New business: clearout.ie

graflynn

This new business opened up this weekend on the Tulla Road, Ennis, beside Four Seasons Fruit & Veg, and I've had a look at their website www.clearout.ie

It doesn't really say much but gives me the impression that the are a version of "cash for gold" but it could also be the crowd who puts stickers through your letterbox looking for used clothing for the fake "charities".

Does anyone know their story?

nick087holly

graflynn wrote: »

This new business opened up this weekend on the Tulla Road, Ennis, beside Four Seasons Fruit & Veg, and I've had a look at their website www.clearout.ie

It doesn't really say much but gives me the impression that the are a version of "cash for gold" but it could also be the crowd who puts stickers through your letterbox looking for used clothing for the fake "charities".

Does anyone know their story?

its a company based in tipperary called eco environmental its a recycling company, fully registered,not the sticker people who are going round the estates early in the mornig collecting every bag which is put out and take it 2 one of the shops and gets your money which you would have got if you had taken it in,try and ring one of the numbers on the stickers,clearout has a freephone landline number

angelfire9

From website:

We’re happy to accept and pay for:
Clothing:
re-usable worn or new clothing, shoes (in pairs), belts, handbags, accessories
Books, CD’s, DVD’s:
re-usable condition, in covers, no CD singles please
Small household items:
bric-a-brac, small electrical and ornamental items

I wonder is the last poster affiliated to the company???

nick087holly

Im not affiliated with the company,i noticed that when a sticker came thru my door it always had a mobile number which either was cut off or no one answered and no vat number,so when clearout opened a shop local to me i rang the free phone number on the shop window and spoke to them.

kollegeknight

My oh and myself popped in today... not impressed at all.. Alot of crap for sale. And while we were there, two guys were squaring up to and shouting at each other. we hi-tailed it fairly quick when another guy started getting involved.

nick087holly

you must have been in the wrong shop because clearout dont sell anything

kollegeknight

oh sorry,i was in the indoor market near tesco roundabout.

If it doesnt sell anything, how does it make money?

prettygirl

so wats the story u bring ib stuff n they give ya cash? where does it go n more importantly do they give good money??

angelfire9

We did a big clearout at home in the last few weeks and i had wondered about bringing stuff to this place as we live nearby
but it all seems kinda dodgy

SO I filled my boot and dropped off everything to the Cancer Society shop in Parnell Street where they were more than happy to accept it all

I'd like to think our few bits might help a worthy charity rather than lining an individual's pockets!

breeann

angelfire9 wrote: »

We did a big clearout at home in the last few weeks and i had wondered about bringing stuff to this place as we live nearby
but it all seems kinda dodgy

SO I filled my boot and dropped off everything to the Cancer Society shop in Parnell Street where they were more than happy to accept it all

I'd like to think our few bits might help a worthy charity rather than lining an individual's pockets!

Angelfire, thank you for that, I was going to bring some stuff to the Tulla road,but I'm going to bring my stuff to the St.V.D.P in Parnell Street a very worthy cause.

prettygirl

nick087holly wrote: »

its a company based in tipperary called eco environmental its a recycling company, fully registered,not the sticker people who are going round the estates early in the mornig collecting every bag which is put out and take it 2 one of the shops and gets your money which you would have got if you had taken it in,try and ring one of the numbers on the stickers,clearout has a freephone landline number

and is the money good

dannysgirl

hi, im not affiliated with the business either, but had to check them out for letting purposes and thought myself that it seemed kind of dodgy but they are registered and seem to be totally legit. they recycle all the goods and pay by the weight seemingly. something like €5 for a standard black bag or something like that. The girl said that they will eventually hope to do away with scammers putting bags around let people get some cash for their stuff. i know the charities are a good cause for clothes but damn if id of known about them at my last wardrobe clearing i would have got a few quid for my stuff

gravityisalie

dannysgirl wrote: »

hi, im not affiliated with the business either, but had to check them out for letting purposes and thought myself that it seemed kind of dodgy but they are registered and seem to be totally legit. they recycle all the goods and pay by the weight seemingly. something like €5 for a standard black bag or something like that. The girl said that they will eventually hope to do away with scammers putting bags around let people get some cash for their stuff. i know the charities are a good cause for clothes but damn if id of known about them at my last wardrobe clearing i would have got a few quid for my stuff

surely if they recycle the goods they wouldnt have to be i n a re-usable condition as said in anglefires post ?

dannysgirl

there website says it does have to be reuusable, like shoes in pairs and unbroken cd's in original cover etc. havent seen one of their places yet but was told this morning that that are like an agent for a big recycling company, they pay you for your stuff and then they get paid by the recycling company.

prettygirl

dannysgirl wrote: »

hi, im not affiliated with the business either, but had to check them out for letting purposes and thought myself that it seemed kind of dodgy but they are registered and seem to be totally legit. they recycle all the goods and pay by the weight seemingly. something like €5 for a standard black bag or something like that. The girl said that they will eventually hope to do away with scammers putting bags around let people get some cash for their stuff. i know the charities are a good cause for clothes but damn if id of known about them at my last wardrobe clearing i would have got a few quid for my stuff

ah jaysus 5euro, n i was goin to bring all my old designer stuff from my J1, all perfect but not fitting since i'm preggers.. d'oh!

Lady Chatterton

prettygirl wrote: »

ah jaysus 5euro, n i was goin to bring all my old designer stuff from my J1, all perfect but not fitting since i'm preggers.. d'oh!

You might be as well off to hold on to them until after your pregnancy or else give them to some worthy charity. Best of luck with you pregnancy by the way

Deise Dolly

You only get 50c per kg of clothes so if you have anything expensive or any designer stuff, you'd prob be better off selling them on ebay.

poppyvalley

I usually leave my clear-out at the Somalia place on the quay. I nearly feel like paying whoever does me the big favour of taking all this unwanted stuff of my hands

hgeogheg

went to the one in Mullingar today, got rid of 7 bags of clothes, shoes, towels etc and got E21 for them. Usually give them away for free so was happy out. Motivated me to do a proper clearout. Really easy place to use, just drop in the bags, they weigh them on the scales in front of you and pay you per kilo Definitely use them again.

Lady Chatterton

hgeogheg wrote: »

went to the one in Mullingar today, got rid of 7 bags of clothes, shoes, towels etc and got E21 for them. Usually give them away for free so was happy out. Motivated me to do a proper clearout. Really easy place to use, just drop in the bags, they weigh them on the scales in front of you and pay you per kilo Definitely use them again.

€21 seems very little for seven bags of clothes but if you're happy that is the main thing. I have lots of children's clothes (from my five year old) that are in great condition but I'd prefer to give them to family members, friends or one of the local charity shops.

Mucker2020

Any one else got any feedback on this place??Do the clothes have to be reusable aswell???Just wondering because have some old clothes I want to get rid of but do I have to go and wash them again to freshen them its just they have been stored away for quite awhile...

VelvetLady

I went in there a couple of times they just weigh the bags and i got cash but last few times the girl said she needs to inspect everything and a lot of the items she could not accept like a bit stained baby stuff or something to worn out and i got like only €3 also they no longer take towels and sheets etc. Also i felt weird as she put rubber gloves and was diggin and Looking at everything it took like 10 minutes. Did not like this fact and only proves that they sell the stuff afterwards.

haybob

Is there a place in ennis that buys cds and dvds. Will a charity shop take thme

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Afollower

VelvetLady wrote: »

I went in there a couple of times they just weigh the bags and i got cash but last few times the girl said she needs to inspect everything and a lot of the items she could not accept like a bit stained baby stuff or something to worn out and i got like only €3 also they no longer take towels and sheets etc. Also i felt weird as she put rubber gloves and was diggin and Looking at everything it took like 10 minutes. Did not like this fact and only proves that they sell the stuff afterwards.

I went to this place once a couple of months ago and was offered €7 for four bags of nearly new clothing which my children had grown out of....I said "thanks but no thanks" and took it to a charity shop instead.

snypers12

Anyone no if they still take DVDs an how much they pay for them?

Lady Chatterton

I've never used Clearout.ie myself, I've always preferred to donate children's clothes to charity or give them to family or friends.

Off topic

Last Thursday evening, Primetime broadcast a special report into door to door 'charity' clothing collections (some collections are genuine and others are just scams). They showed footage of gangs robbing clothes from the clothing recycling bins located in shopping centres, near garages/schools. The gangs then ship the stolen clothes to Eastern Europe where they sell them. It's well worth a watch!

The changing face of the country's charity industry, focusing on the clothes recycling business to reveal how criminal gangs are preying on the public's generosity.

http://www.rte.ie/player/ie/show/10140851/

colm_mcm

Theyve redesigned a lot of clothing bins, I saw a group put a child into the bin, who was passing out all the clothes bags from inside

Lady Chatterton

colm_mcm wrote: »

Theyve redesigned a lot of clothing bins, I saw a group put a child into the bin, who was passing out all the clothes bags from inside

Some of the charities made the chutes smaller, reinforced the bins and tried to make them as tamper proof as possible but judging by last Thursday's programme, gangs are still managing to get the clothes, even if it means cutting the bins open or sending children inside them.

I never realised that secondhand clothing could be so valuable, apparently our clothes fetch big money in Eastern Europe.

leftleg

<Mod snip> Basically some of these take your clothes that are worth nothing here and send them to Eastern Europe where there worth alot and keep the profit.

Basically they scam off legitimate charities who would be doing the same and send the profits to there own ceo's. Charities like enable ireland actually help people. So when you give outfits like this your clothes, no one gains from this but the shops owners.

Every month a massive lorry comes around and takes the clothes and heads off to the port. Its all legit and its a pity really.

The only way to guarantee that your clothes go to someone actually in need and develop charities in some way is to hand your clothes into a proper enable ireland or SVP shop near you.

leftleg

colm_mcm wrote: »

Theyve redesigned a lot of clothing bins, I saw a group put a child into the bin, who was passing out all the clothes bags from inside

They don't even need children to do it. Adults quite easily fit into the bins nowadays.

The <Mod snip> place around the corner from me is always empty but strangely always gets loads of clothes to fill the lorry, dunno when they receive the clothes because, as I've said, i have rarely if ever seen anyone going into the shop.

Usually with a shop doing no business, it closes down but this one has stayed open for the last year with few customers and seemingly no business. Strange.

leftleg

sorry for the potential libel but i cant see where exactly i have libelled the company. I have stated what they do. Anyway apologies if its broken the thread rules.

Lady Chatterton

Fair enough leftleg.

However, in your first post you stated:

Basically they scam off legitimate charities

While the Primetime programme certainly confirms that some charities are being scammed, there is nothing to suggest that the business you had mentioned in your post are involved in such activity. For that reason, I've removed all references to them.

leftleg

MrsD007 wrote: »

Fair enough leftleg.

However, in your first post you stated:



While the Primetime programme certainly confirms that some charities are being scammed, there is nothing to suggest that the business you had mentioned in your post are involved in such activity. For that reason, I've removed all references to them.

I stand partially corrected on that one so. Thanks for pointing it out. <Mod snip>