New Scunthorpe town centre store pays Cash 4 Clothes and recycles them in Eastern Europe and Africa

“I used this shop today, It was a waist of time and effort for £3. After every item was checked for any tiny inperfections i ended up taking 2 out of 3 bags back home. I got the impression i was expected to leave the rest as trash. 1 item had some soap powder marks on which i rubbed off very easily, another was refused for a tiny dot on the inside of a coller on a shirt. If any 1 is going to use this shop dont take anything that looks like its been worn. dont take any branded workwear or branded pub t shirts. Any wear on shirt collers will be refused. Then when u have your carrier bag full of mint condition clothes go on facebook and find a free selling page for your area. you could charge 50p per item and easily double your money.

While in the shop i was told that what i had left even the charity shops wouldnt want. I doubt this so i will visit a charity shop and ask if they would want and sell my items or if they would use for "rags" as i was told. I will post back here to let every1 know how i get on.

Either way i will not be using this shop again, overall bad experience.”

“Recently whilst in the USA I came across a kind of swap shop. It was mostly childrens clothes, toys, cots, buggies etc. You take the things you want to sell into the shop, when they sell the items you get a credit on your account which you can cash out or use to buy other items from the shop. The shop owner was quite open with me on how it all worked and was quite keen on helping me to do the same thing here. She took a 40% cut on all that was sold, I think the items were all barcoded to each persons account. There was some great childrens clothes and other stuff for bargain prices
Here I use the charity bags just to get rid of unwanted items, it's not a great way to give to charity, the van driver takes a massive cut, better to take direct into a shop but even then the directors like someone said are on massive salaries and have nice luxury cars. just an aside on this if you sign up in the street to a charity chances are the first 2 years donations you give go to that person just for signing you up.”

“When we were kids in Yorkshire the mills used to buy back old jumpers and things, they were turned into shoddy, spun into yarn and knitting wool and dyed. Maybe the old times are returning.”

“You need a lot of clothes to make a kilo, and at 50p, is it really worth the bother, I personally, couldn't be bothered. Good post Walter.”

“All charity's should be made to declare , What directors take in wages and claim in expenses . These people make a very good living in the name of charity , No wonder there are a growing number being set up of late .”

“What's Cass and is it beneficial.”

“I'm all for new new shops opening but clothes for cash would seem to be a bad idea. As mentioned it's threat to charity shops who help raise money for good causes both home and abroad.

Not only that but the chances are the people who are most desperate to raise cash by selling clothes to this company are most likely the same people who depend on the charity shops for their clothing so might find themselves struggling to afford clothing if the charity shops close in future.

We already have people stealing charity bags from the door steps and fake bags been posted through our letter boxes, so there might be a real danger that there might be people out there who might start stealing clothing from people washing lines instead of lead of the roof.

What checks will cash for clothes have to prevent stolen clothing been 'laundered' through them. Will the police really investigate clothes line crime? It may seem like a joke but if people think they can make money out of it for what ever reason then they will do it.”