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‘People sell their best stuff on Vinted’ – how charity shops became a dumping ground for unsellable clothes

www.theguardian.com English
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    Swamped with ‘daily avalanches’ of soiled items and poor-quality fast fashion, secondhand stores are in crisis. What went wrong with people’s good intentions? And is it possible to donate more effectively?
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    • Destide@feddit.ukEnglish
      4 days

      Did it to themselves trying to be ebay and acting like for profit

        • KryptonBlur@slrpnk.netEnglish
          4 days

          What do you mean?

            • corsicanguppy@lemmy.caEnglish
              4 days

              Good donations show up on eBay, not the racks. They did it before their donors did, apparently.

          • geneva_convenience@lemmy.mlEnglish
            4 days

            Why do charity shops feel entitled to people’s old clothes exactly?

            • HM King Charles III DG FD@feddit.ukEnglish
              4 days

              Don’t charity shops put their best stuff on ebay these days

                • neo2478@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
                  4 days

                  I think that’s mostly a thing in the US where greed an capitalism comes first

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