second hand shops

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in Zurich, is there any second hand shop like oxfam in the UK I can donate my unwanted stuffs?

Thanks

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yes, there are many Brockenhaus around Zurich which sells many second hand items. The biggest one near Zurich HB (Main station) is Zürcher Brockenhaus

http://www.zuercher-brockenhaus.ch/

and the address is

Zürcher Brockenhaus

Neugasse 11

CH-8031 Zürich

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Salvation Army

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I have experienced two types of second-hand shops: the ones that sell for you and get a commission, and those that collect donated items for sale.

For the first, they are second-hand shops that are operated like businesses. The shop owner either pays you upfront, or pays you when your items get sold. You can decide to let them donate the remaining items if you do not want them back. These shops receive items during their opening hours. Your local community would have advertisements. They are usually smaller items, and larger items are posted on their ad walls.

For the second type, you have to locate their website to see when the time slots per week are allocated for receiving items. These are run by volunteers who use the funds for social initiatives. They will collect what they want and can sell. For larger items, you can contact them for an appointment for viewing, after which if they want the item(s), they will organise the transport to collect it.

Alternatives include booking a 'stand' at local flea market events that are usually orgnanized by the local community's family club. For large items that cannot be discarded with the abfallmarkers, or through the Saturday recycling centres, one has to call for a disposal truck that collects by weight to destroy.

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Caritas collects food-related items (e.g. near expiry or pantry excesses) for sale at their shops.

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Can anyone advise any shop/website accepting also baby stuffs (clothes, accessories..)?

thanks

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See above suggestions. You could also try HIOB, they take good quality stuff of all sorts of things.

www.hiob.ch

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There are some second hand businesses specialising in children’s needs in regional Zurich. Near to me, there are at least two. They will only take items in very good condition. They sell them for you on consignment. They will take over 50% of the sale price which may not suit you. Flea market stalls will let you sell less-than-perfect condition items, and you can price them yourself, but be aware people are looking for bargains at flea markets too.

If you Google under “children’s second hand clothing” in either English or German, you can find a list of those shops near you. Good luck!

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thanks for advising.

cheers

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http://www.aoz-brockito.ch/

This is in Oerlikon and a friend of mine donated her belongings before moving back to US.