How to prepare for Drop-Off time at Hanging Rack Events

QUESTION: I am a first time consignor for the Fall sale coming up in Oct. I am in the process of prepping my items for sale and was wondering what best practice was for organizing the items for drop off. Do you need them clearly separated by category (i.e. toys, feeding, clothes, coats, costumes)? Any other helpful hints?

ANSWER: When dropping off, please keep in mind that the more organized your are the faster drop-off will go. Please allow at least 30 Minutes for about 100 items - more if you have more items!

Upon arrival at your chosen date/time, you will be asked to hang all clothes on one of our rolling racks for inspection. This is to insure that we offer only the best items for sale to our shoppers (we are looking for stains, holes, missing buttons, too old items, etc). We recommend bringing your own rolling rack and sorting your items PRIOR to arrival into BOY & GIRLS by SIZE! That way once you are inspected, and your inventory is scanned in, you can take the rolling rack out on the floor to put your items in designated areas. We will have volunteers available but usually they are busy inspecting incoming items and can not always assist you with putting things out. We also recommend that you try not to bring kids with you as there will be many tempting items on the floor for sale that they will want. :)

You should also separate Coats, Costumes, and Maternity as they will go on separate racks in different areas.

As for Toys sort toys with batteries required together as we will need you to turn them on for us to make sure they work.

Equipment, etc there really is no need to sort them unless you have alot of one thing!

Please be sure that all your equipment is CLEAN - especially Pack' N Plays, Bassinets, Strollers & High Chairs. Most of these items have fabric that can come off and be washed or use Oxi Clean and spot without removing. Check the straps - Oxi Clean works wonders! Cleanliness does make a difference on whether or not it sell!

Please be patient during drop-off as it is important that we inspect your items for quality. Please DO NOT take it personally if we find stains etc - we all have them! Lighting in your home makes it difficult to see sometimes! See you at the sale!