WHERE? HOW? HELP! Selling Clothes Online in Hong Kong

[LittleBrownDog]

Hi Everyone!

I would be grateful if someone could tell me the best place to sell clothes online.

I know the obvious answer would be on here, Geoexpat, but I've looked at the clothes on here and they are mostly up-market designer brands.

In my case, I am leaving Hong Kong and want to sell the clothes that I don't want to take home; however, I'm reluctant to just throw them in the bin or give them away.

I have so many items that I want to sell that I don't have the time to iron all of them, set up fantastic stylistic shots of every clothing.

I suppose eBay would be another obvious place but a) I've never used it (am willing to learn for this), b) it doesn't seem to be in English (or at least the English version is still under construction).

So...if anyone can help me and let me know what my options are, I'd be very happy to hear from you.

LBD

[emx]

Donate them, Oxfam perhaps.

Oxfam will iron them for you, just drop them off.

[Swell]

Oxfam used to picky about what designer brands they accept (in terms of clothes donation). I used to just donate mine in those metal cages set up by various charities normally placed outside wet markets, but they maybe dodgy and not real charities.

This year, I will take them down to the Salvation Army.

[Char Siu King]

Oxfam used to picky about what designer brands they accept (in terms of clothes donation). .

Why is that?

[bryant.english]

Why is that?

Because they sell the clothes and lose money by storing clothes that will not sell. That the situation in England anyway. (I had a contract doing used furniture with the YMCA in London and learnt all sorts of random stuff about this industry!!)

Actually, in England they are becoming less fussy because they can sell the clothes for rags, quite a lucrative trade now. There are even bogus charity collectors who come with bags and collect unwanted clothes to sell as rags, I believe they are used for stuffing.

[LittleBrownDog]

First of all, thanks for your replies, much appreciated.

I don't want to appear uncharitable, but as mentioned here, there are many "charities" that are not trustworthy; I'd much rather sell my clothes online to make some money in such economic climes.

If anyone has any other suggestions, I'd be grateful, thank you.

LBD

Because they sell the clothes and lose money by storing clothes that will not sell. That the situation in England anyway. (I had a contract doing used furniture with the YMCA in London and learnt all sorts of random stuff about this industry!!)

Actually, in England they are becoming less fussy because they can sell the clothes for rags, quite a lucrative trade now. There are even bogus charity collectors who come with bags and collect unwanted clothes to sell as rags, I believe they are used for stuffing.

[hello_there]

There is not a big market for used clothing in HK (with either expats or locals) and the prices you get will be next to nothing (except in the rare case of certain designer brands). There are some street markets where you can set up an area to sell them, but other than that, ebay, or an expat classified site are it, and don't expect much. One way to do it on a classifieds is to state the size, the number of items (and perhaps a brief description) and name a price for the whole lot in one go. Sometimes women do this with maternity clothes. For example, a friend reciently sold her entire maternity wardrobe (casual day clothes, work clothes, several evening dresses, gym clothes) for HK$400, and these clothes were near new, high end in terms of materinity wear and in great condition, worn for only 4 months or so.

[Swell]

CSK: I'm not sure, I think it’s because the locals traditionally do not like to buy second hand stuff, except for designer brands. I simply recall seeing a big banner outside the Oxfam collection centre on Cotton Tree Drive (many years ago) stating they only take designer brands and that Benetton doesn't count.

[imparanoic]

Please note that clothes are one item that hard to sell or has very limited resale value

use this site or the other expat hong kong classified ( possibly very few response unless you sell at drastically reduced prices esp, 80% off value as it's sale period at normal stores)

or

get a local to help you and use yahoo auctions (possibly get a better price) which is commonly used here, kinda like put it on auction/wait for winning bid then arrange meet them at mtr stop for trade and inspection and changing hands of cash.

please also note no one uses ebay hk (apart from china/hk sellers selling abroad to the west to take advantage of cheap postage cost), HK, SG and Japan mostly use yahoo auctions, china uses taobao