How would i price Name Brand clothing at a Garage Sale?

Question

My mom is having a garage sale and told me that i could sell some of my Name Brand stuff such as Abercrombie & Fitch, Hollister, American Eagle and so on, the thing is I paid $30 and up for each clothing items, how would i price these so I'm not really giving them away but I am giving them a good deal? Please Help? Garage Sale is tomorrow (Labor Day).

Answer 1

If your looking to make money on that I would suggest consignment shops. Most people going to garage sales and looking for good deals and things in good condition not really brand name items. If you price to high more than likely they will just leave. Good luck with your garage sale and have fun

Answer 2

These are articles of clothing that you no longer wear and would like to get a little money out of, right? The best thing to keep in mind when pricing items for a garage sale is that you want to offer prices that people are willing to pay, otherwise you'll just have to pack them up and find a place to store them. Consider the price that YOU would be willing to pay for items at a garage sale. Sure, you could buy a brand new pair of Hollister jeans for around $30+ in a Hollister store, but garage sale jeans are not brand new and should not come attached with the price tag that a new pair of jeans would.

Would you be willing to pay $15 for a pair of jeans that you could buy brand new for only $30? Probably not. What about $10? Again, probably not.  Asking $5 (or less) for a pair of gently used, brand-name jeans, however, isn't too unreasonable.

I sell TONS of clothing and accessories every year. Brand new brand-name items with the tags still attached, or gently used items that I paid a lot of money for, I usually place in consignment stores or sell on eBay. I've got $80 pairs of jeans with the price tags still attached that I know I would never get $80 for at a garage sale. People would laugh at seeing a price tag like that at a garage sale, because people go to garage sales to find good deals! Many items I do sell at garage sales and these are usually the items that I don't want to deal with having to store, or items that I'm not concerned with getting a lot of money out of.

Last year I made a little over $500 selling articles of clothing I no longer wear, in just three days. Most of my jeans were priced anywhere from $1 (non-brand-name jeans) to $5 (Tommy, A&F, AE, Hollister, CK, Ralph Lauren, Gap, Silver, Lucky Brand, etc.). Shorts and skirts I priced anywhere from $1 to $3, depending on the material (cotton, denim, khaki, etc.) T-shirts I priced anywhere from $.50 (for basic tees) to $2. Hoodies and sweaters I priced around $2-3.  

You'll never get what you paid for your clothing if you sell them in a garage sale, but you can still make money off of them. Work by trial and error. If several people pick up the same pair of jeans but immediately put them back on the table after looking at the price tag, this is usually a good indication that you may have priced your items too highly. And just remember, if someone really wants something bad enough, they'll bargain with you. So don't put so cheap of a price tag on something that you'll practically give it away if someone wishes to haggle.

Now is a good time to sell clothing, too, with school starting back up. Best of luck to you!

Answer 3

The key is not looking to get what you paid for your items, it is to get rid of your stuff because you no longer want them correct?. If you are not going to wear them again and the items are just sitting in your closet/dresser you might as well get something for them. I would suggest you put five bucks on most items if they are in very good condition. If you notice someone checking them out and they  really want them come down on your price. I personally don't pay more than a few bucks for tops and for bottoms no more than five for Name Brand stuff. I realize you don't want to feel like your giving things away but if you don't get rid of them you will end up giving them to goodwill who will ultimately make money off of them. Good luck with your sale, it will be fun!

Answer 4

By the time you get to putting ur  stuff in a garage sale...It no longer carries clout...It is just a very KOOL find.....garage sale hunters, most of em don't concern themselves with brand names....just good condition, neat one of a kind possibly, find.  So if ur needing big buck returns,  take it to the consignment shop...you'll do great there.

Answer 5

I love garage sales but if someone is trying to "make money" it's very evident and I walk away and go to the next one. If you want to get rid of your nice clothes and want to make money then I reccomend a consignment store .otherwise put $1.00 on each piece and you'll sell it all at the garage sale.

Answer 6

Price high, and then haggle..

that's the best way to do any yard sale item.. oh, and I don't mean exorbitant, but, a little over the price you paid, but, remember, you want to figure in depreciation, considering how long you've had the clothing.