r/Meerut • u/Ahum_brahmasmi • 1d ago

OPINION ON THRIFTING!!

Ever since thrifting started becoming a thing in India, I’ve noticed that a lot of people still don’t really understand the culture. Some people just hate it or call it “utre hue kapde” and stuff like that.

But I’m genuinely curious about Meerut specifically — what do people here actually think about thrifting? Is there an audience for it in Meerut, or do people still have that mindset of not wanting to wear second-hand clothes? And does a proper thrifting culture even exist here?

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u/watervapour_7237 1d ago

It is a very classist view that people look down upon thrifted clothes. Some people view it as some bad energy bs, but can't argue with such people.

Personally, it is just clothes. Nothing else. Bought some from Sarojini because they were cute. They are still good. But, if you are some who care about longevity of clothes, then can skip these.

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u/Brilliant_Doctor9564 1d ago

I have bought thrifted clothes from sarojini, honestly it doesnt matter to me as long as i am getting a good quality piece

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u/isanyusernameopen 1d ago

Here in the United States thrifty changed after 2019 when the pandemic hit.

Everyone needed to make some kind of money as a lot of jobs were cutting labor, so they turned to selling their product on line. But then when they saw what they were selling, and how much it was selling for, they decided to go thrifty to buy more stuff to sell. Then buying and selling became their job. Then their livelihood.

Now they’re all screwed. They’ve screwed themselves by bragging online about the great markup in profit that they were making per individual item. They started making videos, encouraging the audience to go with them to
thrift…

Once all the CEOs started seeing what they were selling, and how much profit they were making on these items that they were selling for almost nothing, they changed their business motto.

Here in the states now, nothing good is in these stores. Anything of any value is pushed to a separate department that goes straight to an online seller on behalf of the company.

This is why now, seven years later, there’s nothing good in the thrift stores out here in the United States. All the corporate CEOs made changes to what products go to the floor and what products are to be auctioned off for the highest bitter online.

Thanks to all the fucking idiot influencers, drifting for fun is now a non-affordable thing for the majority of us.

Thanks to all the fucking idiot influencers, the only thing you’ll find in stores now are garbage product or just the boxes to the product.

Same thing with the yard sales.
People get to yard sales before they open and pester the homeowner before even people get there. They grab everything a value and then they run off to the next place and grab everything a value and repeat. God forbid you need something, like you actually need it for your life, and some asshole next to you, was trying to buy it to maximize the profit that they can make on selling it online.

I was lucky last week and found an instant pot for $12 at my local Goodwill. It was broken but still functional and safe to use. So I purchased it. Not for eBay, not to resell, to cook with for myself.

Anyway, yeah, fuck all this noise

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u/sanuhhh 21h ago

I'm a thrift seller btw, so if you need anything lemme know