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PREPARING ITEMS
- All items must be clean and without stains
- Wash all clothing, bedding, cloth toys
- Wipe down all toys
- Remove dirt from shoes, etc.
- Inspect all items for stains, rips, tears, damage
- Clothing
- Clothing must be hung on wire hangers - no exceptions.
Adult size wire hangers can be used even on infant clothing - they will fit fine. You can get these from your dry cleaner
or purchase them at the 99 Cent store, your dry cleaner, or Walmart. You will not get the hangers back.
- The minimum price on clothing is $2.00. You can
combine items together on one hanger if needed.
- Only in-season clothing is accepted.
- Spring - only Spring/Summer clothing accepted - no heavy
coats, fleece, sweaters, etc. accepted.
- Fall - only Fall/Winter clothing accepted - no shorts,
water shoes or sleeveless garments accepted.
- We require you to use a tagging gun to affix your tags
to clothing. Either put the barb/tag through the size tag in the back of the clothing or in a seam under the right armpit
(if the garment is laying on a table in front of you). Please put the barb through someplace that the barb will not
damage the clothing - seam or size is the best.
- Hang the garments on the hanger so that the hanger makes
a question mark (?) when the clothing is lying on the table in front of you. See
the clothing photo below.
- Clothing must be sorted by size and gender before you
bring them to the sale. Banding each size together with rubber bands is helpful.
- Shoes
- All shoes must be cleaned top and bottom.
- Shoes showing too much wear and tear will be rejected.
- Shoes notoriously lose their tags and become separated
from their mates at the sale. We suggest attaching them together with zip ties, loop ties or at minimum a safety pin.
Knotting their shoelaces together is also helpful but zip ties are the best!
- Do NOT place shoes in their boxes or in plastic bags
- they must be affixed together somehow as suggested above.
- Tags easily get ripped off shoes. Therefore, we recommend
"laminating" your tag with packing tape before you affix the tag to your shoes - that way the tag won't be so easily ripped
off.
- Toys
- Toys that require batteries must have working batteries.
- If the toys have loose parts, secure these extra parts
in a plastic bag and securely tape them to the main toy. Shoppers are rough –
they will separate toys, try them out, etc. If parts aren’t secured well
enough, they will get lost and separated and make it difficult for your toys to sell.
- Tape your product information tag securely to the toy
so that it cannot be torn off easily by the customer.
- Books
- Children’s books and parenting books are accepted.
- Books sold as groups should be sealed in a ziplock bag
or taped together with painter's tape, so as not to rip the books. Scotch tape doesn't hold, and packing tape is damaging.
- Tape the product tag to the back cover of the book. Use regular scotch tape and only tape 2 sides of the tag down. This will prevent
damaging the books' covers when removing the tag.
- Linens
- All linens must be hung if possible (big crib sets in
large plastic zippered storage bags are fine.)
- Secure the items to the hangers with safety pins or
tagging gun so that they don’t slide off or fall to the side.
- Baby/kid equipment (e.g. strollers,
bouncers, exersaucers, etc.)
- Instruction manuals are always helpful - include them
when you can. Download them from the internet if you've lost them.
- Ensure everything is clean – trays, pads, bars,
etc. – spit up and gunk get caught everywhere!
- If items have multiple pieces that might get separated
(e.g. bouncy seats and their activity bars, the 7 pieces that come with your pack and play, cribs with 8 pieces), make sure
that the product tag is on the main piece. Hand write additional tags with your
consignor #, the description and mark them with 1 of 8, 2 of 8, 3 of 8, etc.
MAKING YOUR PRODUCT TAGS
- We
have an online computer program for you to make your tags. You will input the
items’ size, description, and price. Before printing your tags, you
will also decide which item(s) you would like to discount or donate.
- Discount
– all items are sold for full price on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Sunday
is 50% off day. You can indicate which item(s) you would like discounted if it
is still remaining on Sunday by clicking the discount box on the tagging program.
- Donating
– for each item, you can click the donate box online if you want to donate your item rather than take it back home if
it does not sell.
- You
must print your tags (6 to a page) on paper that is 67lb or higher. 67lb paper
is required because regular printer paper rips too easily and falls off items much easier than heavier stock paper. You can find this paper at Target, Staples or other office stores.
PUTTING PRODUCT TAGS ON
YOUR ITEMS
- Clothing
- We do
require affixing your tags to clothing with a tagging gun. Straight pins, safetly pins and staples are NOT acceptable.
- Toys
- We
recommend clear packing tape to affix your tag to your item. Taping 2 sides of
the product tag should be sufficient.
- Strollers,
Bouncy Seats, Boppies, etc.
- Use your
tagging gun if the item has fabric.
- Otherwise, affix your tag with packing tape.
LOSS/THEFT/DAMAGE
- It
is unfortunate, but loss, theft and damage do happen at the sale. Shoppers are
not always careful. We do all that we can to prevent it but unfortunately it
still occurs. It’s typically a very small percentage.
- If
you are going to be upset if your items get lost/broken/stolen, then don’t bring them.
e.g. don’t bring that breakable piggy bank or that ceramic lamp.
- As
a consignor, you must sign a waiver stating that SCV Kids Consignment is not responsible for loss, theft or damage for the
items submitted to the sale.
| HOW TO TAG YOUR CLOTHING |

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| Use wire hangers. This is the direction that the hanger should face. |
| HANGING PANTS ON WIRE HANGERS |

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| Safety pin the pants to the TOP of the wire hanger - they will not slide off the hanger! |
| TAGGING ITEMS WITH MULTIPLE PIECES |

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| Put the computer generated tag on the main piece & hand-written tags on all additional pieces. |
TAGGING GUNS
We've
secured an inexpensive supplier for tagging guns. We've found that using the tagging gun is the best way to tag clothing
and other items with fabric. These are typically $25-35 at retail. Through this source, you will get one
needle and 1000 1.5" barbs for only $7.50 (including shipping!!!). These are coming from Asia so they do take one
or more weeks to get here. Order early!!
This
is totally optional - you do not have to use this type of tagging gun. I understand that Michaels and Joanne's and even
some Wal-Marts have tagging guns. They may be more expensive but you can use your Michael's/Joanne's coupons to cut
the price down.
We also
caution that you should always place the tagging gun barb through a seam or somewhere not noticeable so that you do not damage
the garment.
To
order go to www.bargainprice4u.com.

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