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Two Great Consingment Sales Coming in April!

April 1, 2011

Consigning Benefits Everybody!

Consigning clothes, toys, decor, books, etc. benefits everybody involved.  For sellers, it's a great way to get pass along your gently loved items.  For buyers, you get perfectly good clothes or gear for a fraction of the retail cost. And, it's good for the environment! 

When preparing to sell at a consignment sale, you really need to break the process down into steps.  Otherwise, it might get a little overwhelming.

1.  Pick through closets, dressers, toy boxes, book shelves, etc. and put everything you'd like to sell in one area.  Make sure everything is clean and in good condition.

2.  Separate clothes.  Consignment sales generally happen two to three times a year - Spring, Fall and sometimes Back to School.  Determine which sale you're preparing for.  Sweaters, coats, Halloween costumes, etc. are sold at the Fall sales.  Swimsuits, lightweight and summer clothes are sold at the Spring sales.  Also, when you drop off clothes, you'll need to hang them in the appropriate areas so be sure all of your boy clothes are together and all of your girl clothes are together.  If you organize by size as well, it will make dropping off a breeze.

3.  Clothes need to be hung.  Hangers should be open to the left so that when looking at the front of the outfit, the hanger looks like a question mark.  Be sure to turn everything right side out, button buttons, zip zippers.

4.  Group similar items.  Every sale has a minimum that you can charge for an item.  Generally it’s around $4.  Sometimes that t-shirt, no matter how adorable, probably won’t sell for $4.  However, if you group two or three t-shirts or throw in a pair of pants, you may even be able to charge more than the minimum.  You can also group similar toys and create a “grab bag.”

5.  Sign up as a consignor at your favorite consignment sale.  Enter the items you'd like to sell.  Print out the tags and fasten them to the clothing.  Heavyweight paper or card stock tags are less likely to be torn off.  Make sure to attach the tag to the right side of the clothing so it will be easier for buyers who are thumbing through the rack to see.

And don't forget that you can volunteer to work at your local sale.  It's different from sale to sale, but volunteers are usually given extra benefits at the sales.  Sometimes the sales are even opened a day early for volunteers.

There are two huge children's consignment sales coming to our area in April! The first is the Secondhand Sunshine Shildren's Fine Consignment Sale and Bazaar which will be April 15- 17 in the Borland Center in midtown on PGA Blvd in Palm Beach Gardens. Then, on April 29-30, 2011, the Just Between Friends Children's Consignment Sale comes to the Northern Palm Beaches, at the Calvary Church located at 10100 Indiantown Rd, Jupiter.