I Bought Salvaged RETURNS for CHEAP

This is actually a great idea for people who like or want to learn how to sew. Fabric has gotten so expensive lately and even thrifting is moving out of budget.

As a "seamstress" myself I figured I'd give some information for repairs. For any of the items with broken zippers it'll really depend on how the item is made and when the zipper was added in. If it's a zipper added after the item is finished then it's a quick fix assuming you can find a suitable replacement. However, if the zipper was added midway through the construction of the garment then you'll need to take more of it apart to replace. Not impossible to do but it takes longer and would cost more to do. For sweaters with snags you can sometimes fix them. Personally I've fixed small to medium snags with needle felting tools. I just carefully felted the pulled out section into the surrounding area. It does not produce a perfect fix and depending on size and color you'll still notice an area that's not exactly the same as the rest. So an item with that kind of damage would be bad for resale but fine if you want to use it yourself. The first neck tear is repairable with hand sewing if you know what you're doing. For the pants with the butt tear they're be best for just pjs around the house. The seat of pants uses more fabric than the rest (width of the fabric) so unless they're a large size you can't really use the fabric to make other adult sized clothing. Using it for child clothing could work. For both the dresses at the end, it's hard to tell from the video. The loose fitting one might be fixible by taking that seam in by 0.5 cm or so but i can't tell if it would mess up the button alignment. For the beaded dress some hand sewing to ensure the areas by the rips are still secure could "fix" the dress. You'd still have some missing sections but at least it wouldn't keep unraveling on you. I said "seamstress" because no one pays me to do anything. My experience is from being smol and having to alter clothing to get it to fit me right, repairing my own items that I don't want to throw out and either can't buy replacements or I'm too cheap to buy a new item, and then making or altering clothing for my dog. Dachshund's aren't the target for dog size charts

I work for an online clothing store and any “damaged” (deodorant stains, odor including perfume, rips, worn) items that are returned are then discounted to almost 80-90% and then employees can buy them. Personally I love it because I don’t mind a small stain or something that can be easily fixed for a great discount and then it also helps saves the planet 🌎

As a seamstress and tailor; replacing a zipper is maybe a 1 hour job if you're really good and know what you're doing. Fixing a lot of this stuff is very doable, a ripped seam or a hole really close to a seam can definitely be fixed. Even a tear could be patched from the back or darned and still be perfectly wearable. Your videos really scratch my retail therapy itch and I'm so thankful! :)

My little seamstress heart is screaming bc of all the easy fixes on here that would take me five minutes each, but these companies just throw em out

I’ve been sewing since I was a kid and I also have an embroidery machine. Zippers can be replaced, that’s a quick fix as well as buttons. The items that have holes or tears on the seam can also be easily fixed. If there’s a damaged area such as a hole on a shirt or even a sweater there are options. I’ll pick out an embroidery design and stitch the design over the damaged area. Then you’ve got a perfectly wearable item. Even that skirt with the big rip can be salvaged with embroidery. I’ve even bought a plain, simple dress then stitched out an embroidery design all around the hem to make it unique.

For the truly ruined knitted sweaters, you can unravel the sweater and re-sell the wool! I'm a knitter and I *love* finding gross/damaged sweaters at thrift stores and reusing the yarn for one of my projects :) Love this series!

It honestly is so damn sad that so many good clothes are burned or throwed away, like omg not only it massively affect our climate, but also so many people are i need and there is thousends of good clothes laying just on the landfields :(

Love that you’ve given these clothes a second chance. You always have the best video ideas. I have been flipping clothing and furniture as a hobby over the last couple years and nothing is more satisfactory than seeing something transform in front of your eyes. Also a brand id love to see would be Chotronette, they make fancy dresses to size and have been featured in vogue Italy, etc, and they’re pretty reasonable.

Do you read your comments? I'm 60 years old and because of you, a woman, the same age as my oldest daughter, you've made me laugh again. My daughters moved on but thankfully, you have brought fun back into my life! Thank you!

The Hugo Boss Stained Shirt: Just get some fabric dye that matches and you will have an amazing red Hugo Boss shirt for about $3 more than you paid for the damaged one. 🥰

You know you're a sewer when you see a box of damaged clothes and immediately think wow so much nice fabric! 😂 I love love love making new things from old stuff lol

For someone that is willing to make repairs- maybe is a seamstress or just comfortable sewing- this would be a great deal!! You don't know sizes and things, so maybe you would end up fixing and selling, consignment pieces? That black dress looked amazing!

Since it’s almost summer I would love to see you rate a bunch of swimsuits! One brand I definitely want to see in that is JoLynn. A lot of competitive swimmers use this brand and they have really cute stuff! Plus you look gorgeous in swimsuits!

Could we please have a part two of you fixing/DIYing it? PLEASEEEEEE!! :D

i definitely agree that most of these are an easy fix, but working in retail we don’t have the option to fix any of the “damaged” items. we’re just instructed to liquidate it. i’m glad there are shops like these.

I’m an “amateur” seamstress (I’ve been sewing since I was a little kid but never professionally) and a lot of this I could fix for cheap enough it would be worth it to buy and resell. A lot of these fixes even if you had to take them to a professional your profit margin would still be super good. (I haven’t finished watching yet so I’m not sure what you decide or the overall outcome but the first several items definitely make this seem worth it to me) also, thrifting has gotten super pricey and for $6.50 an item you’re already killing it on recyclable repurposable material alone.

Love this! I got reallllly lucky this week. One of my local thrift stores has an overflow of clothes because of yard sales and is offering $3.00 Fill-a-Bag. I’m not talking a grocery bag. I’m talking a 55g bag! 😱 I found quite a bit of good quality winter clothing.

I wanna see a video where you take these items to a seamstress and make repairs and list them on your website

Now i see where that little shop me and my mom frequent gets their inventory of such diverse, and of diverse quality, clothing. It’s honestly really cool this is a thing because aside from the sustainable aspect, we’ve found so many good items and super affordably! We don’t shop at regular stores anymore not only because it’s exhausting browsing so much store space with unimpressive variety, but also because we can buy articles priced between 1/2 to 1/10 their original price. Unless it’s for undies or socks, you’re not catching me dead in a brand store, not in this economy!