The Outlet & Project RE:LOVE Drops

long_john86

Do unhemmed jeans/trousers ever find their way to re:love?

CosmoSix5

It doesn't seem so does it

Alex

@long_john86 yes, absolutely, but we hem all jeans for model shots and those always end up RELOVED. Also, on the balance of averages, far more likely we are sent back jeans that were hemmed than otherwise based on the average height of our customer

tody

I'm sort of the opposite of @Go-For-Chill - most of the things with my waist could be worn as shorts
This drop had only two or three things in my waist size...
The next one looks intriguing, @JamesB !

Go For Chill

@tody For all the drawbacks of being dead-average height with short legs, I take every benefit I can find!

Gavin666

Forgive me if I missed something about Re-Love but near full price for secondhand items? What’s the difference between me these and those sold on FB, forum etc and why when seller gets a small amount?

Matt

Because IH is a business with a profit margin, employees who process the submissions, overhead etc, not a person on FB or eBay just selling their stuff. I’m sure of IH was just doing this out of the kindness of their hearts with no interest making money the costs would be cheaper. But then there would be no Iron Heart because the crew can’t feed their families with kindness.

Subprime

@Gavin666 I'm definitely no expert and I've thought the same as you. From what I've seen in my few years on Grailed and other resell sites. IH jeans, for the most part, re-sell for $200-$250. Sometimes for more, sometimes for less. After reading the IH Re:Loved web page "If the piece still has wear left in it, we’ll put it through our 5-point repair process — cleaning, restoring, reinforcing and making it ready for someone new." I personally don't feel the Re:Loved price is too much. I brought my 5 year old pair of 888s in for repair at Self Edge and paid $70 for 3 spots to be fixed. One should take into consideration that Iron Heart is repairing the denim before listing them on Reloved so repair cost could be factored into the price. They also have a bunch of costs associated with running a business and projects like Re:Loved, take manpower. Just my thoughts man. I'm an IH crack head so I'll defend my unnecessary clothe purchases till I die. Cheers

Gavin666

@Matt I understand that side, just not why someone wouldn't sell on forum, eBay etc and get much more themselves.

goosehd

…because some of us don’t like dealing with the hassle of selling on the secondhand markets. Shipping, lost packages, non-payment, buyers who find imaginary faults with items to try and get further discounts…

That list can go on for a while.

Jord

@goosehd If I could upvote you more than once, I would...

Gavin666

@goosehd makes sense. Wasn’t sure if there was a charity aspect or something I was missing.

goosehd

@Gavin666 Yes: RE:LOVED— Repaired & Reworn If the piece still has wear left in it, we’ll put it through our 5-point repair process — cleaning, restoring, reinforcing and making it ready for someone new. As well as giving them a new lease of life, 10% of all RE:LOVED sales go to charity. So far, the project has raised $17,639 for the Blue Marine Foundation, supporting ocean conservation efforts.

https://ironheart.co.uk/pages/project-relove

Gavin666

@goosehd awesome.

Ross

@Gavin666 In all honesty i've had any number of occasions of people submitting items that were so good i've emailed them back saying something along the lines of 'Are you absolutely sure? You could absolutely get more money for this/these if you looked into private sale either on our forum or elsewhere' and every single time they still wanted to go ahead for the reasons @goosehd mentioned: Selling privately can and often is a hassle, RE:LOVE is significantly easier by comparison - many people rationalise that they've already had their money's worth out of whatever their sending so the store credit is just a jump start on their next purchase or replacement.

Gavin666

@Ross thanks for clarifying Ross. Was just curious as it’s horses for courses and sometimes it’s easy to forget how we all differ. I personally find eBay a doddle and have sold everything I never want on there with a 2k 100% positive rating built up over 20 years yet my son won’t touch it!