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For Something Different... Need some cash? Try these places that will buy your clothes!: Aardvarks buys only Levis 501s. Pays around $10 if they are basically new. No holes or cutoffs. Must be blue with 30-inch or bigger waist. Daily, 11 a.m.-7 p.m., 1501 Haight. 621-3141. Buffalo Exchange buys any men's and women's casual clothes that have been trendy within the past year. Pays $3-$100. Mon.-Sat., 11 a.m.-7 p.m.; Sun., noon-6 p.m., 1555 Haight. 431-7733; 1800 Polk. (415) 346-5726. The Leather Zone pays $1-$65 for leather fetish items, chaps, biker jackets, boots, vests, shorts, pants, etc. Mon.-Thurs., 11 a.m.-7 p.m.; Fri.-Sat., 11 a.m.-8 p.m.; Sun., noon-6 p.m., 2352 Market. 255-8585.