store. If you have clothes that you should get rid of, or you haven't gone through your closet in a while, consider minimalizing your wardrobe and get some money for it.

3 comments:

me in millions said...

I went to Plato's Closet and got $6.55 for 2 items. I'm not sure if it was worth my time to try to sell those items since I had to drive out of my way to get there. However, I think Plato's Closet is a great place for jeans. I've found designer jeans (like Citizens of Humanity, Seven for All Mankind, etc.) there for SOOOO cheap. I'm never paying full price for jeans again!!!

sweetbee said...

I love shopping at platos....they are soo cheap...last week i was about to buy true religion jeans for thirty five dollars (cheap right), the seller had just gotten them in... like two mins before i grabbed them....but i guess the buyer was what you call "brand blind" and totally miss the missing button and the hole in the jeans, now i can easily get them fixed but considering the fact that i worked there i could get more than our discount off.......i was soo bummed..i almost cried lol....
Also when you sell to platos you get a third of what they sell it for..so if you shop there and find a hollister shirt for ten bucks..take a third of that and thats what you get....it works both ways...

if you shop there you probably love the fact the prices are so cheap (usually around thirty percent under retail prices)..if you sell there you get paid that day cash or check ....its not consignments shops you right away you get paid..look at is like this the better your clothes are the more you get paid.......
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mikayla said...

I havnt been to pc but i wnt to go soon. Bfore i go i just wanna know how much diff things cost there. Thanx