How To Source Shirts For Ebay At Overpriced Thrift Stores [Pt. 1]

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[@helpfulcommenter]

I love these videos and hope you make a bunch of them before you hit the road. You could even spend the next few weeks just filming going through racks, take the footage on the road with you, and edit later and put them out for the rest of the year.

[@ThriftALife]

Not a bad idea actually, thanks

[@DonnaW71]

Agree 100%

[@jessicakatskats]

I also love these, I learn a lot from them.

[@johndavis48076]

Dusty Old Hat for the win!

[@resellersdictionary5616]

I love love love this idea!

[@deliaalba9413]

I appreciate you going through each label and now it makes me feel like OK when I walk out of the Thrift with nothing I’m not the only one some of the other people I follow only show what they actually pick up so thank you for being so transparent and honest

[@haircutdeluxe]

You can charge money for this information, in fact you can charge LOTS of money for this information

[@gammaant78]

Love these types of videos. Thank you. Please do more.

[@GoodBuyDarling]

Ah, the parade of ass brands. It’s a great introduction to the rookies and seasoned seller alike. Sad to see you leaving the game, Matt, but grateful you will be helping more sellers learn the game. Hope you stay well, Nic

[@scottsueretterath7796]

These are my favorite videos, nice combo of knowledge and humor, thanks!

[@frankiethurston6358]

Love this. There are so many brands that I have just assumed wouldn't be good and never bothered to look up. Now I know

[@lindataylor8302]

I’m so happy you’re doing this for us. Number one fan 😊

[@helpfulcommenter]

Goodfellow is Target's new Mossimo and Merona combined into one Assenstein's Monster. The reason why you see so much of it (and Wild Fable, All In Motion, and other Target brands) is because Target has some deal where they liquidate directly to Goodwill - maybe someone with more knowledge than me can fill in the blanks. A less-than-articulate Goodwill employee tried to explain it to me once but it didn't really make much sense.

[@ThriftALife]

Interesting. They are probably writing the donations off on their taxes. Many businesses do this, it's actually a good time of year to make bulk purchases at thrifts for this reason.

[@Wendy-zl8kv]

Always good to see you ❤ Thanks for the info

[@AlexXanderMarketing]

These are just awesome. Surprising how many “terrible” brands exist…

[@beunstoppable532]

I wish you could make more videos like this. I learn valuable info every time. You're absolutely my favorite KZbinr! ⭐⭐

[@thethriftingsisters]

Very helpful! I want to get back into more Mens items. Thank you

[@t_ylr]

Good stuff. Can't wait for the new manifesto

[@Justanothertrickyday]

Always here for a good a$$ brand video!

[@rrockydog5624]

I love these videos. Thanks for making them.

[@markroney5560]

I just sold a Kennington California Velour Polo for $44.00 plus shipping. It being vintage 70's made it worth it. Found it at the bins recently

[@Levorthian]

Fantastic video, super helpful! Thank you!

[@jetpacmozi746]

Honestly watching you go through the racks has been some of the most helpful content you drop. I watch that and your top brands videos and those alone have made me rethink my clothing business and make massive moves that have improved my store .

[@jackwillowbee2134]

Great idea for a video! Subscribed!

[@tampasizzle]

Thank You. Wow! You have just helped me out quite a bit.

[@terrigeorge4279]

THANK YOU! Super helpful info.

[@joseelacasse3189]

Nice to see ya back in the saddle, so to speak.

[@fairydogmom]

Nothing to do with this video cuz I haven’t watched it yet (in process) but since this is one of your fairly recent videos I hope you’ll read it. I really respect you and all you’ve shared and accomplished. I listen to and appreciate every word and tip actually. I’m new to reselling as a need for income, but creeping up on 70th birthday so it’s definitely a need for income now. Thanks for sharing all your knowledge on reselling clothes. I’m going to watch, listen, and apply everything you have to share about books too. So far what I’ve sold is mostly stuff I already had. I didn’t realize when I was giving away my late husband’s very large size clothes and shoes that large sizes supposedly are great sellers. So are model airplanes. So are books. Apparently I gave away sacks of cash, dammit. I’m paying close attention now almost 2 years later. Thanks for all you do is really my point. It’s very useful, plus I love the sarcasm you include. Im looking forward to learning about reselling books and will try not to dwell on the tons I gave away. Thank you. Don’t stop.

[@walkervending]

Love this style. Great info!! I've been passing on Brixton. No more!

[@croixone1133]

Straightforward no bs. Solid

[@helpfulcommenter]

Right now Tommy Bahama silk hawaiian shirts are 100% sell-through. But only in 2XL and bigger. I had one up for sale and it sold in less than a week. It was a bins pickup, and I was surprised, so I looked it up. not only are those 100% sell through, but I sold it under market without realizing it. I guess that's why it pays to keep checking things you have written off. Like you said about the Brixton shirts.

[@thriftwithjoy]

Tb silk is a buy for me regardless of size if in good condition. Maybe my standards are too low, but they always sell in about a month.

[@helpfulcommenter]

@@thriftwithjoy Good info, I'm definitely putting them back on my pickup list, that one i sold really surprised me

[@watermelli1980]

not for me they're not.

[@uncannyvalleywoods7248]

Tangential, but last week, I discovered that we have a "Goodwill Outlet" in town. I decided to go check out the book situation. I had no idea.... I was unaware of Amazon scanners and the folks employing them. I had no idea about the scale. I had no plan. I tried hard to stay out of the way of anyone else, found an unoccupied bin and just started sifting. Right off the bat found a copy of Chapterhouse and an Alan Dean Foster book. I knew though that I was completely unequipped mentally to go much further. I got home and started googling about the scanners...ended up with more questions than answers. I was concerned about etiquette and procedure... Needless to say, in the interim, this channel has provided some definite insights I needed. Now I just have to figure out a solid plan and way forward. I'm clearly in a land rich in used book resources, but I have no plan in place to sell what I pick. LOL Harder still is deciding what not to keep. I'm sure shirts aren't all that different in this scenario.

[@ThriftALife]

You don't have to defer to the book scanners, they're just resellers like you. If they try to big dog you tell them to go to hell

[@uncannyvalleywoods7248]

@@ThriftALife LOL will do. It was more like encountering bots IRL. They didn't seem concerned with me because they could tell immediately that I wasn't a bot. Are they all just looking for whatever the scanner green lights and that's it? Is it all self help and cookbooks? I was too timid to ask and didn't want to disturb. I definitely didn't get the impression they were hunting vintage SF though. LOL

[@ThriftALife]

@@uncannyvalleywoods7248 they're on apps that beep when they hit money. They usually never bother with books that don't have barcodes.

[@MrProdigistry]

Great video!

[@markg4167]

Great video thank you. I like your Contant very helpful.

[@annmahrii4143]

Wow! A lot of ass out there at your spot! It’s good to see you out there helping the reseller community once again! Keep Smiling!

[@travis6343]

“gold label is ass. ashworth is assworth” hahaha dudeee you had me rolling 😆 Very entertaining but also bringing great knowledge along with it. Great videos man!

[@ladizon4354]

Thank you for this video & for allowing me to witness the strength of street knowledge! 😤🎉😁✨✨

[@tazmaniandamian7607]

Favorite vids

[@nickiburris2961]

What Golf polo shirts are worth picking up? I'm even having trouble selling Travis Mathew and Peter Millar.

[@nancydennis1948]

“Goodwill can go somewhere and do something” 😂😂😂

[@Chicago48]

A lot of times you can lot shirts together and make money. For example Cubavera, in lots of 2-3. Tommy Bahama in lots of 2-3. They do well.

[@designermuppetstring]

I always enjoy your sense of humor in your videos. You'd think San Diego would have some higher end stuff unless you followed a reseller.

[@JoSpring]

I get stoned and watch you and just laugh my ass off.

[@JoSpring]

I'm gonna get in trouble walking through Ross and mumbling ass, ass brand, garbage, ass, ass... 🤣🤣🤣

[@artbyact]

I learn the most from these rapid fire ass or gas vids 😂

[@jfree111]

That dude's face on the shirt in the beginning is Jocko Willink, FOrmer Navy Seal and a motivational Speaker today. Didn't know he had shirts like that.

[@whippet3784]

When I am thrifting shirts and see Calvin Klein tags, I think of you. That is one brand imprinted on my brain that I know I will never pick up!

[@hankyugehog1865]

Passed on Jocko 😮😂 Good. More time to get better.

[@OhmegadJT]

Galvin Green is okay, mostly there jackets but their goretex stuff always sells!

[@belakingmuerte2984]

Thank you

[@bubbie23jw]

Do you have a video on how to structure eBay titles?

[@Linda-un6xm]

When I'm thrifting now and I find a shirt and look at the label, I can hear you saying "ass" 😆

[@wannabe_sailor_777smith6]

This gave me a headache. Instead of going over and over on brands that are not good why won’t you tell us what brands are worth buying.

[@Atomick68]

“Oops! All Ass” had me lollin’

[@PlayRoom44]

I was just thinking how your listing ass brands was so helpful 🌈

[@NGS93]

Awesome video and also freaking hilarious. Lmao at all the junk, but find those few good things makes it so worth it! What do you think about Aquascutum and Psycho Bunny? I come across it every once in a while.

[@ThriftALife]

Psycho Bunny is great. Aquascutum has never been good when I look it up

[@LifePlayDream]

"Good Fellow is the asses of ass" ...But I wear Good Fellow and me love it 😂😂, I even pick it up at the Goodwill when I see it lmao

[@teh_longinator]

When I hear "Gold Label is Ass Label" within the first minute I KNOW this is gonna be a channel I can subscribe to :P

[@Learned333]

I'm showing Theory men's as a 13.75% sell through rate which is in my red danger zone of don't touch with a 10' pole.

[@wballow]

Can you please do a video about Depop?

[@mobileeyesmarketing808]

If that Padres shirt was a stadium giveaway, it might be worth something. I've sold 3 White Sox giveaways for around 20 bux.

[@CasualObserver579]

I feel your pain going through an entire rack, every size and seeing nothing but that garbage and not one good shirt!! It's exhausting.

[@rick9705]

I love these videos I could watch them all and plan to. Ass ass ass goose! 😂

[@aomaintenance]

I'm a buyer. Bought a lot. Aloha style shirt. IDK the prize. Cooke Street is a good hawaiian brand. May not pay when factoring shipping. Shipping is a killer.

[@purplerube1038]

Jocko Willink “GOOD” might have been decent since it had the sticker in it like it was new

[@johndeerrm]

Love Jocko, very motivating

[@seanflorian4653]

Shoot, I'd wear that Jocko shirt

[@shovelcharge]

I sold that Jocko willink shirt before, but it wasn’t for much profit. Would have been a good bins score.

[@thriftystateofmind]

More plz

[@andrebunting7603]

Calvin Klein "pwuh" 😅😅😅

[@Learned333]

Jeez, what did Calvin Klein do to him??!!

[@closetwitch4723]

"oops all ass" STOP IT 😆😆😆

[@dreamsreselling7215]

Galvin Green ive done well with , especially the quarter zip/full zip jackets polos if the price is right and condition good . GH Ass lol

[@BanditBeats559]

Quicksilver, Under Armour, Ben Sherman, Russell Athletics all have been good “ass” brands for me.

[@Learned333]

I'd only touch Quicksilver if I had to. The rest; forget it.

[@MM-lo8dn]

Bro, I would have copped that Griffin jersey. He's an all time favorite for the then Redskins and it would've sold easily 😂

[@helpfulcommenter]

I was thinking that too

[@ThriftALife]

Looked it up, poor sellthrough currently

[@MM-lo8dn]

@@ThriftALife Currently, yes because NFL season hasn't started. 😁

[@TheHappyReseller]

Ashworth is Assworth, haha

[@thriftystateofmind]

Lmfao GH ASS

[@jonruiz6065]

calvin cline Phleeeee!!

[@jasondecker469]

The amount of times I double check club room thinking it’s Pendleton

[@brandondeakins564]

Idk where you film these but $7 for shirts at a thrift store is wiiiiiiiiiild. Most goodwill around me are like $4

[@allywilkeforsenate]

Jocko is Good.

[@thecapecodder]

Bins n yard sales are where to get clothes as these thrift stores are outrageously overpriced

[@baskets8429]

👍👍👍

[@miami4evertheu]

GH Ass. 🤣🤣 I miss your videos

[@remixisthis]

Jocko dig hilarious

[@ThriftALife]

Good.

[@hmarbury9421]

Denim & flower always sells for $25+ for me …that’s surprising it’s considered a bad buy .

[@lisasawyer5670]

I have NEVER been able to sell it.

[@ArtIsNotAlwaysEasy]

That face is Jacko and if you know him you know never to make fun of him.

[@ThriftALife]

lol

[@BorisBidjanSaberi11]

Jocko lmao

[@allyhellkiller5535]

Can we just call Vanhussen ,Vanhugeassen?

[@JuniperJax]

Do this with women's. I know you can..

[@ThriftALife]

I absolutely cannot, lol

[@Learned333]

@@ThriftALife After doing the sell through math on women's, I wouldn't either, lol.

[@mihalyfreeman5928]

Wrangler no? Really? I recently sold a Wrangler Brushpopper Aztec Print for $122 bucks. Maybe you can talk about that next time. Vintage Wrangler can go for amazing money. I saw one go for $650

[@terrieharrington7390]

No to everything???

[@windowwendy]

i am going to miss you calling brands ass🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@MrsMansir]

Your prices are as awful as mine are in Maine

[@allywilkeforsenate]

Imagine a person who all they are good at is scavenging off of societies throw aways berating a veteran who served the country of said scavenger.

[@astracey1]

Gotta love how the employees tag stuff straight through the fabric so many times. If it wasn't damaged, there's a good chance it will be after they get ahold of it.

[@bairfreedom]

How to search at over priced Thrift stores? Know more than them.

[@thriftwithjoy]

Um, where is the "how to" part of this? Just skip the shirts altogether? Go to a different store?

[@DonnaW71]

Knowing what not to buy and to pass over is equally as valuable as what to pick up. This is also helpful to know that not every sourcing trip is going to be successful.

[@Learned333]

There was a Brixton (43.75% sell through rate), and a Billy Reid (37.75% sell through). THAT was the reality of what a good haul looks like and picture into the work it take to do it.

[@thriftwithjoy]

@@DonnaW71 not saying it isn’t helpful to know what not to buy! But I need inventory…

[@clashwiththefam1015]

Everything is a pass

[@allyhellkiller5535]

I rather watch ass brand label videos than High end label videos.

[@jamiestewart5990]

Everything is a pass. Just tell us yes/no

[@pimpek_bolec6400]

Yes but he is explaining why its a pass or not and in my opinion thats way better than just saying yes/no

[@ginamarie5575]

Can’t stand all the ass brands on the rack . What a waste lol …..

[@lukeneff8724]

This is why thrifting will be dead In 2-3 years

[@ringwraith917]

Are you okay? Very negative tone in your narration on this video. Hope things turn around for you whatever you're going through

[@marxist_scum]

how do you find the sell through percentage?

[@ThriftALife]

(solds / actives) x 100