Are you opposed to buying used clothing from a thrift store?

Nope. Most of my trousers are second hand. Hell, except for my underwear (pants and socks) most of my clothes are.

No I’m not opposed to it and I have bought clothes from a consignment shop.

I only buy underwear, socks, and toothbrushes from second hand stores.

Actually nost of my clothes are from S&A Clothiers (Salvation Army). For $5 each I can buy maybe six to eight pairs of pants for the price of a new pair and for the most part you can hardly tell they are worn. Some of them still have tags on them.

@ragingloli Most of them come from your male victims don’t they?

I am not. It doesn’t happen often, though. Then again, I hate going to clothing stores. When I go, I want to get as much done as I can at once. Which means going somewhere that has the largest selection.

@MilkyWay
I do not discriminate between gender!

@ragingloli Of course. So do you wear a dress on Sundays?

Yes. I know that this is irrational, especially since I’m not opposed to getting second-hand clothes from friends. But, it just skeeves me out too much, and there’s no point in spending even a penny on clothes I’m never going to actually wear.

I have bought used clothing and even shoes and purses for many years from consignment shops and Goodwill, I think it’s fun !

I’m a gigantic hipster. Of course I’m not opposed to it.

@MilkyWay
I wear a woman’s skin on sundays.

Nope. I make my own clothing for almost 10 years but still buy some pre-owned from Ebay. As long as you wash them very well, they’re safe to wear.

I buy lots of clothes from Ebay also.

No. Shopping at Goodwill is fun! You never know what kind of treaures you may find. As long as you wash the clothes really well, they’re safe to use.

No, I shop at those kinds of places all the time.
No undies or socks, bathing suits or that sort of thing, but otherwise I wash them when I get them home and I’m good with it.

You would be surprised at what you can find at Goodwill.

I bought a brand new expensive coffeemaker at Goodwill. Never been used. It apparently was a wedding gift to someone and they never used it for whatever reason. A new cost around $300.00 dollars and I paid $3.50 for it. Still using it.

Some of my clothes come from Goodwill.

Wife bought a pockebook at Goodwill and it had $178.00 cash in one of the pockets.

Like Loneldragon said, “its fun to shop at Goodwill”.

I love shopping at thrift stores for clothing. I also pick up some terrific bargains on Ebay.

I love looking for something unique. So I love buying clothes in thrift stores and vintage boutiques. But I would never buy underwear there of course! It’s hard to find something that is cool looking and fits right and is in good condition though. I have a bunch of old slips from the 60’s that I wear as nightgowns and I recently bought an embroidered skirt at the Salvation Army in Manhattan. I wore it last Friday and got lots of complements.

Nearly everything I buy comes from Charity Thrift stores. Some of their things are brand new, never been worn. Stores get a tax write off just like we do.

No objections at all on my end. Maybe it stems from growing up in hand-me-downs. And oddly, the shirt I have on right now is a hand-me-down and the shoes came from a consignment shop. Both must now be 20 years old and still in decent condition.

The SO, on the other hand, is like @Aethelflaed. The thought of putting on an unknown person’s clothing creeps him out.

It’s a great way to find some really funky items. One of the women I work with always looks amazing. She has great taste in clothes and I asked her about it one day. She said she buys all her stuff secondhand. Similarly a guy I used to date who earned a lot of money bought all his shirts from secondhand outlets. He liked designer shirts but didn’t want to pay the designer price. Seems like a very sensible way to buy clothes to me. If you change the name to vintage, secondhand stuff becomes much more cool.

Only if I hand the cashier a $5 and don’t get any change back.

I’m irrationally skeeved out by it. I’ll buy other stuff from thrift stores, but mostly for use in re-purposing the item into another form.

@augustlan . . . so, somebody has a touch of the elite in them after all . . .

in all fairness, i draw the line at second hand underpants and guns.

@Blondesjon Me, elite? Was there ever any doubt? :p

@augustlan . . . the term “skeeved” reeks of preconceived notions . . .

you have dismissed these second hand clothes before you’ve even entered the store . . .

the first rule of thrift store is that you don’t think about what you’re buying at thrift store.

It really is stupid, I know.

of course not

I love buying work clothes from thrift stores because I can usually find good articles that have been well kept at a great price. Its especially handy when im dieting as I don’t have to spend a fortune on clothes that fit correctly.

Nope, that’s where a lot of my clothes come from. I’m not rich, but it’s not that I’m alarmingly poor; I don’t really have my spending priorities in order though. But, I need to wear clothes. Thrift shops aren’t bad at all, if you don’t give a shit about the latest trends. Goodwill stores also have a lot of cool furniture for real cheap, which I’ve benefited from a lot.

I shop at stores from Goodwill and Savers all the way to Coldwater Creek and Macy’s. I go where ever I find a good deal and something unique—

I won’t buy clothes that are in any way ruined, stained, stretched out, or worn out

It is all I wear and I think people who are opposed or scared of it are foolish and wasteful, usually the same people who think you should use hand sanitizer 400 times a day. Thrift stores are full of treasures.

I was going to Borneo and needed hot weather tops with long sleeves because I’m sun sensitive. Goodwill was the answer. I planned to leave the shirts there at the end of the trip. So, for $4 I bought 3 cotton shirts with two pockets so I wouldn’t have to wear a bra and I could wear the shirt outside the light weight slacks I had. The plan worked perfectly, the sweat just rolled off my body under the shirt and air blew under the shirt tails. But I brought the shirts home because we have occasional very hot days. And I’ve used them again.

I buy most of my cotton t-shirts from our local consignment shop. I love them. They are clean and cheap and when I, inevitably, spill salad dressing or marinara sauce down the front, I am happy to convert them to dust cloths.

Additionally, I love the 100% long-sleeved men’s dress shirts; I use them outside when I garden. They are light-colored and help me to spot the Lyme ticks.

Did you hear about the guy who instead of having his shirts washed and ironed at the cleaners, would donate them to good will and buy them back the next week for $1.00.

(That joke is only funny if the cost of having your shirts washed is more than $1.00. Here it is substantially more!)

Second hand stores are my favorite. :)

Yes I am.

No, I’m fine with it. I will not buy used under garments though.

My partner seems to have an almost unnatural aversion to used items (especially clothing).

Jeeez nobody lurved my joke and I thought it was really funny.

@rooeytoo I thought it was a real story, lol.

I often buy second hand clothes and it doesn’t make me uncomfortable at all. I wouldn’t buy second hand shoes or boots though, because of how they shape themselves to the owner’s feet, I can’t imagine they would be comfortable.

Not at all. I can’t afford to shop in high street stores so finding something I like that is also cheap makes me happy!

Except for underwear and socks, most of my clothes come from thrift stores. Me and my friends love to make a whole day of “thrifting” sometimes visiting 3 or 4 shops in a day. You can find amazing things in thrift stores and it’s always a surprise, and the prices are great. I often help other people that are shopping in thrift stores to put together outfits. People seem to gravitate to me for that purpose. I can’t afford to shop in regular clothing stores, but even if I could, I would still shop at thrift stores because it’s so much fun. I love the hunt and the spoils.

I love thrift store shopping. What I am opposed to is paying exorbant prices in retail stores for stuff I can get in thrift stores for next to nothing. I like nice clothes, but I will not pay $60–80. for a pair of slacks or $50–60. for a shirt. Everything I buy is washed before I wear it anyway, so I don’t have a problem with the “someone else wore it” argument. Often times I purcahse items that have never been worn as evidenced by still having the price tags attached. My best purchase that I can recall was a Jones of New York cashmere sweater. Original price was $162. I paid $3.50. I do not, however, ever buy items of a personal nature, underwear, bathing suits, etc.

No not at all. Where I live there is a huge thrift store that has everything imaginable and some of the merchandise is top quality.