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Consign Do you have good quality children's items that you no longer use? Consigning is easy! So clean out your closets and cash in! 1. What
is a consignment sale? CLICK HERE TO REGISTER NOW! The Deadline for registration and tag/item entry is April 7th at Midnight. A children’s consignment sale is a smart way for you to clean out your closets and cash in! Everyone has items that your children have outgrown but most people don’t have time to plan and sit at a yard sale. Consigning at a consignment event has many advantages over yard sales, mothers markets & traditional consignment stores. You do not sit with your items at a consignment sale. You price & tag your items and bring them to us. We sell items on your behalf and handle everything from the venue & advertising to merchandising and shopper payments. Unlike a consignment store, you set your own prices and we sell your items in 3 days instead of a full season. Click Here to see pictures of our past events As a shopper it’s a great opportunity to buy excellent quality children's clothing, toys and more at amazing prices. We offer over 30,000 items in one weekend! No matter what day you come to the event you will find high quality items because we inspect every single item for quality before it is put out on the sales floor. Everything is neatly organized for easy shopping. Shoppers have come to know and expect the quality, name brand items that we offer at our event. You choose your percentage! Here's how....all consignors automatically receive 60% of their sales. Anyone who volunteers for a 4 hour shift will receive 65% of their sales, anyone who volunteers for two 4 hour shifts will receive 70% of their sales and our committee members will receive 80% of their sales! A $10.00 handling fee is to be paid at registration. If you are a committee member your fee is waived. Your consignment check will be mailed to your home within 14 days after the last day of the sale. 3. WHICH ITEMS WILL BE ACCEPTED? All sizes of children's clothes, preemie to juniors size 1 will be accepted. For the October sale we will accept fall and winter clothing. For the April sale we will accept spring and summer clothing.We accept most items relating to children.
*Items
must be in season
Clothing must be in EXCELLENT CONDITION (no holes, stains, tears or missing buttons), neat, clean and free of odors. Clothing must be current styles (less than 3 years old). Please do not bring any worn out, faded, or out-dated clothing. Please follow our directions to prepare your clothing and items for the sale. We are striving to be the BEST place to consign in the Lehigh Valley and have carefully planned this sale with your interests in mind. If you have any questions please contact us! Toys
must be in
working order & clean! Electronic toys
requiring batteries must have working batteries.
You can get these from the dollar store. All toys must be complete,
in working order and clean! New toys in original packaging do
not need batteries. Character stuffed toys (ie. Elmo, Blues clues,
Dora) and electronic stuffed toys (battery operated) will be accepted.
Other stuffed animals are not accepted.
Please check to make sure that none of your items have been recalled. Click the link below for current recall lists. If an item that does not meet our strict criteria manages to make it though inspection and is found on the sales floor it will be removed from the selling floor and placed in a "stained item box" and eventually thrown away. Please check your items closely before bringing them to the sale. It is YOUR responsibility! 4. ARE THERE LIMITS ON THE ITEMS I CAN BRING?
You must have at least 15 items to consign. The total item limit
per consignor is 300 items. You may "purchase" an additional
300 item limit buy paying an additional registration fee.
All other sizes (2T through Junior size 1) do not have limits per size. Shoes are limited to 4 pair per gender per consignor, so bring your best! Laces (if applicable) should be like new, shoes should be clean and show little wear. If your shoes are brand new/never worn we will accept more than 4 pairs. 5. WE DO NOT ACCEPT THE FOLLOWING ITEMS: NO
Recalled Items - CPSC
Recall Announcements and Product Safety Alerts 6. HOW DO I REGISTER TO BE A CONSIGNOR? To register as a consignor for the Spring/Summer 2010 sale please use the links below for new or returning consignors. There is a $10.00 non-refundable registration fee. Once your registration fee is processed you will have full access to the system. Once in paypal make sure you click the orange button that brings you back to our system to complete your registration. If you do not recieve your seller number within a few minutes you have not completed your registration! If
you do not want to use paypal you can mail your payment to:
The Kids Clothesline PO Box 565 Coopersburg, PA 18036 Please email us with your name, address & phone number and let us know that you will be mailing in your payment. Please include your email address in the memo line of your check. Your registration will not be complete until we receive payment. Thank You! 7. HOW DO I PREPARE MY ITEMS TO SELL? **We strongly suggest that you prepare your items a little at a time so you will not be overwhelmed waiting until the last minute. Check out our TIPS page for some helpful tips and reminders. You must use wire hangers! Click Here if you are intersted in purchasing wire hangers. **Attach
a small label or piece of masking tape with your seller number
to each item. If your tag becomes separated from the item we will
be able to do a search in your inventory list and print a new
tag. Items with lost tags that are not labeled will be sold at
our discretion or put in lost and found. Secure two-piece outfits together by placing the shirt on the hanger first. Place the pants or skirt on the back of the hanger (the two garments will be back-to-back, this counts as one item). Pin the waist of the pants to the back of the shirt at the shoulder seams. Pin through the hanger to prevent tearing. Please use safety pins to attach pieces to the hanger. Do not pin second piece (pants or skirts) under a jacket or shirt where they cannot be seen. Do not use tiny gold pins (not strong enough to hold the item), and do not use straight pins or staples (dangerous to the shopper).
SHOES: When preparing shoes, you may tie the shoelaces together, buckle the shoes together,use a loop pin or even safety pin them together. Please do not put shoes in baggies! If the item looks good it sells faster and for a better price. A little effort goes a long way. PACKAGE TOY/GAME/PUZZLE PIECES AND DIRECTIONS SECURELY: Small and loose pieces should be placed in a Ziploc bag and taped shut to keep little fingers out. Please use packing tape and tape the entire opening of the bag! Think CHILDPROOF! Attach bag to the toy by tying it on, using a loop pin, using clear packing tape or by placing the bag inside the unsealed toy. All toys must be complete, in working order and clean! Puzzles can be wrapped in plastic wrap and then taped to keep puzzle pieces in. Count your puzzle pieces!! ***PLEASE BE CONSIDERATE WHEN PACKAGING TOYS & GAMES! CHECK FOR MISSING PARTS! DO NOT BRING ITEMS IF THEY HAVE MISSING PARTS UNLESS IT IS NOT A CRITICAL PIECE! IF THERE IS SOMETHING MISSING THAT IS NOT A CRITICAL PIECE MAKE A NOTE OF IT ON THE TAG!!*** It is always very sad when a small child who was excited about a new toy comes back to the sale to return an item with missing pieces. Please check carefully! BOOKS/VIDEOS: label books & videos by placing tag on the back and adhering with clear tape. Please do not go crazy with the taping of tags! Especially on books, when we remove the tag the book may tear. We are still accepting VHS tapes, obviously they are not in high demand but they do still sell. I suggest pricing them on the cheap side, $1-$3 or donating them to your local library. Are you interested in a TAGGING GUN & LOOP PINS to attach your tags? Click HERE to find out more! Tags are made using our online tagging system. Each item must have one of our barcoded tags in order to be sold. Using bar codes helps speed up checkout lines at the sale, track each consignor's inventory and earnings, and allows us to send your checks out faster! Bar coded tags are required on all items. You MUST use CARDSTOCK!! Regular paper can tear or be totally torn off and your item will not be sold and will be placed in the lost and found. Please use white or a light pastel colored cardstock. Dark colors will not scan. Item entry & Tag Printing - click here to work with your inventory or print tags IMPORTANT! ITEM DESCRIPTION: Please take the time to fill out an item description for each item. If a tag becomes separated from your item we will not be able to search/print out a new tag and sell your item if you have not put a good description. In the first line please put the brand name, no matter what it is! In the second line describe the item by the first thing that comes to mind when you look at it. Most items that are "missing" at the end of the sale are due to missing tags! Make finding lost tags simple by being clear in your descriptions. Attach a small label or piece of masking tape with your seller number to each item on the item label. If your tag becomes separated from the item we will be able to do a search in your inventory list and print a new tag. PRICING GUIDELINES: Price your items as if you are the purchaser. A good guide is to price at about 1/4 to 1/3 the original cost. Price your items at a fair price and chances are they will sell before Sunday’s 1/2 price sale. Items cannot be priced under $1.00. Consider grouping lower priced items together to save time on tagging. HALF PRICE DAY: Sunday will be 1/2 price day! If you plan to donate your unsold items after the sale mark “Yes” for half price day. It's better to get 1/2 price for an item than to not sell it at all. Also, please do not price your items as if they were only going to only sell on 1/2 price day. (example, a shirt that is worth $3 should not be priced at $6) If this is your first time consigning say YES to 1/2 price! Once your items are out of your house you won't want them back. While people are shopping they always have a "maybe" pile that they would buy if only the items were a little cheaper. When they see items marked YES for 1/2 price they will come back to the 1/2 price sale and always end up buying more! When too many items are marked NO for 1/2 price it is not worth the time to come back on 1/2 price day and it's takes the fun out of 1/2 price day! Save "NO discount" for special items that you're having a hard time parting with. The deadline to register & input/print tags is April 7th at 12am. Thank You!
9.
WHAT DO I DO ON CHECK-IN DAY? Schedule Drop Off Appointment - please schedule one appointment if you have 150 items or less. Schedule two consecutive appointments if you have more than 150 items. If you have more than one seller number you MUST schedule separate appointments for each number!! Thank you! SORT CLOTHES: Clothes should be sorted by gender and size before your check in. If you bring them unsorted, you will be asked to step aside and sort them. It is much faster to put away clothes that have been sorted. CHECK
IN: We will schedule15 minutes for your appointment
of 150 items or less. If you have more than 150 items please schedule
two consecutive appointments!
DO NOT SCHEDULE TWO APPOINTMENTS THAT ARE NOT CONSECUTIVE. If
there are not two consecutive appointments available please contact
me. tkidsclothesline@aol.com
If
you have more than one seller number you MUST schedule separate
appointments for each number! When
you arrive, please leave your items in the car and proceed to
the Sign-in table and check in. After signing in bring your items
in to the checking area. We will be very selective of the items
we accept. Our goal is to provide all shoppers with great quality
items. Please look through your items very carefully. Toys
and baby equipment MUST be clean!! Clothing MUST be free of stains,tears
and odors! Please do not be offended if we turn any of
your items away. You are welcome to take them home and try and
get the stains out and return them to the sale before 7pm on Wednesday. If you want to retrieve your unsold items after the sale, you may pick them up as follows. All Consignors can pick up their items on MONDAY, April 19, 2010 3PM - 7PM. Please do not come before 3pm, the doors will be locked. All unclaimed items left after 7pm Monday will become the property of The Kids Clothesline Consignment Sale. Absolutely No exceptions!! 11. WHAT HAPPENS TO ITEMS LEFT FOR DONATION? After consignor pickup all items that are left (excluding some bigger items that are pulled for charity) will be available for sale at the dollar sale. A portion of the proceeds of the dollar sale are donated to charity. Items sold at the dollar sale will not be rung into the inventory system. If you prefer not to have your items in the dollar sale please indicate no donate on your tags and pick them up during consignor pick up time on Monday. Thanks! Through the kindness and generosity of our conisngors we have been able to help the following organizations over the last few years. Thank You!! Family
Answers SHAPE Program -Allentown, PA Crossroad Pregnancy Care -Quakertown, PA www.crossroadspregnancycare.org Seventh-Day
Adventist Church – Allentown, PA Valley
Youth House – Allentown, PA Sixth Street Shelter - Allentown, PA Bureau of Health-Nurse Family Partnership program-Allentown St. Lukes VTNA Stitches of Love Southern Lehigh Library - Center Valley, PA 12. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS Do you have a question we haven't answered? Click HERE to find more frequently asked questions. |
