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Dappered Donates: Clean out your closet for charity

March 9, 2013 By Joe | Heads up: Buying via our links may result in us getting a commission. Also, we take your privacy rights seriously. Head here to learn more.

Sell your Stuff on eBay for Career Gear

Closets are overflowing.  It’s starting to warm up.  Time for a little spring cleaning.

Thanks to eBay Giving Works, you can sell that old blazer, shoes and watch you don’t wear anymore, and earn a bit of a karma boost (and cash) in return.  Over the next two weeks, Career Gear is hoping we, the Dappered Community, will sell some of our no longer worn clothes, shoes and accessories, and donate a portion of the take to their cause.

For almost 15 years, Career Gear has been helping guys get well dressed and prepped for job interviews.  We all know the power of a good suit.  Imagine having a job interview coming up, but not having the funds to get your hands on a suit.  Since 1999, they’ve helped over 30,000 men through their Job Readiness Program, which provides interview appropriate clothing as well as counseling and preparation for that sit down with a potential employer.

So there’s two ways to help out.  #1 is dead simple:

Donate Now to Career Gear 
Click that button and you’ll be taken directly to the Career Gear site, where you can make a cash donation.

#2 will give your closet some room to breathe.  Gather up all the stuff you’re not wearing anymore, sell it on eBay, and donate a portion of the sale through the nifty “eBay Giving Works” program.

It’s relatively simple.  The easy way is to just head to the Career Gear Giving Works Page, select the percentage of the sale you’d like to donate, then click “list your item” to create a listing page on ebay.

Career Gear ebay 1 2 3 steps
The small team of us here at Dappered kindly ask you strongly consider donating at least 50%. Doesn’t have to be 100%.  We want you to make a little somethin’ on this too, but let’s help Career Gear do some real good.

If you’d rather just create a listing from ebay’s home page, you can do that instead.  These instructions might help.  If you don’t have an ebay account, you’re gonna have to jump through the hoops of signing up.

Once your listing is published and the auction starts, your page will carry a banner mentioning you’re donating to Career Gear.  If you want to browse other items being sold for Career Gear, just scroll down a bit on their charity page.

Browsing Career Gear
No reserve and free shipping on the items I’ve posted.  More to come later this week.

Once you’ve listed your item, be sure to let all of us in the Dappered community know about it by…

  • Posting links in the Dappered Donates thread on our forum 
  • Post it up on our Facebook page
  • Or tweet @Dappered with #DapperedDonates.

Why?  Well… because I might want to buy your stuff.  Or someone else might want to buy your stuff.  The win-win-win scenario is a bunch of stylish yet neglected items get bought and sold, Career Gear gets a financial boost, and maybe some of you even make a few bucks in the end.

So whattya say?  I’ll go first.  A few jackets to start the week off, with some shoes coming later in the week.

Happy selling and shopping fellas.  Hat tip to reader Scott who inspired the idea.  And even if you can’t swing a sale or a donation to help out, thank you for being a part of this small, civil, appreciative-of-affordable style community.

Filed Under: Accessories, Clothing, Etc., Shoes, Watches Tagged With: Career Gear, Dappered Donates, ebay

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Comments

  1. Greg_S says

    March 4, 2013 at 8:23 AM

    This is an excellent idea, Joe. Thank you for using your digital clout for the greater good. I will search my closet for things to sell.

  2. Kevin says

    March 4, 2013 at 9:58 AM

    Awesome- big eBay fan- will be putting up a lot of 5 jcrew pants that have never come off the hangers!

  3. Joe says

    March 4, 2013 at 10:34 AM

    Nice! Looking forward to seeing what makes it to eBay. Would love to do a post about a best of the best that’s up for sale. We’ll see.

  4. Sigtweed & Corduroy says

    March 4, 2013 at 11:12 AM

    Wonderful idea.

  5. Ravi says

    March 4, 2013 at 12:20 PM

    perfect timing. I’m in the process of selling off unworn stuff on ebay and I still have some good stuff. Does the type of listing matter?

  6. Redford says

    March 4, 2013 at 12:46 PM

    I have some old Jos A Bank suits I should get rid of…

  7. Joe says

    March 4, 2013 at 3:09 PM

    Type of listing? I don’t think so. Just when you set it up, look for the “giving works” section. Some instructions here: https://dappered.com/how-to-sell-an-item-for-career-gear-on-ebay/ Thanks Ravi!

  8. Kevin says

    March 6, 2013 at 6:16 AM

    Thanks again for posting this- I put up some Jcrew chinos along with a pair of dress pants and a pair of Jcrew boots-> Hopefully someone can use the stuff!

  9. Tie Society says

    March 7, 2013 at 9:30 AM

    What a coincidence. Tie Society started accepting ties for donation last week. If there are any high-quality ties we can use in our store, we give the individual X number of months free to our service, and if we can’t, they go straight to Career Gear. http://www.tiesociety.com/donate. Glad this charity is getting some love from the menswear community!

  10. AndrewB says

    March 9, 2013 at 1:05 PM

    I’ve been following Dappered for quite a while now, but have yet to post anything. I feel compelled to now. This is really awesome that you are pushing for this. It seems like such great cause! I just donated a bunch to my local good will, but I’ll scour my closet and try to find more I can do without.

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