Why Consign?

There are two good reasons to consign: It's good for you and it's good for the environment. Consigning is good for you because it keeps your closets and cupboards filled with only the things you actually love and use. It simplifies your life and saves you time otherwise spent maintaining under-appreciated possessions. Best of all, it turns your cluttered closets into cash.  Recycling is good for you, your family, and your wallet.

Keep your closets clean. Why waste valuable time organizing things you don't use and love? Think of all the time you could have spent doing something fun with your family instead. It's a snap to get everyone dressed in the morning—or the party table set—if you love every choice that's pulled from the closet.

Simple living is good for your wallet. While consigning your "mistakes" won't make you rich, it will provide a welcome rebate on purchases that turned out to be not so perfect for you. And, of course, that money can be joyfully re-spent in the shop on something that is just the thing! 

Recycling is good for the environment.

 


Would you prefer your items be sold to help out a charity?

If it's important to you not only to clear out your closets, but to make sure your items help others in many ways, think about donating your gently-used good items to charity. Charitable shops, run by non-profit associations, can do double good: they help recycle and they raise money for their mission. If the shop is run by a true charity, you can receive a donation slip that you might be able to use to reduce your income taxes.

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ARE YOU WILLING TO SHARE IN THE RISKS AND REWARDS OF CONSIGNING? 

Since a consignment shop doesn't make money until you do, participating in the process by placing your items on consignment is, in effect, profit-sharing. You do your best to offer stylish, clean, appealing merchandise, and the shop does its best to showcase them in a proper manner, draw potential buyers to the shop to buy, and operate in a professional manner so your goods return the maximum reasonable price to you and to the business.

Now, the key in pricing is reasonable. No professional shopkeeper, and no reasonable consignor, will insist that something in a consignment shop be priced too high. The consignor risks having her items remain unsold, and the shopkeeper risks not making the rent! So when you're looking for a shop to best represent you, look for one whose prices and selling policies will draw buying customers.