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Thank you for your interest in clearing out your items to Thrift for Good!
We donate 100% of the profits of selling your items, so we thank you for your wonderful support! We do not purchase, but instead give you a store credit voucher worth AED10 to say thank you against all of your items per drop off (given the value of your items is worth at least AED10 or more). If you want to sell your items for more, please see below list of where you can sell them.
WHAT WE ACCEPT: Put simply, what you can read or wear.
Gently used clothing for men, women and children, accessories, bags, shoes, books
We will also accept on behalf of Tech for Good: Video Games, Laptops, Cell Phones, and Tablets (please unlock any apple products).
WE UNFORTUNATELY CANNOT ACCEPT TOYS, HOUSE ITEMS (DISHES, FRAMES, DECOR), FURNITURE, SPORTS EQUIPMENT OR LARGE TECHNOLOGY/APPLIANCES IN STORE.
You can de-clutter your items by dropping them off at our stores
STORE DROP OFF
PALM JUMEIRAH:
Thrift for Good
Open 10am to 10pm
Level B1, Building 8, Golden Mile Galleria, Palm Jumeirah, Dubai
+97145693086
https://g.page/thrift-for-good-dubai?share
Underground parking is free for 2 hours. Park in Building 7-10 at the yellow podium with green leaves
TIMES SQUARE CENTER:
Thrift for Good
Open 10am to 10pm
First floor, Times Square Center, Dubai
+971 4 491 8129
https://goo.gl/maps/AsQXfK4R3Jd8pfRW6
Underground parking is free for 3 hours.
COLLECTION BY THRIFT FOR GOOD VOLUNTEERS
We are so grateful to have received unexpectedly large amounts of contributions. We have paused this service until we can grow our capacity. Thank you for your understanding! We recommend Shyft courier to send us your items.
DOING A CORPORATE DRIVE?
First, thank you. We can offer you an impact certificate against this. For coordination, please be in touch with Jade on jade@thriftforgood.org / 058 572 6686
HOW DO I PREPARE MY CONTRIBUTIONS?
It is very helpful if you could please wash and fold your items.
You would help us greatly by also including a note with any high value items or if contributing a luxury item (whether it is authentic or inauthentic).
Thank you so much for your incredible support!
WHERE TO CONTRIBUTE ITEMS WE DON'T ACCEPT:
For TOYS, we recommend www.myecosouk.com or https://toyshare.ae/. Also, you can try birthday bliss or Hope Amel UAE on Facebook.
For BABY STROLLERS/CAR SEATS, we recommend being in touch with Joshua on josh@thriftforgood.org or 058 821 0417 for collection/more information
For ELECTRONICS we recommend Tech for Good. Be in touch with Joshua on josh@thriftforgood.org or 058 821 0417 for collection/more information
For Textiles, Pillows, Cushions, and Thick Blankets, we recommend donating to your favourite dog shelter.
For office furniture and uniforms, we recommend https://www.wastetowonder.com
For home decor, try giving to your security guards, or selling them at Dubai Flea Market.
For hangers, your local tailor or laundromat.
WHERE DO WE COLLECT FROM?
We collect in Dubai.
If you are outside of Dubai, you can arrange to send us your items.
WHY DECLUTTER?
Decluttering can bring you a sense of peace and joy, especially when it benefits a good cause. We recommend checking out the KonMari method for this life changing process.
OUR WORK SUPPORTS Gulf for Good, helping children around the world (IACAD approved). We donate 100% of the profits from reselling your items to their children's charity projects.
Our process keeps clothing local. It is much more empowering for communities overseas to have sustainable impactful projects than to be flooded with cheap second hand clothing. Many other places you contribute clothing sell in bulk to third world countries, negatively impacting the economy's own clothing industries and contributing to third world landfills.
DO YOU BUY THE ITEMS?
In exchange for all of your items (a bag or more worth AED10/above), we provide you with a gift certificate for AED10 for our physical store.
Should you want cash for your items, we recommend the following resellers:
C) Imperfect condition and can't be fixed/not worth fixing - we take these items to the weekly flea markets in Zabeel Park, Al Barsha Pond Park, Ibn Battuta etc and sell the items for AED5/piece. We also respond to local requests for clothing donations with this stock.
D) Condition is unsellable - Our partner, Kiswa, kindly buy these from us at AED2/kg and recycle them into furniture or carpet in Pakistan.
We also have several upcycling partners who select fabrics to turn into new awesome products here in Dubai.
E) Luxury - regardless of the condition, we do our best to authenticate internally, repair and sell for a seventh of the price new in store and online.
We send items we cannot authenticate to The Luxury Closet to sell through their portal.
Items that are returned as inauthentic are sold at flea markets.
F) High value jewellery and watches - Clara in Gold & Diamond Park kindly sponsor the authentication and valuing of jewellery. We price our items below market rate, calculated based on the market value for the weight/quality of the materials plus the making fee per gram.
Max&Max in Times Square Center kindly sponsor new battery watches for us.
G) Textiles including sheets, pillow covers and curtains - We donate these to be upcycled into sustainable period pads to be shipped overseas to support girls that would otherwise miss schools without a good solution for their periods. Alternatively, dependent on quantities, we donate these items to K9 Dog Shelter in Jebel Ali.
