Ask HN: I have 1000+ dresses in my shed. What should I do with them?

2 points by mwill ↗ HN
About 6 years ago someone I know had a failed business venture; they had ~1500 dresses made in their own designs targeted at 'plus sized' women. They had family things come up and the whole thing died on the vine, but they ended up with most of the dresses sitting in storage.

A few months ago they asked me if I just wanted to take them off their hands, no charge, I just had to go pick them up. I put them in my storage shed and forgot about them until now.

They've been stored safely and are in good condition, but I think they might be of pretty poor quality generally speaking.

I don't really know much about dresses, or selling physical goods. I really took them on a bit of a whim and I'm not sure how much time I can invest, and don't even really know where to start.

So, what would you do in this situation? Try and sell them individually? Flog them off in bulk to an aspiring retailer? Just donate them somewhere?

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Thrift shops like Buffalo Exchange will buy the dresses their sales reps deem "re-sellable" at a stupid price...like 5 to 10 dollars an item....but that's potentially $5000+ ....