trials of thrifting

I buy the bulk of my clothing used.
 most of it cames from local thrift stores, an online swap, or general fat fashion community and naturally the biggest garage sale of them all Ebay.

Most of the time I find really great things at very affordable prices.  And that my dears is the double whammy for any fat girl who wants cute clothes.

But there are a few down sides. One of my biggest pet peeves when it comes to Ebay, People don't seem to wash the clothes before they sell it!

I just got a very awesome pinstripe button front tripp vest :

exhibit A

Soon as it got delivered, I whipped that puppy out of the mailer envelope and tried it on.
Looked in the mirror to see the fit, and what might need to be adjusted.. and then the smell hit me.
It stinks of stale cigarette smoke, and really cheep floral perfume. A combo that is beyond foul when mixed together! It smells so unbelievably skanky; just sooo wrong!

Now I admit I smoke (cloves.. don't judge! or call me goth.), and I like to wear perfume.
However any time I have sold clothing I wash that stuff! Namely so you (or whomever buys it) would never be able to tell: A) what I smoke and B) what perfume I like to wear.

Most online communities that cater to swapping or selling clothes have serious rules about clothes that smell and or have pet hair, thankfully. (a thing ebay could use!)

I expect when I get clothes from a thrift store to smell like the odd industrial soap they use. No big deal.. but stuff that came from a persons home that stinks.. eew just eew!

I don't know if I should lower the rating for this purchase,  I feel like I should. I did pay like $11 for shipping, least they could have done is send it through the washer.

Thoughts, feelings, horror stories you care to share??


Wash your clothes people!

**grumbles**


PS: I thought of a name for the smell!  introducing : Skank Stank (the next new perfume from some completely lame celebrity. More than likely from some reality TV show)