In fact there are FOUR different ways you can find such goods, so lets look



at the ups and downs of each and see which ones are best for your needs, or

worth a try.

1. Buy New

Under this method you visit auction or retailers web sites, view products

and buy direct. Postage and delivery may be included in the price or extra.

Unless you buy direct from the makers own web sites or known national

retailers there is a risk of buying fake and imitation items, at what you

may seems as a bargain. A designer pair of shoes which retails for $500 USD

on offer as the "genuine" article for $50 can only be fake.

Upside you get NEW, DOWNSIDE is you need MONEY (or credit) and you can

overspend far to easily to fuel your needs and desires. It's fine if you are

earning 100,000 a year but most are budget conscious and seek bargains and

ever lower prices.

2. Buy Used

Auction sites are the biggest source of used clothing and offer a vast range of

prices, quality and authentic goods - very much a "let the buyer we wary"

especially for big spenders who think they are getting bargains on designer

goods, but in reality have been tricked into deals where they pay over the

odds for fake or inferior goods.

Many auction sites have a vast stock of auction clothes offers, changing daily, but require

bidding, a task taking several days to see though, only to end up paying a

higher price than planned, or miss out to others, better prepared to pay

over the odds for unknown quality.

There is little "community spirit" you are either seller - wanting as much

as you can for your goods, or buyer wanting top quality, fast delivery as

cheap as possible.

3. Direct Swap - Exchange Clothes or Trade Clothes

Under this program you source similar quality and priced used goods and

TRADE with another member of the site. New sites of this type with little

goods to offer can be time wasting when you are seeking items which are just

not listed.

Ideally you need to take the plunge and list YOUR item (usually free to

list) to let other web surfers know what you have on offer BUT more

importantly what you NEED before you will swap.

No money changes hands but deals rely on honesty of trading members who

simply BOTH agree to send the other their item, any difference in postage is

paid one to the other.

The upside is fraud is potentially nil as the fraudsters incentive MONEY

just does not exist, and listing costs are either low or based on a single

subscription payable monthly, quarterly or annually.

The downside is lack of variety, as it takes a long time for new sites to

build a stock of offers, many of which may be long since sold or disposed of

by other means, leading to frustration and time wasting for the web surfer.

4. Trade Designer Clothing And Wearable for points

A new breed of web site extends the strategy of the swap site and converts

goods on offer and traded to a POINTS VALUE.

In this method users can EARN points and build up a bank of points in

various ways, usually

A) free points on joining

B) trade YOUR goods with other members and rack up points based on the

points value for each trade

C) BUY points for real money to top up your points "bank" for a desirable

"purchase" you see on offer

D) refer new members to the site, and add bonus points

They can then SPEND their points and "BUY" goods on offer

Again as no money changes hands fraud is reduced, offering, potentially at

least a better quality of listed offers.

Postage needs to be paid from the "buyer" and this can be agreed prior to

trade with the "seller".

As new sites stock of offers can take time to build, but the concept seems

to offer many advantages especially for lower value goods where listing fees

on traditional auction sites can erode eventual sale prices. Potentially at

least this type of site seems to offer and rely on more "community spirit"

and could become a regular place to visit.

Conclusion

You are ultimately ruled by available MONEY - if you are rich you can and

will only BUY new from reputable stores and never, ever consider buying

another's cast offs. For the majority of folk money is always tight, yet the

need to be IN FASHION and LOOK GOOD with an ever changing wardrobe, so the

new breed of trading sites could be worth a look, and adding a few offers

may help boost them into tomorrows "must use" web sites.

Maurice S Clarke is founder of the online wearable goods trading web site

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