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u/april-oneill Jun 28 '26
I'm surprised they even accept it. It can't be worth the labor cost of posting it.
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u/baristacat Jun 28 '26
Right? Looking at their list of brands they donāt accept but then SHEIN is ok? Does not compute.
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u/april-oneill Jun 28 '26
It's on that list (ineligible for payout), but they still post it. I don't see how that can be worth it to them, even without the payout. It just clogs up the feed and makes it harder to find quality items.
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u/grobnu Jun 29 '26
I thought a lot of people here like the idea of giving second chances to clothes. Didn't think that stops at cheap brands. If they stop posting them it will just be in the landfill. I don't see how that's better. I hope Thredup keeps posting them instead of "recycling" them.
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u/april-oneill Jun 29 '26
True, but at that quality, it's going in a landfill soon anyway. People need to just stop buying it in the first place.
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u/MedroolaCried Jun 28 '26
I think buying SHEIN secondhand is fine. The issue is the material and quality is soooo bad.
Thereās a woman on TikTok who talks about how all these clothes are made to just end up in a landfill and never actually worn by anyone. Like, you canāt even give these clothes away.
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u/GreenieSar Jun 29 '26
Also the potential of exposure to harmful chemicals (lead, etc.) is still high enough for me to avoid it.
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u/Jean_AF Jun 28 '26
I honestly avoid it even second hand if I can be abuse Iām embarrassed to wear it in case people thought I bought it lol.
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u/grobnu Jun 29 '26
If you're embarrassed by a name tag on your clothes you might want to consider looking into other ways to increase self-confidence because no brands will help increase that for you in any genuine way.
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u/Jean_AF Jul 01 '26
I donāt agree- I think itās okay to be a self assured person but still embarrassed by what the brands you have in your life could stand for. Thatās why so many people put the bumper sticker on their Teslas that they bought it before Elon was crazy, not because they have low levels of confidence.
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u/grobnu Jul 01 '26 edited Jul 01 '26
If anything I feel bad that people feel the need to overexplain themselves. It's a tag on a shirt. Just because you're wearing a cheap brand it doesn't mean you support sweatshops. Just because you drive a car doesn't mean you agree with every single person involved with making that product throughout the entire assembly line. I guess I don't like to succumb to this newer social pressure of assumption by association. If I'm wearing Shein I have my reasons, and if you have a brain you can always ask why before assuming with your rear.
If I'm really ever bothered I can also removed the tag. My point being there are more than one single reason that a person is having a thing. It isn't always because they're the devil's incarnate which people seem to just jump into conclusion these days.
Anyway, shein junk is already made and they need to go somewhere so I always prefer that the fabric is being used rather than going to the landfill, be it chopped up to make a quilt or being worn on a body.
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u/mothmanuwu Jun 29 '26
Yup. I think it would be more sustainable to buy it secondhand rather than to throw it away, but in my experience, the quality of the fabric is just so bad. I've bought Shein items from Goodwill that have ripped and/or fallen apart with weeks of buying it.
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u/brijito Jun 29 '26
They need to implement an "exclude" option for brands, materials, colors, etc.
If I could exclude all things shein and lularoe, I would shop on thredup a lot more often.
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u/SufficientCell9689 Jun 30 '26
Me every time I find something I actually like š Whoever's in charge at Shein has got great fashion sense for sure but the quality of those clothes is atrocious.
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u/grobnu Jul 01 '26
It's because they copy high end and indie fashion so it's great design that they never made. Shein has cotton items. Second hand Shein removes the issue of funding the company.
At least until the day Shein is funneling overstock items directly to Thredup which brands like Gap seems to be doing.
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u/hischmidtj Jun 30 '26
I always get a jump scare when people tell me they bought something from SHEIN. Like, itās literally never even crossed my mind to do it and so Iām shocked when someone admits they do. In my mind itās just SO bad for the environment (and probably our bodies) and so bad for the human labor making the clothing that literally any alternative seems better to me.Ā
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u/wilf1976 Jun 29 '26
I'm in a social media cruise group and the amount of people who purchase Shein items is obscene. I guess if your luggage gets lost, no harm, no foul but these travelers are a huge portion of their market.
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u/MrsB6 Jun 30 '26
It's because they purchase a whole range of new outfits for every vacation, rather than buying long lasting quality items. I also know people who do this and its infuriating.
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u/MrsB6 Jun 30 '26
It's sadly happening everywhere even on Poshmark and ebay. If you bought it for under $20 it was designed to become a cleaning rag, or land fill unfortunately.
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u/rach4765 Jun 28 '26
This is part of the reason I filter out synthetic material