Save Money By Buying Second-Hand Clothes

Clothing thrift shops don’t have the stigma they used to, and you can often find great clothes there at excellent prices. Just think of the bags of clothes you give away to charity - sometimes there’ll be clothes you bought but never wore because they didn’t fit properly or you didn’t like it once you got home - and that means there are heaps of practically new clothes on sale at these thrift shops. Get Rich Slowly gives some great tips for buying clothes in thrift shops:

• Set yourself a budget so you don’t go crazy buying dozens of items of clothing
• Always try things on - especially if they could be a couple of years old because sizing is constantly changing
• Have a very careful look at an item of clothing before you buy it, in case there is a hole or stain somewhere you didn’t notice at first
• Always wash used clothes when you get them home, before you wear them
• Ask the store when they rotate the stock - some only do it once a week for example, or less often - so you can be there when the newest stock arrives
• Have plenty of time to spare, because it takes a lot longer to sift through racks of random, unique clothing than it does to look around a shop full of new clothes where there’s much less variety
• Take a friend with you to help you with second opinions