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Stuffed Animals:
We are ONLY accepting stuffed animals that do something — dance, make noise, etc. Stuffed animals that do not work or have dead batteries will NOT be accepted!!
Sunday Hours:
We will be opening our volunteer shopping on Sunday morning at 8 a.m. with public shopping opening at 9 a.m. The sale will close promptly at 4 p.m.
Consignor Pick-Up (MAJOR CHANGE):
We are trying something new, please note that this is a work in progress and may be modified. The sales floor will be completely cleared of shoppers and consignors from 4-5:30 p.m. on the day of pick-up. Consignor pick-up will run from 5:30-8:30 p.m. If you anticipate having a large number of items to pick up, please bring any help that you need and budget your time wisely.
Final Settlement Reports will be available online or on your smartphone by 5:30 p.m. TotSwap will NOT be printing reports on site.
CHECKS will also be available for pick-up from 5:30-8:30 p.m.
Registered consignor must be present with a photo ID in order to pick up payment. Any checks that are not picked up by 8:30 p.m. will be mailed to the address that is on file.
The original consignor agreement remains intact: "I understand that although TotSwap will do it's best to ensure that items are not damaged or stolen between drop-off and pick-up, TotSwap, the leasors of the space where the sale is held, and volunteers will not assume liability for the consignor's items."
Clothing & Shoe Price Minimum
After much thought and consideration, we have decided to increase the minimum price on all hanging clothes items and shoes to $2. The goal of this minimum price is to force consignors to take a second look at their items and NOT bring those that are only worth $1. Please keep these items for your local garage sale or donate them to a local charity. We must simply save our rack space for those items that are of better quality and value. Consider each item you are selling. Shoppers are looking for high quality items (Gymboree, Janie & Jack, Hanna Andersson, etc.). If you are selling discount brands (Carters, Old Navy, Target, etc.) group them together so that the shopper getts a better value for their purchase. Deeper discount brands (KMart, Walmart, etc) may also be bundled, but are probably best left for your local garage sale. Finally, this does NOT mean to take that $1 item and just price it for $2!! Currently we are NOT placing a minimum price on the other "stuff", but please still consider each item that you bring and make sure that it is high quality, in excellent condition and priced to sell!!
Clothing
We are STRONGLY RECOMMENDING that you limit the number of clothing items you sell at each event. Clothing is very popular with our shoppers and is a huge part of the sales. We want to avoid clothing items that are over priced, in poor condition, stained, out of style, etc. Consignors can earn LARGE COMMISSION CHECKS by focusing on toys, baby equipment, and mid- to high-end brands of clothing that are in great condition!
Baby Clothing Limits
In an effort to continue to cut down on the number of items in our baby section, consignors are now limited to 25 items per size, up to 24 mos (0-3mos; 3-6mos; 6-9mos; 9-12mos; 12-18mos; 18-24mos). Consignors may no longer bring 25 per size AND gender. Please choose your best and price them to sell! Items that are bundled onto one tag, such as an outfit or multiple onesies, count as only one item.
Shoe Limits
Consignors will now be limited to bringing only 10 pairs of shoes each. Please choose your best and price them to sell!!
Category & Size Revisions
You may notice as you are tagging your items that we have revised our sizes and categories. We are not changing what is allowed at the sales (other than the limits listed above). This is simply a tool to help us prepare the sale floor prior to each event. The following are the only size categories available for baby clothing - 0-3mos; 3-6mos; 6-9mos; 9-12mos; 12-18mos; 18-24mos. If you have an item that does not fall into one of these categories, then you should size down. For example, if you have an item sized 0-6mos, this should be placed in 0-3mos; or if you have an 18mos item, this should be placed in 12-18mos. You may then put the actual size of the item within the description.
Pre-Sale Hours
We have revised our pre-sale shopping hours slightly. 8+hr volunteers shop at 2 p.m.; 4hr volunteers shop at 3 p.m.; consignors shop at 4 p.m.; and VIP Pass holders can shop at 6 p.m. This will give our growing number of volunteers more time to shop! If you are interested in volunteering, please click here to review volunteer perks, which include early shopping and little to NO lines!
