When you donate clothing and other items to thrift stores and charity

I always try to give good stuff. I won't give any clothes that have stains, but I will bring stuff that is a little worn sometimes. Usually the clothes I give are in very good condition, but if I'm giving books they may be a bit tattered. After all, people know that when they go to a thrift store they are getting second hand- but I have some pride in what I give so I try to make sure the clothes at least are in good shape.

Hi Moonlitmagikchild, I did donates some of my old clothes to charity.I don't see the point why I should throw away those old clothes since It can help other people who really need them. Last December when I was back to my hometown,I got my maid to help me tidy up my bedroom. I found alot of old clothes hanging in the cabinets and I don't have much space to put my existing stuffs now. Some of the old clothes are belonged to my sister and some are mine. We have not been touching to all those old clothes for years since we are married. After tidying up, it all came out to be three big boxes . Coincidentally, I got a news from my sister - in -law that there is an organization who is helping to collect those old clothes for poorer families.I quickly sent that three boxes to them. I really hope my old clothes can really fulfill their needs.

I would never give or donate unwearable or unsellable clothes...that stuff either goes in the trash or is used around here for rags....Do I find myself being extra picky cause I might have to face the person at the store? No not at all....But again I wouldnt hand in junk ya know....

i am pretty careful but i know that the thrift store that i donate clothes to take some of the clothing and if its not in the best of shape, they have a rag company that they sell unusable clothes too, so they take it all.

I give to thrift stores all the time. I'm very picky about what I give to them. I don't have to hand the actual clothing to them, rather I have them in bags. They don't know who gave them what once it's in the store. Still, I wouldn't hand them anything that was seriously worn or frayed, broken, whatever. I don't even like giving them shirts that are missing a button! Well, I do, but only if I don't have time to sew a button on it before I give it away. I shop at these thrift stores. I like to see nice, second-hand clothing and not something with, say, a big bleach stain or sweaters pulled out of shape. No, I'm very picky about what I give to them. The way I see it, if I wouldn't wear it, chances are most people wouldn't want to wear it. If I have something that is in bad shape, I'll think about ways I can recycle it myself before throwing it away, like an old, frayed towel I cut up to use as rags, some cotton shirts are great to wax cars with, etc.

No, not to thrift store. I do not sell my clothing. I normally give it to the church for charity. Sometimes, I do go to the Old folks Homes and provide them t-shirts I do not use. Normally, these are excess from gifts.

Well, for me, it depends on who I am donating the stuff too and how much time I have to go thru the stuff as what I will give someone anymore for sure. I truly believe that if it is junk it is best to be thrown away, but when it is something good and of use to someone it is better to find someone else who can use it. I seldom give stuff to Thrift Stores anymore and will often find other means of places to donate instead.

Well, I wouldn't be picky when donating to charity or thrift stores. If they reject my items once too many times, I would just sell it away at garage sales or to the rag-and-bone man just to get rid of them rather than throwing it into the dumpster where it would be of no use to anyone else.

I'm quite picky of the design that I still want to wear, but I never want to give the ones that look too old or has any defect on it. Imagine if you're given something bad by your friends, say for birthday. I hope that stuff is not a donation but can act as gifts to the poors.

I won't donate anything I wouldn't wear myself...what I donate is usually something I am tired of or something someone has given me that I don't particularly like......or anything I haven't worn for over a year....I do think though that some would get use out of anything they get.....like homeless.....they could benefit from something that is stained as long as it's in good condition.

honestly when my family donates anything we ask ourselves.. if God forbid we were in a situation that we had no option but to take help from such resources.. would we accept or take these things?? basically.. if it isnt good enough for you to wear.. it isnt good enough for anyone. no exceptions.

Moonlight- The one thrift store that I sell to accepts only gently used items. These are typically items my children have only worn a few times, etc. They only took $10.00 of the last donation and I still had two large trash bags full. I donated the remaining items to Salvation Army. However, the ones donated were tear free and stain free. If my children stain an outfit it becomes a rag, because I don't believe in the "beggers can't be choosers" saying. I believe if you are going to give something to someone else it should be worthy of being worn on your own child. Namaste-Anora

I tend to put everything that is no longer needed in a black sack and end up just dropping it into a charity shop and then going,but where i live i noticed that there are always charity bags being left so i tend not to go to charity shops as i end up getting rid of all that i have in the bags that get collected from my house.If it is a charity they will always be glad of what ever you have no matter what.

When I make my donations to charity I don't feel like I am extra picky. I don't give junk, but I'm not giving my top of the line stuff either. I sell a of the things that we don't use anymore in yard sales and the things that I end up donating are the things that aren't as likely to sell at yard sales. Meaning the clothes that my children have outgrown but that aren't name brand. Things that we just don't need anymore. Clothes that are mine I donate as well. Mostly the stuff that we donate to charity is just the things that we don't need any more but we know that they still have a lot of use left in them.

I try to donate items that I think others can use. If it's not useable, I try to find a way to recycle it - some places take old clothes and turn them into rags, for example.

No, I am not being extra picky when donating things. I will donate things I would gladly pass off to a friend. With that in mind I follow a few simple rules, I make sure the itmes are not dirty, have any holes, stretch out, or stains. If there is,I simply pitch them or cut them up to use as rags or as craft projects. Simply put if you yourself would not wear it, do not donate it.

I find that i always make sure that things arent stained or ripped before i donate them. I also tend to take the time to repair the seams before i do too. I dont think its fair of me to expect them to go through and have to toss things that should ahve been tossed rather than donated so i do it before hand.

I will only donate my stuff to thrift stores because of the shape it's in. I know plenty of people who could use the things I'm getting rid of, but I don't feel like going through each bag of stuff and picking out things that are good enough to donate to someone I know vs. what should go to the thrift store. So I just send it all in. I figure there are people who go to thrift stores specifically looking for rags with stains so they can wear it for their painting projects, or to work if it's a messy job, or to make their hobo holloween costume out of. You just never know what someone can use and what they can't.

I think that when we donate something, we should take into consideration if what we give could still be of good condition so that the person who gets it will still be able to use it. If we give out things that can not be o use to anyone, then there is no charity in that. We give because we want to help, no matter what the standard of the person who will receive what we gave. It feels great to know that we have helped even in a small way and that we have made others happy with what we did.

I check the clothes I take to thrift stores or give to charity. If the clothes are worn bad I throw them out and also if they are stain badly they go into the trash. I no I have a standards of what I would buy from a thrift store and goes by it. The charities are helping out people and do not have time to be going through every piece of clothing to see what condition it is in they are hoping that what people give is in usable condition.