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Tips for Getting the Most Money for Your Clothes
Let’s be honest: selling clothes online feels like homework. It fills up your phone storage, the offers are usually the lowest of lows and don’t forget about constantly being ghosted. Your pre-loved style deserves better. It deserves to be traded in at Buffalo Exchange. Before you go, clock these tips to get the most for your closet cleanout.
The Three C’s: Current, Clean and Condition
Current: Here’s my number one hack: clean out and sell often. If you leave something sitting in the back of your closet until it’s no longer on-trend, it’s probably not something anyone else wants to buy either. The more current your style, the better your chances of selling it at Buffalo. Plan to clean out seasonally or keep a Buffalo bag in your closet and throw items in any time you put something on and feel “meh” about it.
Clean: This is non-negotiable. Every item must be freshly laundered and odor-free. We’re talking fresh-out-of-the-dryer clean. Even long-forgotten closet gems can develop a funky smell or end up with a long-forgotten spot. Give your clothes the treatment that they deserve before adding ‘em to your sell pile!
Condition: After washing your items but before throwing them into a tote, make sure they pass a quality check! While exceptions might be made for a 70s vintage concert tee with a small hole, Buffalo is generally looking for like-new, gently used pieces.
Here’s a quick quality check to look out for:
- Pilling, fading or material degradation
- Broken zippers, missing buttons, torn seams
- Spots that survived your TLC efforts
- Holes or dry rot
If you answered yes to any of these, try recycling or donating that piece to get the most out of its life cycle. If you answered no, bring it in to Buffalo!
The Bigger the Cleanout, the Better
Buffalo buys everything from short shorts to cold weather puffers 365 days a year, aiming to stock the racks with an array of amazing items every single season, so bring in your biggest haul! While Buffalo’s buyers are MUCH more selective on out-of-season items, they’re happy to look through everything and, since their inventory needs change often, you never know what they might be able to take off your hands!
Double your Bucks
I understand the appeal of cold hard cash, but here’s the thing: you can literally double your clothes’ worth by choosing trade at the end of your selling sesh!
- Cash payout: You get 25% of the selling price
- Trade/in-store Credit payout: You get 50% of the selling price
Why opt for less when you can double the value? Use that credit the same day to get yourself something new-to-you or save it up for a later and larger thrift/secondhand haul! Bonus tip: trade credit never expires and can be used at any of Buffalo’s 40+ stores all over the US (excluding outlets).
Your Buyer = Your New Fashion Friend
Buffalo is all about clothes, but they’re even more about community. Your Buyer isn’t just an ATM machine; consider them to be your stylist and your new friend.
Want to know why a piece was passed up on? Just ask them! Buyers are pros at what they do and are happy to explain their reasoning behind pricing, selection and general fashion questions. Also, if you’re ever unhappy with the payout you’ll receive for one of your items, it’s okay to ask for it back, no hard feelings.
Ready to give your clothes a second life and your wallet an upgrade? Clean out, then find your nearest location. Buffalo buys from open to close daily, no appointment required, but when you’re on the way, you can add your name to their digital waitlist to save time!
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