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Honestly, I just wanted to do a tiny rant today. So, my 20th birthday just passed, right? Thanks to everyone who gave me birthday wishes, by the way. I decided I wanted to do a bit of shopping, and I wanted some new shirts. So, I was scrolling online and saw this Limp Bizkit shirt that had the Three Dollar Bill, Y'all $ album on it, and that's when I realized "Oh shit, I don't think I've ever gotten a band shirt before." I was so happy...and then my eyes looked down at the price.
Forty. Five. Dollars.
The shirt was $45. THEN, it was $6+ for shipping. Now, y'all can say whatever y'all want to, but ME PERSONALLY? I'm not paying more than $30 for a shirt. So I was like "Absolutely not," but I saved the shirt and liked it; I put it in my little save collection. Then, tell me why, the next day, the seller saw that I saved the shirt, and lowered the price...by five dollars. Like, oh yeah, sure! I'll buy it now! HELL NO. Because y'all gotta keep in mind, IT WAS AN EXTRA SIX DOLLARS FOR SHIPPING. Either way, I was going to be spending damn near $50 for a singular t-shirt. I would much rather spend $50 knowing I got multiple different things, not just one shirt, or maybe I'm just super cheap. I don't know. I'm used to paying for my own clothes, but I do have limits...I really wanted that shirt, though. It's okay, someone else bought it, and now THEY'LL get to have a dope ass Limp Bizkit shirt. Not me. Am I salty? Absolutely. However, we also need to talk about the fact that some of these Depop resellers sell wayyyy too high. Also, as a plus-sized person, I hate the fact that the bigger the clothes are, the higher people charge for them. Like, why do I have to pay for the same exact material, the only difference is that it fits me better? That's actually insane. Additionally, there are people out here who think "Well, you shouldn't be that size anyway," or "Just lose some weight so you can fit [insert a piece of clothing here]." I'm sorry, I shouldn't have to be skinny to want a certain piece of clothing. Fat people should be able to wear cool shit too. Now, we could also talk about how people equate fatness to ugliness, and proceed to equate that to a lack of value in a person, but that's a different conversation. Not to mention, some people just like bigger clothing. I can fit my actual clothing size, but I usually find it tight or uncomfortable, so I like the more baggy stuff. I'm sure other people out there feel the same way, but we are going far beyond the point. Stop reselling clothes so damn high. I get people have to make some money, but GODDAMN. Don't some Depop sellers sell a lot of SHEIN clothes too? Yeah, no way in hell.
Also, to be honest, it's not just Depop either. A lot of thrift stores are starting to get greedy. Listen, not only is there a rise of SHEIN/fast fashion in these thrift stores, but the prices started going up as well. In my opinion, absolutely nothing in a thrift store should be priced past $25. Most of these thrift stores receive these items for free, mostly from donations. So, to sell them at high prices is extremely out of touch, especially when it comes to the communities that shop at thrift stores. Some people go to thrift stores because they don't have enough money to buy clothes brand new. Some people go to the thrift store for conscious reasons; maybe they just like getting secondhand clothing and don't want to buy anything new. So, imagine going to the local thrift store, and you don't find any-fucking-thing except for SHEIN, poor quality clothing, and prices so high that you can't even afford them. It's bullshit, ain't it? Exactly. This is not to blame anyone specifically, but because thrifting and buying secondhand clothes became trendy and popular, these thrift stores now see their businesses as profitable, wanting to gain something rather than providing charity and accessibility. It's the same thing with a lot of these resellers. Do some people genuinely need to make some extra money? Yes, but others take advantage of the opportunity, and you can tell. You can tell solely based on how HIGH they charge for some of these clothes. There is so much greed surrounding fashion, it's not even funny. I wish we could do something about it as people, but I don't have any solutions at the top of my head. The only thing that comes to mind is for these thrift stores to just make their items cheaper again. They are not antique stores, where the stores are curated for selling older items. They are THRIFT STORES. SECONDHAND STORES. NOT ORIGINAL CLOTHING STORES. Just make them more affordable, like they should be. For the Depop sellers? I don't know what to tell y'all, I'll be honest. Go make your money, just don't scam people. Alright, that's it.
- CD ★
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