Sell to Us · From Anywhere
You don’t have to be in California to sell to us.
The right jacket is worth the same money whether it hangs in Laguna Hills or Fairbanks, Alaska. So we made distance irrelevant: a video call to look at what you have, a price agreed on the spot, payment through PayPal before you pack anything, and shipping on us.
Paid before you ship · shipping on us · no obligation
Four steps, and the money moves before the box does.
We are the team behind Old 44 Vintage in San Juan Capistrano. Reading denim, workwear, and military pieces is our daily work, and the video call is the same conversation we would have at your kitchen table.
Text us photos.
A few phone shots: the front, the back, the tags, the buttons or hardware. Do not wash or repair anything first, collectors pay for original condition. A real buyer answers, usually the same day.
We look together on video.
Ten minutes on FaceTime or whatever video app you already use. We walk through the piece with you, explain what we are seeing, and make a real offer on the call.
You are paid first.
If the price works for you, the money goes to your PayPal right then, before anything is packed. The price agreed on the call is the price, full stop.
Ship it on our dime.
Shipping costs are on us. We walk you through the easiest way to pack it, you send it with tracking, and the deal is done.
Why We Built It This Way
Mail-in buyers ask you to ship your family’s things to a stranger and wait to hear a number. We put the number first, the payment second, and the box last.
What we buy this way
Vintage Levi’s & denim
Type 1, 2, and 3 jackets, big E 501s, buckle-backs, redline selvedge, Lee and Wrangler. Denim ships easily and safely, and it is what we know best.
Old Carhartt & workwear
Heart-logo Carhartt, blanket-lined chore coats, union-made labels, double-knee work pants, and the workwear brands nobody remembers. The older the tag, the more we want to see it.
Military clothing & patches
WWII and earlier flight jackets, field jackets, uniforms, squadron patches, and insignia. Painted and patched pieces can be worth many times a plain one, so show us everything.
Filson & outdoor gear
Tin cloth, Mackinaw wool cruisers, and the hunting and fishing gear the Northwest and Alaska lived in. Hard wear rarely hurts the value.
Everything else vintage
Western wear, single-stitch t-shirts, leather and varsity jackets, denim ephemera. If it is old and it was made well, text a photo and let us look.
A free vintage clothing appraisal, by video call
Most of the country lives nowhere near anyone who can look at an old jacket and say what it actually is. That is the real service here: ten minutes on video with a buyer who reads tags, stitching, and hardware every working day. We tell you what you have and what we will pay for it, plainly. It is a cash offer and an honest education, not a certified appraisal document, and it costs you nothing whether or not you sell.
Common questions
Where can I sell my second hand clothes for cash?
It depends entirely on what they are. Clothes from the last couple of decades belong on Poshmark or at a resale shop. Anything older, denim, workwear, military pieces, western wear, deserves a specialist, because the gap between thrift value and collector value can be hundreds or thousands of dollars. We are that specialist: text photos to (949) 449-1255 and you will have a real answer, and often a real cash offer, the same day.
Do thrift stores or consignment shops pay cash for clothes?
Thrift stores take donations, they do not pay. Consignment shops pay only after your piece sells, minus roughly half, and most will not touch a 1950s chore coat or a WWII jacket because their customers are not collectors. Rag buyers pay by the pound, which is the worst fate an old Levi's jacket can meet. We pay a per-piece collector price, in full, before you ship.
Is it safe to sell this way?
You are paid before the package leaves your hands, and the payment goes through PayPal, so there is a clear record on both sides. The price is agreed on the video call, not after we receive a box. And the call costs you nothing: if the number is not right, you simply do not ship.
Who pays for shipping?
We do. Once the price is agreed and the payment has landed, shipping is on us, and we will walk you through the simplest way to pack the piece so it travels well.
How can you judge clothing over a video call?
The same way we judge it at a kitchen table: tags, stitching, hardware, fabric. Our buyers read those details every day at Old 44 Vintage, and a phone camera held close shows us what we need. If anything is genuinely uncertain on video, we will say so honestly rather than guess.
What if I do not know what any of it is worth?
That is normal, and it is the point of the call. We tell you what you have and why it is worth what we offer, whether you sell to us or not. Old work clothes and uniforms are exactly the categories where families throw away real money without knowing it.
Do you really buy from Alaska and small towns?
Yes, and gladly. Some of the best American clothing sits in the places furthest from any vintage shop: mining towns, mill towns, military towns. That is exactly why this process exists. If you are in Alaska, start at our Alaska page, one of us grew up there.
What happens when the box arrives?
We confirm it arrived, and that is the end of it. The deal was done on the call, and we do not re-trade the price after delivery. We ask the same straightforwardness of you: what ships is what we saw together on video.
One call. We’ll take it
from there.
(949) 449-1255Mon-Sat 6 am-8 pm · Sun 8 am-5 pm
A real person answers, Monday through Saturday. Photos sent today are usually answered the same day.
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