re: Would you buy used clothes?

Our daughter and her friends, all from moderately affluent families, make the rounds at goodwill and several consignment shops on the regular. Its like a game for them. They will have a CAR load of shite when they get home and they have a big time doing it. They also buy one another outfits and have to wear them at least once to school - sometimes parents have to step in because they're teen girls and schools tend to frown upon a hooker showing up for 11th grade home room but generally speaking they have a big time doing it. They also go to the mall regularly but seldom buy anything....and usually because, there words, not mine, that "Goodwill has the same outfit for $3"! A lot of times they stuff they buy still has tags on it, never been worn.

When we lived on or near military bases and it wasn't a pain in the arse to get on and off them we bought a LOT of stuff at the base thrift store. Again, most of it still had tags on it and most of it came from the PX or the BX and the exchanges sell the kind of stuff you will find in shopping malls and not Walmart etc. Not extreme high end clothing but certainly higher end than we would buy normally. I have bought brand new Columbia PFG Shirts at those thrift stores for $1. Not used, brand new, tags still on them. $5 was normal - for a shirt with a $50 tag on it from the exchange. We have a thrift store on the base near us and we have access but we don't go on base very often. If you have access though those thrift stores on base have some bargains.

I don't think most thrift and second hand stores sell underwear LOL...someone said they wouldn't wear used drawers but I don't think they sell them or bathing suits....consigment shops may sell expensive womens bathing suits, I wouldn't know. Most if not all of them sell shoes though and you can also get some deals on shoes.....and many of them will be new and never worn.

We have some friends we have known since our early 20s and they had a bunch of babies in their early 20s so they didn't have a lot of money. The wife bought almost ALL of their baby and childrens clothes at yard sales. Those were the best dressed kids in the neighborhood. I asked her about it one day and she said her and some other friends would get together on Thursdays or Fridays and map out yard and garage sales in high end neighborhoods around Atlanta and would each go to a different area, buy anything that any of their kids could use, settle up on Saturday afternoon....and about 4 times a year sell all that shite and anything none of them could use at a yard sale of their own. Brilliant! Gave them something to do, saved them some money....just brilliant.