Second-hand men’s clothing in Rochester typically sells for $5 to $200. Brand, cloth and cut set the price, and a jacket with a working buttonhole and a full canvas is worth several times a fused one that looks similar on the hanger.
Buying men’s clothing in Rochester
Rochester built its wealth on photography, optics and photocopying, and the companies that did it left the city an unusual concentration of precision engineering skill and a major museum of photography. Lake-effect snow here is heavy and reliable.
Anything that may need altering is worth buying nearby, because the fit has to be judged before the work is worth paying for. Having the seller present to say what has already been taken in saves a wasted trip to a tailor.
What to check in person
Check the shoulder seam sits on your actual shoulder, because that is the one thing a tailor cannot easily fix. Look at collar and cuff edges for fraying, check the lining of a jacket at the armhole, and try the trousers rather than trusting the waist size.
Collecting it in Rochester
It fits in a bag, so most people meet on the way to something else. A station or a high street works, and neither side needs a car.
The road network was built for a considerably larger population than the city now holds, so crossing town is quick and a kerbside load is rarely contested. Lake-effect snow can arrive fast and heavy between November and March, so agree a fallback rather than assuming the day will hold.
Selling your men’s clothing in Rochester free
The optics and imaging industry left genuinely good camera equipment in private hands here in a way that is unusual anywhere else. The universities clear student housing each May.
Give the chest, the sleeve and the inside leg as measurements, and say whether anything has been altered, because an altered garment fits a narrower range of buyers. Photograph the label and any spare buttons. Suits and coats move in autumn and around interview season; shirts move all year.
Peer-to-peer payment apps dominate private sales, and buyers will usually offer one before they offer cash. Sales tax does not apply to a private sale between individuals.
Men’s Clothing worth listing in Rochester
Same region (New York)
If nothing in Rochester suits, New York, Buffalo and Yonkers each have their own men’s clothing page, and a seller will often meet part of the way for something worth the trip.
More in Rochester: everything second hand in Rochester, or Men’s Clothing across the United States.
Prices converted from sterling at the 2 August 2026 rate; sellers set their own price.