Fashion

[terrier3]

I went once before...they wouldn't accept my QVC Dooney geranium bag - they said it was outlet quality, designed for lower income QVC shoppers. It has a different color trim than the ones in the retail stores.

OK...that was a few years ago and they have a new location. I brought 2 small Dooney Florentine satchel bags (one never used), the geranium print Dooney from 2 years ago, a Coach outlet bag, 2 Banana Republic wrap dresses (one with the $139 price tag still attached), and a Coldwater Creek wrap dress.

First they said that they wouldn't take the Dooney bags. I didn't have the sales receipts, so they wouldn't vouch for their authenticity. The Coach bag - NOPE - it was from the outlet and nobody wants outlet bags. The generium Dooney - SAME STORY as the last time - QVC Dooneys are inferior quality and no one wants them.

The two Banana Republic dresses and the Coldwater Creek dress - $16.99 total.

I learned my lesson. Everything is being donated now to Goodwill or AmVets. I can make more from my tax deduction (using the IRS table) than from Clothes Mentor...and without the attitude from the staff. Goodwill is always happy to see me. They sell designer bags on online auctions to make the most money possible for their charity.

Anyone else have a similar story? I was in a suburb of Buffalo NY - Amherst, a nice upscale area.

[Jannyg]

I use a resale store in the Phoenix area.  They state that they won't take any QVC items.  I take my other items and donate QVC to charity. 

[Big Joanie]

Oh I know Amherst...I too would rather donate to charity ....

[GCR18]

I haven't tried the stores that buy clothing.  My sister has and she usually is sent packing with most of what she brought.  I take everything to goodwill.  

[TeezNu]

I've generally been pleased with Clothes Mentor, but did note that they never accepted any of my QVC clothes that were in pristine condition.  Would love to know the real reason - is it a shopping channel image thing?  I see QVC brands pretty often at thrift stores.

[terrier3]

While I was waiting for my items to get the once over, I chatted with a woman in her 50s-60s. She said that she LOVED the store and would never shop anywhere else and was happy with the prices she got on items she sold to them too.

I just didn't get it!

Maybe I'm a snob, but a Banana Republic wrap dress (black & cream geo print) NEVER worn - is worth $5 to them? They said that they pay 1/3 what they will sell it for - I didn't see any dresses for $15 - most were $25-$40 each.

[Venezia]

@terrier3 - Before you donate anything to Goodwill, please do some research on just how much of their profits go to "good causes" and also how much they pay their disabled workers.

It's your choice and I'm not going to say any more, but the information is out there.  I will never give them another thing, nor will my friends and family.

I don't know anything about AmVets, but anything I have to donate goes to the Salvation Army.

As for your experience with Clothes Mentor, we don't have them where I am, but other resale places have been exactly the same.  They make you feel like you're bringing in trash.  Sorry you had such a bad experience with them.

[millieshops]

The clothing consignment store I favored for about 10 years has gone out of business, but she took my QVC items - I think because they were 1X.  They all sold.

What didn't sell at all were the few items from Kohl's -  and that included a cute wrap dress that still had the tags on it.  I'd found it on sale at the end of the season and grew right out of it before I ever wore it.  Never bought another Kohl's clothing item since that experience.

Almost everything else I consigned came from Chico's in the years when Chico's was using good fabrics.  Everything sold, most before they had to be reduced.  This shop had a starting price and 2 reduced phases and you knew that when you offered up your clothes.

I always got enough to buy something else and walk away with some money.  Sorry she retired.  No one else as good as that store around, so now what I want out just gets donated.

[Mint2]

So doesn't the fact that the outside world thinks so little of QVC merchandise speak to how overpriced all of these items are?  Makes me wonder if this "status" level that QVC has created is just that, a made up world to get us all to overpay for inferior products. 

[terrier3]

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@Mint2 wrote:

So doesn't the fact that the outside world thinks so little of QVC merchandise speak to how overpriced all of these items are?  Makes me wonder if this "status" level that QVC has created is just that, a made up world to get us all to overpay for inferior products. 

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I didn't bother bringing QVC clothes after my last run-in over the geranium printed barrel bag. They had one yellow petunia print tote bag, but the girl said that it was from Macy's, so they accepted it. They had it on a shelf behind the counter and wanted $60 for it.