Shopping Tips
- Have your own shopping bags? Please bring them!
- Only certain kinds of shopping assists (carts, etc.) are allowed during our busiest times (Volunteer Sale, Saturday 8am-Noon). Feel free to bring anything you can carry over your shoulder but if you need additional assistance due to physical limitations, please contact us.
- Sitting on the floor and sorting items is not allowed. It’s not fair for other shoppers or consignors because those items aren’t on the racks for others to look at, and the shopping time frame is so small. Thank you!
- Bring an outline of your child’s foot so you can tell if shoes (which often vary in size, or are sometimes Euro) will fit your child. Download our shopping cheat sheet!
- Think Gifts! Watch for items that have their original tags, perfect for gift giving.
- Remember to come back for the Half-Price Sale to find especially good deals on high quality children’s items. Note: Items that have a green tag on them will not be half-price during the Half-Price Sale. All of these items are over $75. These are the only exceptions (and there are usually only a couple of them), so come back and grab some great prices!
- A 3% fee is added to all transactions to help us offset some of our overhead; pay with cash or check for a 3% discount. We accept credit at marked registers.
- Hold tables are available! You may place items on the table by filling out a hold note. Hold tables are cleared frequently during the day. During the public sale, items may only be on the table for 60 minutes. Tables are not monitored.
- Have a lot to carry to the car? Please drop your bags off at the Big Gear hold table, grab a claim ticket, and pick it up on your drive out. See the route below. YOU WILL NEED TO SHOW A RECEIPT TO DO THIS!
Kiddos
- While children are allowed at the sale, please be aware that this won’t be your average child-friendly shopping environment (If a child-friendly shopping environment exists…) – with small spaces, a lot of tempting toys and large crowds, the sale might be a frustrating place for small children. During past sales, children have become separated from their adults during busy times at the sale. Children and babies in carriers are ideal!
- The only type of strollers that are allowed are low-profile umbrella strollers. Volunteers may turn your larger strollers away.
- Please do not allow your children to use any items that are for sale. In past sales, shoppers have put their children in strollers, exersaucers, etc., or let their children play with toys. And then other shoppers have passed over these items, and in the end they were left unpurchased or even broken. Please be considerate of our consignors and other shoppers!
- How we think the sale floor will be set up is planned below. Note things can change at the last minute.
We look forward to seeing you at the sale!
