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Buffalo Trading Post is a regional retail clothing business that specializes in buying, selling, and trading used clothing. Your clothes of the past are our sales of the future! When you bring your clothes to the Buffalo Trading Post, we carefully assign a category based on style, size, fabric, and garment condition. We specialize in natural fabric clothing items, so these garments are hot items. We also carry a limited inventory of polyester, acetate, Lycra, and other manufactured fibers to follow current industry trends. So clean out your closets and hurry to the Buffalo Trading Post! Our loyal followers are ready to buy your old clothes. You’ll also enjoy shopping in our retail showroom.

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How It Works

Frequently Asked Questions

Choose To Re-Use

How It Works

At Buffalo Trading Post, we buy all of our used merchandise from customers. You can sell your clothes today and then browse our inventory to create a new look. We prefer to purchase clothing made from natural fibers, but sometimes we do buy polyester, acetate, Lycra, and other quality clothing materials. When we sell your clothes, you receive a percentage of our selling price in cash or trade. Sellers receive an additional 10% of the selling price if they trade for other items in the store.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: "What do you buy?"

A: We buy popular styles and fashions that are in good condition, without tears or stains. We buy all kinds of clothes -- jeans, current sportswear, designer items, vintage dresses, jackets, cowboy boots, men's suits, women's suits and career separates, motorcycle jackets, and all kinds of accessories.

Q: "Why didn't you take any of my stuff?"

A: Simply because we don't think it will sell, not because it's out of fashion, ugly, or a terrible color. If our sales associates think we can sell it, then they'll buy it.

Q: "When do you buy?"

A: We buy during business hours. However, weekday mornings are the best time because our sales associates have more time to look at your prized possessions.

Choose to Re-Use

By buying, selling, and trading clothing, you are helping to reduce waste in our landfills. This is our way of helping to reduce the nearly 200 million tons of municipal solid waste generated every year by over 250 million Americans -- 3 1/2 pounds of trash per person per day.

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History

Nicole Bierne loved clothing and fashion. She was intrigued with the endless variety of ways of getting dressed. To her it was a challenge to do this and "live on a budget." She was a dedicated "thrifter" and compulsively made the rounds to all the thrift stores.

Early in her career, she realized there were some things she absolutely did not like, such as typing, and knew she didn't want to be a secretary.

With these fundamentals, and with a little help from her family and friends, she opened the Buffalo Trading Post in January of 1984 and started buying, selling, and trading clothing items and accessories on consignment. The store was housed in a 600-square foot space that had been an old Western Union telegraph office on a side street near the university. Two years later, she expanded into the space occupied by a former malt shop. This was the beginning of our growth that continues today.

Philosophy

From the beginning, Buffalo Trading Post has planned for long-term growth and creating lasting relationships with customers. This view makes you consider how you think about people and the environment.

Why are we here?

	To provide services that make creative fashion a reality for many people.
	To promote looking good.
	To promote conservation of natural resources.
	To show that you can run a business in a fair and moral way and still make a profit.
	To promote a sustainable way of life using the world's resources.