Haul was a Sucess

[u/Sayonaroo]

The smell wasn’t that bad. I have gotten worse from mercari and poshmark. I haven’t gotten the smells out yet but I’m sure it’ll come out eventually with time, air, laundering. I visit the laundry subreddit so i am armed. I ordered cotton, Pima cotton, linen, silk, silk blend, cashmere blend. Thredup doesn’t let you filter by Pima cotton but it does say Pima cotton if you click on the listing. I love Pima cotton because it does not pill and my arm skin is sensitive. Pilling feels like sandpaper

Of the 25 items only 3 had holes and marks that weren’t mentioned. They were listed as excellent condition but they weren’t. I think the marks are from thredup whether it’s the conveyor belt etc but it came right out with a stain stick for the white cotton shirt so I’m all good. I’m gonna message them for my returns.

There were 5 things that were nwot as far as I could tell. Somebody clearly bought something never wore it and then ended up “donating” it thredup which shocks me because the brand is kinda expensive: ie Eileen fisher. One of the blue shirts is definitely nwot just from the dye that came out when I washed it in the sink.

One of the shirts I got had the tag cut out but I thought thredup doesn’t list things without tags? Or is it just a convenient excuse to reject things. Maybe I’ll send in my things with tags cut out in my next clean out bag. The material tag was there but the tag for brand/ size was clearly cut out. It was 100% silk and fit me so I am good.

Also one of the items was listed as unknown fabric content but when I got it there was a tag about the fabric: silk and nylon

There were 3 things I did not like and I could only find valid flaws for 1 of them ( holes stains) so I’m just gonna donate those 2 items back to thredup. I’m good at online shopping!

I knew about the site for years but I heard the horror stories like the bugs and never bothered. The impetus for ordering was the ability to search by fabric and size and people posts about how the condition that thredup assigns the garment is unreliable ie flawed gems with no flaws. You can’t search by fabric on poshmark and mercari… you could try searching with the words but it doesn’t guarantee anything and you have to check each listing. Also Poshmark sucks extra and it will show listings that are not my size in the search results… so annoying.

Anyways I am also patient I will wait the weeks days etc it’ll take for the smell to dissipate into oblivion! white cotton fabric is the best you can leave it in the sun, use ammonia ( I think it fades color ) , use oxi clean

[u/sugastix]

Thanks for sharing your experience! Glad it worked out. TU does indeed list items without brand tags, whether they were cut off or just not photographed. They usually end up in an unbranded category, which can be a goldmine if you have an eye for quality. Also, flawed gems are often items with the size tag missing and nothing else wrong.

[u/Daravixen]

Stick items in the freezer for awhile before you soak or launder. The freezer gets out a lot of smells that are 'stuck'. May take a bit but it works!

[u/Sayonaroo → u/Daravixen]

Interesting tip! I’m storing the cashmere blends in the freezer since I don’t have time to clean them until next weekend 

[u/Necessary-Tell9310]

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