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Originally Posted by CWatkinsNash
I think some of them just have "quality blindness", too (hence old toasters marked $10 at a garage sale, because "but it works!"), and I know a few who have their quality analysis distorted by their aversion to waste. I don't know how many times I've had to explain to a friend of mine that, YES, I'm throwing out my old clothes because if they were still usable, I would be keeping them for myself. Donation is not always the right thing to do. (My favorite pair of jeans is at least 12 years old. I hate buying clothes so I keep them till they're dead.)
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The donation that isn't a donation.
The dichotomy always startles me. If you asked the person with the toaster how much
they'd pay for it, you'd get a puzzled or even offended glance. Because the answer, of course, is a buck or two at the most and most likely nothing. Why people think their trash has value to others when it has none to themselves is beyond me.
I don't like buying clothes, either.