Save Kid's Clothing Resale, Consignment & Thrift Stores from Closing!

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  1. Without thrift stores, garage sales and online resale venues such as Craig's List and eBay, I wouldn't be able to clothe my children. This Act hit and hurts the people who are most vulnerable. Regulating things like this to the micro-level is not what this country is about.

    Please do all you can to stop this ridiculous act from becoming law.

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  3. It seems crazy for so many reasons to try and control this. There must be other options. I'd hate to see all the resale children's clothing stores, and especially eBay close due to this new bill if it were to pass Most importantly in our economy right now, the stores are scraping by to make it through and the people are realying on their services more so to make cuts in their family budgets where ever possible.

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  5. Keep the resell of children's clothes Legal!

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  7. This is crazy. Why would the government do something like that.

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  9. Many low-income people depend on Thrift Stores for much or all of their clothing, bedding and housewares. Forcing these stores to close, will be a major blow to their already tenuous well-being.

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  11. My daughters and our local community have benefited greatly from the local store which sells recycled children's clothing. These clothes have many months, if not years, of wear left in them, and to relegate them to the landfills is a travesty! This law must be changed and SOON!

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  13. This is outrageous. How can this be passed! There is a lot of people out there that can not afford new things especially for their children for whatever reason. Please change this law.

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  15. i would like to say that this would be an injustice to people of all walks of live including myself. These kind of stores help the working class people to be able to provide clothing ang other things when they just don't have the money to buy brand new things in a time like this.

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  17. PLEASE CHANGE THIS LAW! It will hurt many of us in so many ways!

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  19. This is the craziest thing that I have heard of in a while. WASTE NOT WANT NOT!!!!

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  21. PLEASE CHANGE THIS LAW!!! Millions of families cannot afford to buy everything retail and can use the extra money from selling children's gently used clothing & toys! My family routinely buys children's clothing on eBay, participates in yard sales and donates clothing & toys to charities. Please dont' take these options away from us! Please help!

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  23. This is ridiculous, monitor things coming in from China and other countries more closley! Stop getting in the way of USA entrepreneurs!!!

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  25. I shop at second hand stores too, children outgrow their clothing so fast and retail prices are too high for my family's tight budget.

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  27. I shop at Second Hand stores for the following reasons:

    Many older items I find are of far better quality than the affordable equivalent new items I can buy at retail stores. When this country stops importing poorly made products from other countries to sell as retail, and instead supports American industry to make high quality products that will last and that we can be proud of, then I will buy retail. Why should I support China by wasting my hard earned money on something that will fall apart within a year?

    Furthermore, as a single parent paying off a mortgage, car loan and high out of pocket medical expenses while supporting 2 college students and a third grader, I simply can't afford outrageous retail prices for durable goods that I can't go without.

    I believe in recycling and saving the Earth's environment. Why should we fill landfills with perfectly good usable things when they are in demand? To me, throwing away these things would be a crime against the planet. Why legislate pollution?

    Finally, I would much rather buy the interesting things that are uniquely suited to my tastes and express my individual spirit that I find at second hand stores, than the cookie cutter junk that is the same as everyone else that I find at retail stores. This country was founded on individuality, why should I sell my soul to support China?

    This legislation reeks of greed and classism. Restriction of second hand stores and people's ability to buy used goods at low prices is just more exploitation of poor people that sadly has become a pattern in America. Have you no shame?

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  29. In a failing economy such as ours, my attention has turned to gently used children's resale clothing stores to help our family budget squeak through. To think this will not be an avenue for me to clothe my children makes me very nervous. Prior to the downward turn of our economy I had begun to purchase clothes through resale stores as a way of supporting those who care about the amount of waste in our society. Please revise the legislation!

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  31. I've been buying from thrift stores for 30 years. This has enabled me to clothe and furnish my home, give toys to my kids, and ultimately to save enough to buy a home. Don't limit this green alternative to the consumer culture!

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  33. I too enjoy shopping at consignment shops and enjoy the bargains and good finds that I come across. I hate to fill any additional landfills with unused clothing and toys.

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  35. I shop regularly at a childs consignment store and want to be able to continue doing so to save money on clothes, toys, etc. In this economic distaster, we have to be able to save when we can and putting them out of business isn't the answer when jobs are so hard to get these days, please change this law.

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  37. I wore hand me down clothes all my life and was thankful for them my folks couldn't afford new ones and it sure didn't hurt me now I'm retired and still wear hand me downs.There's alot more to look after then things like this

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  39. This is one of the craziest things i ever heard of. Why would we throw away perfectly good clothes and toys when someone else could use them. Especially in this economy people need these stores.

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  41. this is rather bizarre! I depend on garage sales EVERY SPRING AND FALL to cloth my family. To buy all new.... we would be homeless...

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  43. especially today, many people cannot afford new clothing...this is their only option!
    DON'T TAKE THIS AWAY!

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  45. Are you kidding me? Seriously, there are so many issues in our world that this is what you are dealing with? You want to save the earth? Where are these clothes going to go the landfill!!!!! Unbelievable!!!

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  47. I am a senior on very limited income. I have shopped resale and thrift stores because I can't afford to shop retail stores. The cost of everything keeps rising and social security payments don't keep up.

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  49. I also buy coats etc. for my children from thrift stores. I don't believe there is any immediate concern re: these items & with the economy the way it is & only getting worse, we all need somewhere to go to purchase clothing for our children that we can afford. children are always growing & are always in need of clothing, coats, pj's etc... Please don't do this!!!

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  51. In addition to the points listed above I just wanted to say that as a parent I wouldn't be able to clothe and outfit my children the way I do if I didn't rely on second hand items to supplement what we do buy new. And I feel good that clothes and equipment that useful we no longer need are passed on to organizations for donations and that not only does someone benefits from this but that useful items my children grow out of don't go into landfills.

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  53. I not only purchase, but also sell my kids clothes at "second hand/used" stores and have done so for 4 years. I would be very disappointed if the stores I buy and sell at were closed. They give me the opportunity to buy better quality items at "Walmart" prices. Also, it helps me reach my goal to become more "GREEN" and recycle.

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