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"they are not a dumping ground for all of your dead relatives clothes" What's so bad about dead peoples clothes? I used to buy lots of clothes at estate sales

"they are not a dumping ground for all of your dead relatives clothes" What's so bad about dead peoples clothes? I used to buy lots of clothes at estate sales and I still have a few overcoats from them. I have a barely worn leather jacket and camel skin coat that I bought for a few dollars each, plus maybe 10-20 for dry cleaning. Women would buy clothes at these sales so dresses and women's coats would be more expensive, but for some reason I was the only one purchasing men's clothes. These coats have lasted me much longer than new coats that I buy from stores because fashion today is so disposable.

anigbrowl 9y ago
Some but not all.
frgtpsswrdlame 9y ago
Nothing is wrong with some of them. Frequently though we would get donations where someone had stripped everything off hangers and out of dressers, thrown it in trashbags and hauled it all in. Much of the clothing is unusable due to wear, almost zero of it is still in fashion and sometimes you get stuff no one will ever buy - used grandma underwear, stains and all (you'd be surprised how common it was.) The stuff you bought sounds nice and should be donated, I'm just saying that people should use a little of their own discretion.
- mindslight 9y ago
  "Discretion" is just not going to happen when it comes to estate donations. People are already feeling a huge loss, and the last thing they want is to feel that the decedent's possessions are also now just trash.
  - frgtpsswrdlame 9y ago
    I'm here to make it happen! (if only in a very small way) I'd say that people feeling a huge loss may want to reconsider whether they want volunteering strangers and probationers looking at their relative's undergarments, judging them by how many of their clothes are moth-eaten, how big their pants are, etc. Having done it I can tell you when my parents pass away, I will be donating a few select articles of clothing and trashing the rest.

anigbrowl 9y ago

Some but not all.

frgtpsswrdlame 9y ago

Nothing is wrong with some of them. Frequently though we would get donations where someone had stripped everything off hangers and out of dressers, thrown it in trashbags and hauled it all in. Much of the clothing is unusable due to wear, almost zero of it is still in fashion and sometimes you get stuff no one will ever buy - used grandma underwear, stains and all (you'd be surprised how common it was.) The stuff you bought sounds nice and should be donated, I'm just saying that people should use a little of their own discretion.

mindslight 9y ago
"Discretion" is just not going to happen when it comes to estate donations. People are already feeling a huge loss, and the last thing they want is to feel that the decedent's possessions are also now just trash.
- frgtpsswrdlame 9y ago
  I'm here to make it happen! (if only in a very small way) I'd say that people feeling a huge loss may want to reconsider whether they want volunteering strangers and probationers looking at their relative's undergarments, judging them by how many of their clothes are moth-eaten, how big their pants are, etc. Having done it I can tell you when my parents pass away, I will be donating a few select articles of clothing and trashing the rest.