Used puffer jackets in Edinburgh typically sell for £20 to £100 (about $27 to $135). Puffers are judged on fill quality and baffle integrity, and a single tear in the wrong place changes the picture completely.
Selling a puffer jacket in Edinburgh
Edinburgh is a university and finance city whose population swells enormously every August for the festival, and that single month does more to move second-hand goods here than any other part of the year. Outside it, the Old and New Town tenement stock means most people live in flats and buy furniture to fit them.
August brings a large temporary population that arrives with things and leaves without them, and September brings the students. Between them the autumn is reliably the best time to buy here and a slower time to sell.
The Old Town is steep, cobbled and awkward for vehicles, with restricted access on several streets, so anything heavy needs a conversation about where a van can actually stop. Trams and buses cover the rest of the city and handle small handovers fine.
Check vehicle access before agreeing to collect anything heavy from the Old Town. Several streets are restricted or effectively impassable for a van, and the nearest legal stopping point can be a long carry.
Handing it over in Edinburgh
Most private sales settle by bank transfer or cash on collection. Faster Payments clear in seconds, which makes a transfer as safe as cash for the seller — wait for it to land before the item leaves your hands.
Sell your Puffer Jacket in Edinburgh
Listing is free and there is no commission and no buyer fee, so the price you agree is the price you keep. Most listings take about a minute to put up.
What puffer jackets are worth
What lifts the price
- Genuine down fill with a stated fill power
- Recognised outdoor and fashion labels
What pulls it down
- Tears and pinholes leaking down
- Synthetic fills sold as down
Working out what yours is worth
- Shake it out and check whether the fill lofts evenly
- Check the composition label for down percentage and fill power
Getting it ready
- Check every baffle for leaking feathers and look for small tears, which puffers get constantly and which are cheap to patch.
- Test the zip along its full length and check the hood, cuffs and any drawcords.
Photograph
- Full front on a hanger, zipped, so the loft shows
- The hood and cuffs, and the baffles from an angle to show loft
Put in the description
- Fill type and, for down, the fill power and down/feather ratio
- Whether the hood is detachable and whether it has a fur trim
Bulky but light. A vacuum bag shrinks the parcel dramatically and cuts postage — just tell the buyer it was vacuum-packed so they know to let it loft again.
Listing is free and there is no selling fee, so the whole amount the buyer pays stays with you. You and the buyer agree the handover between yourselves.
Same region (Scotland)
Common questions
Where can I sell a puffer jacket in Edinburgh?
Put it on WishThrift free and deal with the buyer direct. The Old Town is steep, cobbled and awkward for vehicles, with restricted access on several streets, so anything heavy needs a conversation about where a van can actually stop. Trams and buses cover the rest of the city and handle small handovers fine.
Is it real down?
Read the label and answer exactly. Down commands a substantial premium and buyers check the label at handover anyway.
How much is a puffer jacket worth in Edinburgh?
Most used puffer jackets change hands for £20 to £100 (about $27 to $135). Condition and completeness move that figure more than anything else.
More: selling a puffer jacket across the United Kingdom, what puffer jackets are worth, everything second hand in Edinburgh, or Clothing in Edinburgh.
Guide range converted from sterling at the 2 August 2026 rate, not a quote — sellers set their own price.