* UPDATED 04-2023: YES WE ARE HIRING! READ BELOW TO APPLY TODAY!

Position: Sales Associate

TO APPLY: please submit a resume  to fbtp.rocks@gmail.com. Please include your availability, and which location(s) you are applying to/interested in working.
Interviews will take place at our North County location, 6740 Romiss Ct. We look forward to meeting you!

Position: Junior Vintage Curator

Job Duties/Responsibilities:
The responsibility of our vintage curators is to process inbound inventory: determining which store location would best be fit for each individual garment. Specifications are set by Senior Curators and Management and based on boutique demand’s: vintage era, item quality, and brand recognition.  Being able to focus, listen, and carry out instruction given by managers is essential to this position. Good work ethic is crucial and determined during the 90 day new-hire probationary period.
Some on-floor sales work is required per shift, including but not limited to: daily cleaning, finalizing transactions at the register, and restocking previously sorted merchandise.

Position valid at our North County location only. This position is part time (18-24 hours per week depending on season) on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays, specifically.

Requirements:
This position requires regular lifting of 40-50lbs, standing for seven hours per day on concrete floors, and working in hot temperatures (our warehouse does not have air conditioning).
The ideal candidate has at least three years’ experience: in a “buyer” position at a buy/sell/trade shop, selling vintage (500+ successful sales on depop, Ebay, Etsy, etc…) and/or sorting at a rag house. Previous experience with determining inventory, pricing, and selling is necessary for this position. Salary is determined on experience and sorting accuracy. This candidate could potentially become an appraiser (or price-er) at our boutique locations.

TO APPLY: please submit a portfolio or resume to fbtp.rocks@gmail.com. Please include links to your social media accounts/ecommerce sites you have previously used, and at least ONE professional reference.

All sales are final; no returns, exchanges, or exceptions.
This includes purchases made at our North County warehouse, South Grand boutique, Delmar boutique, Etsy, depop, pop-up events, or purchases made from Instagram.

When applicable, please read the descriptions thoroughly, ask for additional photos or measurements. and review your items wisely.

Found By The Pound does not accept donations, trade-ins/exchange or consignment at this time...
...but there's always an exception!  If you are looking to sell a vintage lot (for example:  estate clean-out, boutique liquidation,  etc.) we are eager and interested! Read more here. 

If you're curious how we buy (a majority of ) our inventory, read below!

When you think about “giving back” to your community, donating through a not-for-profit(NFP) or charitable organization is a great way to redistribute your resources - and recycle! However, the travels of your clothing may surprise you!
80% of “American Used Clothing” donated to traditional NFPs will be sold out of the United States to countries in Africa and/or Asia. Of that remaining 20%, only about half is sold as used clothing in the United States. That’s right – only about 1 out of 10 (10%) clothing items you donate will be resold as clothing in the US.  Due to the combination of mass consumerism and the ethics of fast fashion “wear it once, throw it away” being on trend for the last few decades, overproduction has become a massive problem!  Thrift stores have so much inventory coming in with not enough time to sell it all. Contrary to consumer level belief, NFPs don’t need more of your donations, they need the money from the sales of your donations to fund the programs they support.
International clothing/textile traders all over the United States step in to solve this problem, purchasing what thrift stores can’t sell.
"Credential' is what we in the industry call your donated clothing prior to hitting the floor. Buying credential is always a gamble: while you might score that classic 80’s band tee, you’ll also acquire cat hair covered blankets.  These items are sent to donation centers for processing/reselling.  Because of the continuous inbound of inventory, most traditional NFP thrift shops have a 4-week cycle on each garment. After its "lifespan" is complete, the clothing becomes known as "institutionalized" - in other words: what didn't sell at the donation center.
Both institutionalized and credential clothing is sold to clothing/textile trading companies across the world who sort according to material and worth, creating hundreds of themed “categories” based on their clients’ requests and needs.

That’s where we come in – YEP! We are those clients!. We don’t purchase “credential” or raw donations but instead purchase those pre-sorted themed packs, 100-1000+ pounds of specific grades of clothing: could be “summer mix” or specialty items like Carharrt workwear, Stadium Jackets, Fur Coats, Levi jeans, Military, Hawaiian Shirts, Sweatshirts, etc… If you’ve visited our North County location, you’ve probably viewed the “behind the scenes” of how our 100lb – 1000lb bales of clothing are sorted for each store!

Due to the individual, limitless pricing at our boutiques, we’re able to purchase high quality, premium graded bales. However, not every item in the bale is exactly what we’re looking for. When you’re buying “sight unseen” wholesale, it’s always a blind purchase. Unlike “buy-sell-trade” shops who can approve or deny clothing coming into the shop before buying it, we’ve already made the purchase! In order to make the most of our costs, we use our boutique stores to highlight the best of the best that comes from each bale. “Everything else” stays at our warehouse to be sold at $3 per LB. We donate a portion of each bale to a local charitable organization. Anything that is deemed “unsellable” as clothing will be recycled as “rags”/textiles by our sister company Mednik Riverbend. (That’s the remaining 10% of donated clothing we mentioned earlier!)

Having three unique stores helps us maximize the potential of each individual piece while supporting our mission in sustainability thru the recycling of discarded textiles as fashion, without the need for donations, trade/sell, or consignment.

No, sorry! We don't quite operate at the capacity required to wholesale unsorted inventory to other sellers while maintaining the quality we've developed at our boutiques.

Each Found By The Pound location offers a separate unique experience! The biggest difference: only our warehouse sells clothing by the pound.

Our high quality, low cost, massive selection at North County offers you classic resale clothing at an affordable cost. In addition to the never-ending quantity, FBTP NoCo specializes in work wear, plus sizes, camo, and classic thrift. Sold by weight at $3.00 per pound, clothing is organized on racks with off season goods available in large organized bins for more of a “treasure hunting” vibe.

The selection of apparel at South Grand has been selectively curated to mirror the funky, modern, youthful neighborhood of Tower Grove. Best known for our premium selection of Levi's, true vintage, and funky jackets, this is location has unique pieces priced competitively, per garment.

The new Delmar boutique features a clean and organized collection of true & trending vintage & streetwear alike, in line with the pricing/aesthetic of our South Grand boutique.