Reddz Trading

Love this spot! Best consignment in the city. I love the staff here. Everyone is awesome and super helpful. Prices are extremely reasonable. Most of their clothes are in excellent condition. Addicted to reddz!

I was really impressed with the women’s clothes here. High-​end finds in great condition and at a great price. I am not a big shopper of consignment merchandise save for jewelry and other accessories, but I came here with a friend who really knows what she is doing and she found a ton! Will definitely double back in the next couple of weeks and give it a go again!

I have been here twice and have been extremely disappointed both times. I have only been offered money for 2 items, of the dozens I have brought in. The first was a brand new coach wallet that still had the tags, which I was offered $ 15 for. No thanks. I’d rather donate it to someone who needs it and eat the cost. I was also offered $ 2.00 for a shirt, which is outrageous and didn’t even cover the cost of a taxi there. The MANY items turned away include Theory and Trina Turk blazers in perfect condition and a beautiful gently worn Dolce & Gabbana blouse. Honestly, anything they offer is not worth the walk/​cab to the store. You can make so much more money selling online.

I thought I’d found a winner. I really, really did. Even though the Bethesda Reddz is truly horrid– picked over, stained clothes with rips, make-​up, pen marks, as though the only thing they checked was the designer, «von Furstenberg– great! We’ll take it!” — I had seen better quality items at the Georgetown location and more turn over. Then there was the exciting vist-​before-​last when they actually had some items in my size (0, shoe size 5.5−6) and I scored a couple of sweet pieces off the sale rack in back. NICE.
Then there’s today’s visit which has turned me off so much, I doubt I’ll be back, period.
TL;DR: the employee I showed designer slacks from last season to had no idea what she was looking at and discarded it out of hand, even when I tried to tell her what she was looking at. (I could have pulled them up on the website in this season’s colors if she hadn’t tuned out.)
I dropped four carefully chosen items by the front desk to sell if I could. The employee at the desk took them, but had another customer waiting, so I went to browse around until it was my turn. The employee called me back almost immediately, even though the other customer was still waiting.
Ms. Reddz began explaining why they couldn’t take certain items (I’ll get to that in a minute) while the other customer was still standing there. When the front desk employee hopped over that customer to talk to me, the other customer said, «I’ll be back in a minute. No, no– you go ahead, «and left.
Then the front desk employee cut me in on the «gossip»:
Apparently, the other customer had purchased a coat there and no longer wanted it. Unfortunately, Reddz’s doesn’t take returns and had no idea how to fix the situation. Complicating condition: the woman who was trying to return the coat was (self-​identified?) «homeless». Draaaammmaaaa at the Reddz’s, requiring no fewer than three employees to pow-​wow, which two of them had the good sense to take it off the floor, so that I wasn’t watching all of this go down.
Now to what they would take and what they wouldn’t of my carefully chosen pieces (I’m really going to geek out on my vintage/​consignment/​thrift stuff here; we’re heading into TL;DR territory if we aren’t there already.)
— a perfect condition, freshly dry-​cleaned 2002 DKNY couture piece
— pr of Lucky nothing special, excellent condition straight leg jeans
— pr of Loro Piana last season pima cotton narrow-​wale courduroys ankle trousers
— vivid orange silk skirt with large white dot pattern knee length giant box pleats, designed and sewn in France
They took not one piece. They are only buying skinny jeans (fine, but what are all the older ladies and mommas in Georgetown going to wear??). They don’t buy 2002 couture because it is «older” — also fine, but silly IMO. The silk skirt was discarded as being «summery» (I guess we only wear orange in summer??) but the hand of the silk is a fall/​spring weight, not summer. (And there’s so much fabric in the box pleats, you’d cook. Anyone with fashion design background would have an inkling.) But all of this are data points I can use when I unpack my winter clothes and sort through, deciding what to get rid of and what to keep.
But the Loro Piana pants are a real miss.
She looked at the label twice, and it was clear she didn’t know what she was looking at: Italian-​made corduroy slacks, retail $ 280. (Cashmere version available if you’d like to spend nearly $ 400 on your pants!) She discarded them as being «wide leg». I explained they were last season’s ankle crop, in an Italian 40, but she had already stopped listening.
She then WADDED all of the rejected clothes up for me and pushed them at me. I think I Unilocaled, «No!» before I grabbed them and began re-​folding the proper creases and care for box pleats, fine fabrics, etc.
Not a good way to treat clothing. Not a good way to treat a customer. Not a good way to treat a human being.
And if they can’t bend their policy a smidgen to accommodate the woman who bought a coat and now needs the money back– homeless or not– then just… forget it.
I’ll take my things to the shops in Brooklyn and Jersey City that always buy and are up on labels, design, what’s au courant, what’s trendy (still can’t get over 90s being called «vintage», but it made me a pretty penny, so I’ll shut up).
And maybe DC will catch up in a decade or so.

Overall, a decent experience. Mainly annoyed because not only do they not carry my shoe size, they also don’t buy my shoe size. So, if you’re small like me – wearing a 5/5.5 — don’t waste your time trying to sell or buy here.

I will definitely be visiting this store when I’m in the area. I purchased a brand new pair of BCBG heels for only $ 40 and a brand new leather Vince Camuto wallet for $ 30. My friend also found a pair of BCBG heels for $ 30. The store setup is very easy to browse and the staff is welcoming and personable.

The staff/​management here seems to be more concerned with talking among each other than helping customers. I was really disappointed when I visited Reddz for the first time. Although I was greeted at the door, I felt very uncomfortable while I was browsing. I could overhear the heavyset woman (who seemed to be a manager or at least in charge) at the front gossiping about coworkers and a bunch of other nonsense. There’s a snobby vibe as soon as you enter the store — only high end designer labels, rude staff, forced «help» and an unpleasant atmosphere. I stopped by the store because, at the time, I was considering bringing my own things in to sell, however I will not be returning.

I had great success in this store– extremely friendly and helpful staff and they seem to have something new here every day. The store feels like a regular boutique rather than a thrift shop which I found really refreshing. The clothing seems new even though its consignment and every time I go I walk away with amazing finds– my most recent purchase included some pristine Nicole Miller dresses. If you have champagne taste on a beer budget but don’t want to sacrifice the quality of clothing or the atmosphere of the store then Reddz Trading is a must.

Great store! Staff was very friendly and super helpful! The girl who helped me found me the perfect dress to wear that night! I’m so excited about all the great finds I got! Can’t wait to come back on my next visit to Georgetown!

I just got back from trying to consign (sell them) some handbags. I had one brand new with tags Aigner, two new Coach bags, two new Kenneth Cole bags, a Matt & Nat bag, and a Francesco Biasia. All of the bags were new (never used) except for one of the Coach ones which I used ONCE. New prices on them ranged from $ 75 (for the Kenneth Cole) to $ 185 (the Biasia one).
The girl looked through my bags and determined the only one she wanted was the Aigner one. I showed her the tag (which was in the pocket) that clearly stated it was $ 148 new.
She said, «We’d sell it for $ 50 and I can give you $ 15 right now.»
HUH!!! What seller in his right mind is going to take 10% of the value of a BRAND NEW, DESIGNER LEATHER BAG WITH TAGS!!!
I was INSULTED. That they don’t want the other bags, okay. Fine. (Even though I saw they were selling another Coach hobo like the two I had, so mine were clearly acceptable.) That’s their prerogative.
But to offer me $ 15 on a bag worth $ 150 is a joke. And I will NEVER go back to this place. So clearly low ball. So rude.
Shame on them.

Compared to the Reddz in Bethesda, this place isn’t that great. It has an awkward, snobby boutique feel to it … despite the fact that they sell used clothing. The staff aren’t too friendly — they seem more concerned with chatting with one another. Also, the clothing that they sell seems targeted toward an upper-​middle-​class housewife. When this place first opened up, it seemed targeted toward a younger crowd, but now, I couldn’t find anything I wanted. The buyers need some serious training and advice (it seemed like the brand of clothing was more important than what it looked like … Ugh).