Do you think clothing should be cleaned or washed if it have been bought in charity shops?

[northy--7]

eBay policy requires ALL used clothing to be washed or cleaned before being sold.

http://pages.ebay.co.uk/help/policies/used-clothing.html

[Anonymous]

Hello

Common sense will dictate that yes indeed to make sure that items for sell are clean/washed & in good condition(s)

I also wash or dry clean item(s) that I bought new so that gives you an idea also

Hope this helps

[foxyfi43]

Kaywire - I appreciate that I am a business seller from the dark side but I wouldn't sell anything second hand that wasn't ready to wear. I wash any item that has no tag, in part it lets me really check the quality of the item to see any possible defects and I iron and carefully wrap everything - usually instead of ironing my husband's shirts!. I know that some charity shops will iron clothes before putting them onto the shop floor to make them look their best for sale but I don't believe they have facilities to launder any.

Surely you wouldn't want to sell anything soiled because your account could quickly be damaged with low DSR's and feedback - even as a private seller you have to do the best job you can as clothing is a huge market on eBay with plenty choice so you want to build a good client base with happy returning buyers.

Fiona  x

[reg698]

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@Anonymous wrote:

I also wash or dry clean item(s) that I bought new so that gives you an idea also

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Absolutely 100%, you just don't know who's had their grubby mitts on it lol....

[Anonymous]

Hello

Yes indeed

Sometimes great items are on the floor or have been walked on or as you put it so well not sure who has tried it on or had their fingers on it = especially towels or else

[lettie0261]

Obviously YES.

I volunteer in my local Sally Army shop, and we very often get donations early in the year that would be ideal to put out for halloween/Christmas etc - so they get stored in black bags, in a store room, untill needed.

And a lot of the clothing donations we get may have been bagged up by the donar for goodness how long.

We have a steamer in our shop for 'ironing' things, but in no way are they washed first.

[kyanyama]

I wash all clothes before wearing them - even brand new from well-known high street stores!  You just don't know if it's been tried on or not.  And a person who tried it on may not have had a bath for days - eeuuww!

[lettie0261]

I haven't had a bath for 20 months 🙂

[ed_blackadder_1]

I haven't had a bath for 9 years.



Always shower.

Definitely yes anything I sell or give to charity is always washed and ironed it's only polite.

[reg698]

kyanyama wrote:

And a person who tried it on may not have had a bath for days - eeuuww!

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eeewwwwww..... grody...... grody to the max!

[reg698]

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@lettie0261 wrote:
I haven't had a bath for 20 months 🙂

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thank the lord for showers eh?

[evoman3957]

To answer the question is to know it wouldn't even be asked if you lived in Liberia or Sierra Leone.

[vamo48]

I usually hand wash an item first (unless really sure it's machine washable)  especially if there is no label, as otherwise you could have a nasty shock when the colour runs!