I went to Clothes Mentor and Plato’s Closet to sell clothes to see which consignment stores’ pay-out was more. I’ve never been to Clothes Mentor, but I’ve sold clothes to Plato’s Closet. The last time I sold clothes to Plato’s Closet was over 10 years ago, so this experience was like the first time.
I decided to go to Plato’s Closet first because while scrolling through social media I came across another reseller saying she received a larger pay-out at Plato’s Closet than at Clothes Mentor. In my area, the two consignment stores are in a shopping plaza next door to one another. So, it made it convenient to conduct this experiment. As I mentioned before, it has been over a decade since I’ve shopped at Plato’s Clothes, so I was no longer familiar with the rules of selling clothes with them. I was told by a sales associate that when selling clothes, the items needed to be in a bag, which at the time I didn’t not have one. I went next door to Clothes Mentor, and because it was my first time selling with them, they did take my clothes and asked if I could bring them in a bag next time.
I sold 9 items to Clothes Mentor for $45.20. Of those items there were 6 pairs of jeans ( 3 Free People, Rag & Bone, Lucky Brand), 1 Boohoo cardigan, and 2 Fashion Nova Dresses. So that averages out to be about $5 per item. In my opinion, that’s not too bad. After a few weeks, I eventually made it back to Clothes Mentor and Plato’s Closet. I sold 5 items to each store, resulting in 10 items sold overall. Each store I sold 1 sweater, 2 pairs of jeans, 1 dress, and 1 top. There was a range of different brands including, Boohoo, Levi, and Michael Kors. Clothes Mentor pay-out was $22.50 and Plato’s Closet was $22.25. Again, an average of $5 per item. Which I don’t think that’s a bad average.
In my opinion, in my area it doesn’t matter which consignment store I choose to sell clothes. Their payouts are similar quite. Granted, a 25 cent different is a dealbreaker, and I would stop at Clothes Mentor first, but if they aren’t buying clothes that day or are closed, I wouldn’t mind going next door to Plato’s Closet.
I would sell clothes to Plato’s Closet and Clothes Mentor to get things out of my Poshmark closet that has sat for a long period of time, and has not sold.
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