Woman buys mystery bag of 'unsellable' charity shop items and takes look inside
A bargain hunting Brit has taken to social media to challenge a charity shop's verdict on a hoard of "unsellable" donations. Danielle, who regularly documents her thrifting exploits online, couldn't resist snapping up 266 items of clothing that the shop in question had given up on trying to sell.
She began her video by loading numerous hefty bags into the back of her car, as she mused: "Are they really unsellable or can I make a profit?" Meanwhile, bracing for potential backlash for reselling charity shop items, Danielle pointed out that these garments had languished unsold "for months" even after being marked down to £1 each.
"Nobody has bought them, and this charity shop doesn't have the time, space or resources to list these items online," she justified, explaining her rationale behind taking on the task herself.
She elaborated: "What's happened for years is charity shops have bagged up these unsellable donations and sold them to clothing recycling companies. But, the value of 'rags' has plummeted - charity shops used to get about £20 for a big bag [of clothing] - now they're lucky to get 50p."
Danielle highlighted that as a result, charity shops are now passing these bags onto private individuals who are at liberty to use the contents as they see fit – including turning a profit by selling them on.
"This charity shop actually reached out to me for help selling their unsold stock - so I bought nine bags of clothing as a bit of a test," she continued.
Showcasing the best of the goods, Danielle gushed that "pretty much everything" was in excellent condition with some items still bearing their original tags.
"There was even some pieces I would wear myself," she confessed, brandishing ASOS and H&M summer dresses as a couple of standout examples.
Danielle added: "There's also a lot of 'fast-fashion' goods such as Primark and Shein, as well as a couple of kids' pieces including an M&S set."
And after examining all 266 items, Danielle revealed that 175 of them were unlikely to shift online, despite 99% of it being in excellent nick.
"I think it'd be good for a car boot though at say 50p or £1 per item," she said. Naturally, that left 91 items ready for her to attempt to sell on.
Writing in response, one TikTok user claimed: "Quite often charity shops put their prices up too high and no one buys the items. Instead of reducing them they just declare them as unsellable."
To which Danielle clarified: "Yeah I've heard from managers who aren't even able to run sales! Crazy. Pretty much everything out of this bag was priced under £6 (and then reduced and not sold) so this one isn't like that!".
A second person advised Danielle: "With the right photos and some work you'll sell a lot of that stuff." And she replied: "Agree! I'll do an update shortly with how I got on."
While a third queried: "Why don't they send clothing abroad any more?" To which Danielle responded: "They do. But it's getting more difficult as lots end up in landfill - some countries have even banned the importation of secondhand clothes as we are using them as our bins!"
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