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CONSIGNMENT SALE ~
Presale Vendor Letter:
How To Sell Instructions:
Toy Sale Guidlines:
Hiland
Consignment Sale Information
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PICK UP: Sunday October 3rd 3:00-4:00
NEW FOR SPRING
150 vendors accepted
Pick up of unsold items
on Saturday
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
Review acceptable items below and
read Toy Guideline sheet
SPONSOR: Hiland Preschool is the non-profit organization sponsoring the sale. Money raised will be used for operating expenses, toys and supply replacement, and room renovations.
GENERAL INFO: Hiland Preschool is offering to display and sell your gently worn children’s clothes* (size newborn to children’s 12,) select baby equipment, toys and books on a consignment basis in our Fellowship Hall. There is a $7.00 vendor fee deducted from your proceeds to offset supply and advertising costs. (No fee charged for volunteers.) Hiland Preschool will advertise the sale, organize, display and sell your items to the public. Following the sale, we will tabulate your sales and issue you a check dividing the sales as follows:
VENDOR
60% Preschool
40%
* We will
accept only seasonally appropriate clothes.
HOW TO SELL:
1. Stop by the Administration Bldg Monday through Friday 8:30 am – 4:00 pm or Sundays between 9:00 am – 11:00 pm to sign up for a vendor number, pick up tags and hangers, and schedule a drop-off time. Please call 412-364-9000 to assure the bldg will be open if you have to come from a distance. Tags and hangers will be available through the Wednesday prior to the sale.
2. Wash, iron and make your clothes as saleable as possible (i.e. replace buttons, remove stains, etc.) In particular, make sure that baby equipment is scrubbed clean. NOTE: We will not accept items that are stained, broken, outdated, or that we judge unfit to sell. We cannot accept underwear. We will quality control your items on drop-off and return to you any non-saleable items.
3. Hang clothes on the appropriate sized hangers provided. You are welcome to use your own hangers but they will not be returned to you. LIMIT 150 TOTAL ITEMS. (CLOTHES AND TOYS)
4. Decide on a fair price for each item. Price the items with the tags provided. Clothing items are to have the tags secured with safety pins. Equipment, toys and books tags will be secured with tape. (See instructions on Toy Guideline sheet for specifics.) PLEASE NOTE: You MUST use the tags provided. The tag must include your vendor number, size, price and a description of the article. (See tag sample on next page.) PLEASE PRICE ITEMS IN MULTIPLES OF $.50
5.
Bring your tagged items to
Fellowship Hall at
the drop-off time you have signed up for.
Fellowship Hall is located on
the upper level of the Education Building
6. Following the sale on Saturday, any unsold items must be picked up between 5:30 pm and 6:30 pm. We cannot store unsold items. If items are not picked up, they will be donated Saturday evening.
7. Vendor checks can be picked up one week after the sale, on Sunday evening October 3rd 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm in the Administration Bldg. If not picked up, checks will be mailed on the following Monday. Tags will be available for pick up, if desired, with your check and will be available for pick up in the Administration Bldg for 2 weeks thereafter.
8. The RED TAG SALE (50% OFF) will be held on Saturday afternoon from 1:00 – 3:00 pm. To designate an item for “red tag” simply use the specially stamped tags. If an item sells at the “red tag” price, the commission rate remains the same based on half of the original price. You may red tag all, some or none of your items. All items will be automatically reduced by 25% during the red tag sale, however, the commission will be deducted from the Preschool, rather than the vendor. If you are planning to donate unsold items, we encourage you to red tag all of your items to maximize your chances for selling them.
PRICING GUIDELINES:
1. General Rule of Thumb - Price clothes and equipment 1/4 to 1/3 of original price depending on brand, style and condition. Remember, the idea is to sell your items, so don't price too high. Keep in mind what YOU would be willing to pay for the item.
2. Try to keep outfits together (matching/coordinating shirt and shorts/skirt) if that is how your child wore it. Label outfit with ONE TAG designating it as 2 pieces. Please pin the pieces together with an additional safety pin.
3.
Describing the item will help us if the tag falls off. If you
want to keep track of what items sold, you can make an
itemized list
for yourself by placing a coordinating number on the lower back of each
tag. However, please
remember that you must pick
up your tags as
stated
in #7 of ‘How to Sell’ to cross reference your list.
4.
Sample prices that sell best:
CHILDREN’S
CLOTHES:
Tops:
$1.00-$3.00
Skirts/pants:
$2.00-$5.00
Shoes:
$2.00-$3.00
Casual
dresses: $3-$6.00
Holiday
dresses: $5-$15.00
BABY EQUIPMENT:
Car seats:
$15.00-$25.00
Travel
Cribs:
$15.00-$25.00
Strollers (full-size): $20.00-$30.00
5.
Sample tags (example vendor #18)
UPPER PORTION –
must have:
VENDOR #
STYLE (Girl or
Boy)
SIZE
PRICE
LOWER PORTION –
must have:
VENDOR #
PRICE
6.
RED
TAG
items should be
designated as such by stamping the lower back half of the price tag.
(see 8 on page 1 for
additional info.)
7.
Hanging clothes – Please hang clothes on hangers as shown
below, and safety pin the tag on the top left of the
garment as shown.
(DO NOT USE STRAIGHT PINS – they injure customers). PLEASE
NOTE: We cannot accept items
that
are incorrectly tagged. Single pairs of pants/shorts should not be on
hangers. They will be displayed on
tables.
8.
SHOES should be nearly new. Please pin the shoes together or
use a zip tie.
9.
In addition to car seats (CAN NOT BE OLDER THAN 5 YEARS OLD),
travel cribs and strollers, the following equipment will be accepted:
bassinets, changing tables,swings, highchairs, receiving blankets and
bath towels.
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