What to Do with Clothes?

My friend likes Once Upon a Child.

I always used Children's Orchard. They buy gently used clothing and toys, I know you have to set up and appointment and they will got through the clothes, etc. I know they look for clothes that do not have stains or rips.

The Children's Orchard out in Olathe at Strangline and 119th is a great resale shop. There are a couple of others like Recycled Kids though I have not been to those.

There is an ebay store at 135th and Antioch behind the Babies R Us.

I would say the best way to get your money back would be to ebay it but I don't know how much the store is going to take for thier efforts.

Good luck!

I do a consignment sale every year with Kids Closet (http://www.kidscloset.biz/). You have to price and hang everything before dropping off but you get 70% of the price (the 30% goes to the lady for rental space & working the sale). The next one is coming up in April I believe. I've done very well there. Another thing I've done if you are strapped for time and don't want to use ebay is try www.craigslist.com. You could try and sell the whole lot for a specific price. The best way to sell on there is to be sure to include pics of the items. Hope that helps.

I would suggest the consignment store especially if they are in decent condition and based on the brand names that you have I believe you could get pretty good money for them. I have sold my old maternity clothes to a cosignment store and got a pretty good amount for them. Now keep in mind you might not get what you paid for them but something is always better than nothing. Some of the store offer different prices I don't know what they base it off of but they do differ. If your not trying to get rich just want to donate and get a little something in return then I would say cosignment store for sure.

You might look for a Children's Orchard store near you. They will buy clothes in good shape. You will have the option of cash or a store credit, but you will have to make an appointment for the service.

A good way to save a few hundred dollars in a year for your kid's clothing budget is a site called GumdropSwap (http://gumdropswap.com). You can swap from anywhere in the US by sending the clothes your kids outgrow to this kids boutique in CT. They give you points to shop on the website and send you a box of clothes that fit your kids. I've been a member for about 6 months and became friends with the owner because I was in there so much, lol.

Hi A.,

I just ran into a place right in Independence called The Childrens Orchard on Noland Road next to Old Navy (same parking lot as Price Chopper Combo. It is a store with gently used and some new baby to kids size 12 clothing. You can sell or buy clothes out of there. I've personally never used them to sell clothes but I just recently bought a couple pregnancy books out of there. You might want to try them. Or there is a place called Once upon a Child in Overland Park on 95th St that also sell clothes and I have sold a few there. Generally you will get about $4 per pair of jeans. I hope this helps.

Try turning all that stuff they've outgrown into money at stores you always shop at, like Target and Walmart. Check out www.Zearly.com. You can have them come get your hand-me-downs and they'll give you points for anything that is still in good condition. You can use your points to buy other cloths or save them to get gift certificates to other great stores! Best part is, they send you a bag to pack it in and then send UPS to your doorstep, so you don't really have to do a thing!!! You can buy other used clothes there, too, even if you don't turn stuff in.