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14th Semi-Annual Half-Pint Resale
FALL IS AROUND THE CORNER, and so is WINTER. (It’s not our fault.) That means that the 14th Half-Pint Resale at the Madison Curling Club is coming, too!
Have you been to Half-Pint Resale? It’s the area’s largest children’s consignment sale, with items for kids ages 0-12, pregnant mommas, and new parents. With tens of thousands of items sold in just three days (see the pictures!), local families can put their gently used goods back into the community and some money back in their pockets, and shoppers get great deals, knowing that their dollars are heading right back into the community. Because of our commitment to the community, we’re a member of Dane Buy Local and hope to introduce you to other great local, independent and community-centered businesses through their wide network.
Let’s get the sale on your calendar – a several hour volunteer presale (allowing for folks to vary when they arrive, and how long they stay), a bit later consignor presale (making it easier to come after you or your partner’s work day), and a FULL DAY OF SATURDAY PUBLIC SALE SHOPPING that starts early in the morning for your thrifty early-birds, and extends late enough into the evening that allows you to spend the daytime with your fam, and your early evening catching bargains. Finally, you can find even more good deals running into Sunday during the Half-Price sale. For those of you shop our presales, we highly recommend taking a second look at the sale post the presales because there are things you’ll never see until they are unearthed!
REGISTRATION IS OPEN!
For those of you who are new to consigning, check out the Consigning area of our website for loads of info that will explain how it all works, and learn about all of the fabulous perks of consigning including 70% of your sales (the highest of any other consignment sale in the area and always 70% whether or not you volunteer), and a special pre-sale all for you!.
Make sure you look through the Tagging Guidelines and our What to Sell documents on this same page. Need an extra nudge? Find out why consigning impacts your community here AND communities half-way across the world and read what other folks are saying about Half-Pint.
Barcodes you say? Once you are registered through our online system, you be able to print out barcodes that correspond with your specific Consignor Number and the Price. Barcodes are then copied easily onto labels. Labels are affixed to a tag, giving you the flexibility to tag with a glass of wine in front of the TV or with a gaggle of friends (you can see where our priorities continue to lie, hey?). Don’t worry, we spell it all out for you on our consignor page and in the pdf “How to Half-Pint”.
And guess what? Choose to donate any goods not sold post sale to the non-profits that Half-Pint supports and you will be automatically be eligible to win a $100 Food Fight Gift Certifcate (yum!).
REGISTER NOW!
NEW CONSIGNOR REGISTRATION
(only for those who have NEVER been assigned a Half-Pint Consignor #)
RETURNING CONSIGNOR REGISTRATION
(for anyone who has EVER been assigned a Half-Pint Consignor #)
Your number is the same number you have always had, minus any letters (that were part of our old system).
Your password is the last name which you registered with at the last sale.
Having problems logging in? Contact us and we’ll help!)
VOLUNTEER!
We have a lot of fun, so you should Join us! Plus, you get in to the first Presale! There are many kinds of volunteer opportunities and a huge variety of times available. Can’t make the presale? You can join us at the Consignor Presale instead! Read more.
WHAT ELSE?
Help us spread the word about the sale! Printable Posters, postcards and more.
Be a HALF-PINT SUPPORTER! Want to get the word out about your family-friendly business/non-profit to area families? Find out more!
If you haven’t already, make sure you join our email list and friend us on Facebook so that you can get in on fun contests and find more ways to get your pre-Half-Pint fix!
We’re going to have so much fun this spring, you really won’t want to be left out. (yeah!)
We’re excited to see y’all again!
Register to Consign!
We’re kicking things back into gear (and quick – have you seen all of those school ads out there? And I don’t know about you, but the cool weather this morning has me – just briefly – dreaming of fall). Hope you are planning to join us the weekend of September 9 and 10 for the 8th semi-annual Half-Pint Resale! Last sale we sold over 19,000 items in just two days, putting your goods back out into the community and a few extra dollars into local pockets. We love that everything stays right here in our community – we’re an Entirely Local operation.
Let’s get the sale on your calendar! Click here for all of the ins and outs and times and details. The sale will be held again at the Goodman Center – We’re thrilled that they continue to work with us to make it possible for us to take over their busy center for so many days. New to this sale is expanded space at the center. We’ll be rearranging a bit and using another art-room space in the same building, mostly for gear and other large goods. Never been to Half-Pint and are wondering how this whole gig works? Read here!
We’ve increased our hours ever so slightly to allow for more shopping. As the sale grows and increases in popularity throughout the community, we want to make sure you have the time to get what you need without greatly expanding our days and adding to expenses (and decreasing consignor percentages). We added another half-hour onto the Volunteer Sale time (giving volunteers a FULL two hours to shop). We also added an extra hour onto the end of the day on Friday so after you put the kids to bed you can head over for a more leisurely look through the racks that were stuffed early in the morning and find a few additional treasures. (We’re biased, but 9pm is also a great time to grab the girlfriends and head out for a drink afterwards; we’re just sayin’.) We highly recommend taking a second look at the sale post the presales because there are things you’ll never see until they are unearthed!
We’ll continue to offer our Loot Valet service which allows shoppers to leave their purchased items with a volunteer attendant to later drive-up and load their great finds into the car with ease. No more fretting over a distant parking spot and the idea of carrying everything you want to buy – so Shop Away! Consignors, we’ll have similar service for consignor drop-off as well.
Of course, the HIGH QUALITY of the goods being sold and the incredibly affordable prices won’t change a bit! As veteran thrift shoppers, we know how important this aspect is to the success of the sale. We take great pride in making sure that the items being put on the sale floor are in gently used condition. The AFFORDABLE prices, well we certainly can’t take any credit for that. We have been so impressed with the fair and affordable prices consignors pass onto shoppers and believe this is cornerstone to Half-Pint’s continued success. Half-Pint Resale is only as good as its consignors and we think the world of the folks who Consign with us.
Consignor Registration is open!
Consignor Registration is now Open and will remain open until Sept. 2. Check out the Consigning page on our website to learn about all of the fabulous perks of consigning (including 70% of your sales, and a special pre-sale all for you!). Make sure you look through the Tagging Guidelines and our What to Sell documents on this same page, as we continue to tweak all of these to make them more comprehensive. You’ll also note that we are no longer accepting Cribs (note that we are accepting other similar items – read on).
We’re continuing to work hard to make Drop-Off of your items during Consignor Check-In as easy as possible, and have even more strategies to make it go quickly, as it did last sale.
Registering Early has it’s perks!
We’ll soon have mini-Half-Pint bumper stickers hot of the press so you can proudly show folks how much you Love to Thrift. We’ll be randomly picking 100 folks out of those who register in the next two weeks (new and returning) – deadline August 10th. (that is a lot of winners!!!!)
There isn’t any reason to wait- Register now, and start purging and tagging!
Lots more to come in the upcoming days – volunteer registration, Printable Posters, a special way to get the hangers and pins that you need, fun contests and ways to get your pre-Half-Pint fix! If you aren’t yet registered for our email list, now is the time to get on board.
We’re excited to see y’all again!
Ellen and Lisa
Consignment is Open!
We’re kicking things back into gear and hope that you’re planning to join us in April for the SEVENTH semi-annual Half-Pint Resale!
First, get the sale on your calendar! Click here for all of the ins and outs and times and details. The sale will be held again at the Goodman Center – We’re thrilled that they continue to work with us to make it possible for us to take over their busy center for so many days. If you see the staff while you are there, please make sure to say Thanks! There aren’t a lot of space options in town and we feel very lucky to have scored the best.
The main thing you’ll notice is that we slightly anded the times for the Volunteer and Consignor sales due to high demand. We highly recommend taking a second look at the sale post these presales because there are things you’ll never see until they are unearthed! But we also understand the need for a few more minutes for one more rack, one more pass through the toy section, one more looksie at the linens… (It’s so hard to stop shopping!)
We’ll continue to offer our Loot Valet service which allows shoppers to leave their purchased items with a volunteer attendant to later drive-up and load their great finds into the car with ease. No more fretting over a distant parking spot and the idea of carrying everything you want to buy – so Shop Away! Consignors, we’ll have similar service for consignor drop-off as well.
Of course, the HIGH QUALITY of the goods being sold and the incredibly affordable prices won’t change a bit! As veteran thrift shoppers, we know how important this aspect is to the success of the sale. We take great pride in making sure that the items being put on the sale floor are in gently used condition. The AFFORDABLE prices, well we certainly can’t take any credit for that. We have been so impressed with the fair and affordable prices consignors pass onto shoppers and believe this is cornerstone to Half-Pint’s continued success. Half-Pint Resale is only as good as its consignors and we think the world of the folks who Consign with us.
Consignor Registration is now Open and will remain open until April 1. Check out the Consigning page on our website to learn about all of the fabulous perks of consigning. You can also check out our new list that more clearly identifies what we take for each sale – worth a quick perusal, even if you are a veteran consignor!
Registering Early has it’s perks!
(for new consignors) – Win a Half-Pint T-Shirt and have your Consignor Fee waived (2 winners!)
(for returning consignors) – Win a pass for you and one friend to enter a 15 minutes early into the Volunteer Sale – (1 winner!)
Registration is easy! Don’t delay!
And for those of you who STUCK OUT the Consignor check-in last year, we are on top of it and hope that this year’s system will make things quicker for everyone.
There isn’t any reason to wait- Register now, and start purging and tagging!
Lots more to come in the upcoming days – an updated Crib Checklist, volunteer registration, Printable Posters, a play by play of the ins and outs of consigning, fun contests and ways to get your pre-Half-Pint fix!
We’re excited to see y’all again!
Ellen and Lisa
Winners!
We have early registration winners! Thanks to the over 125 of you who registered before the August 15th Early Registration Deadline!
(Drumroll please).
The winners are –
New Consignors: Winners (who will have their consignor registration waived and receive a $10 Half-Pint Gift Certificate) are CS and BK.
Returning Consignor: Winner (who will receive a pass to get into the Volunteer Sale a half-hour early with a friend) is Veteran Consignor and Volunteer AP. She’s been around since our FIRST SALE! That is some staying power, friend.
Are you thinking – oh shoot – all of the fun is done, and I never got around to Registering to Consign. Ah, but you see, the BEST part of Consigning is the empty bins and the check in the end! Click here for more information.
-Ellen and Lisa
2 Days of the Best in Kid’s Thrift is coming your Way
It doesn’t feel like Fall, and we hope it doesn’t creep up on us too fast. However, you can’t deny that it’s reaching the end of July, AND many of us are starting to think about back to school. We promise to enjoy August, but in the mean time, it wouldn’t hurt to take a few seconds to prepare for what will inevitably come.
Enter Half-Pint Resale. No reason not to take advantage of some summer nights and glass of wine to start going through the basement bins to figure out what you can sell to make room for what you’ll need this fall, and figure out what you need so you can be ready to take advantage of thrifty prices on quality items you need (ok, and want).
First, get the sale on your calendar. We’ll again be holding the sale at the ever Awesome Goodman Community Center, located on the near east side of Madison, in one of our favorite hoods (lots of awesome shops on Atwood Avenue, and situated right on the bike path!) We’ll also continue to have Loot Valet service which allows shoppers to leave their purchased items with a volunteer attendant to later drive-up and load their great finds into the car with ease. No fretting over a distant parking spot – so Shop Away! Consignors, we’ll continue to have similar service for consignor drop-off as well.
And of course, high quality, affordable clothing and items will continue to Rule the Day(s). Two days of the best in Kid’s Thrift.
The Lowdown (Here we go…)
Thursday, September 16
Consignor Item Drop – 1pm-8pm
Friday, September 17
Early Sale for Volunteers Only – 10am-11am (volunteers may bring children to sale)
Early Sale for Consignors Only- 11:30am-12:30pm
Public Sale – 2pm-8pm
Saturday, September 18
Public Sale – 8am-Noon
Half-Price Sale – 1pm-5pm (sale closes from Noon-1pm)
Sunday, September 19th
Non-Sold Item Consignor pick-up – 8:30am-10:00am
Registering to Consign
It’s certainly not too early to register to Consign! Here is what we got for you for our SIXTH Half-Pint Resale, coming up in just nine weeks-
First, we ask that you take a minute to read through the ins and outs of consigning. Read carefully through “what to sell”. Then click, fill out the form, and with another click of the “Woohoo” Button, you’re in. From there, you’ll get an email back with your number (or a confirmation of the number you’ve used in the past if you a Half-Pint Consigning Veteran). Download and print out the tagging template and the Tagging Guidelines and you’re in business. We have been so impressed with the fair and affordable prices consignors pass onto shoppers and believe this is cornerstone to Half-Pint’s continued success. Half-Pint Resale is only as good as its consignors and we think the world of the folks who Consign with us.
Early Registration
As in the past, we’ll again be offering Early Registration incentives! Register before August 15th and….
(for new consignors) – Win a pass to wave your consignor fee and a $10 gift certificate to the sale! (2 winners!)
(for returning consignors) – Win a pass for you and one friend to enter a half-hour early into the Volunteer Sale – (1 winner!)
Partnership Opportunities
There are always ways to partner with Half-Pint! Think that you have something to share with the Half-Pint community? Let us know!
Atwood Summerfest
And don’t worry. It might be nine weeks away, but we’re still here, and out and about, taking advantage of the sun. Come see us at Atwood Summerfest!!
And as always, contact us if there is anything you need.
Happy Purging and Tagging!
Lisa Seidel and Ellen Carlson, Half-Pint Resale Organizers
Spring half-pint resale is here!
It’s coming soon!
We’re kicking things back into gear and hope that you’re planning to join us in April for the next sale!
First, get the sale on your calendar. Click here for all of the ins and outs and times and details. The sale will be held again at the Goodman Center – If you haven’t been there yet, you’ll be amazed how big (and new and beautiful) the space is. We’re thrilled that they continue to work with us to make it possible for us to take over so much of their space for so many days.
We’ll continue to offer our Loot Valet service which allows shoppers to leave their purchased items with a volunteer attendant to later drive-up and load their great finds into the car with ease. No more fretting over a distant parking spot and the idea of carrying everything you want to buy – so Shop Away! Consignors, we’ll have similar service for consignor drop-off as well.
We’ll also continue with our new faster Check Out System and will have express lanes for frugal shoppers on the fly. For those of you who are able to stick to your shopping list and walk away with a small armful of treasures, or for the shopper who is limited to a work-day break-time, the Express Lane will make your shopping experience more doable. Equal treasure finding for all!
Of course, the HIGH QUALITY of the goods being sold and the incredibly affordable prices won’t change a bit, either. As veteran thrift shoppers, we know how important this aspect is to the success of the sale. We take great pride in making sure that the items being put on the sale floor are in gently used condition. The AFFORDABLE prices, well we certainly can’t take any credit for that. We have been so impressed with the fair and affordable prices consignors pass onto shoppers and believe this is cornerstone to Half-Pint’s continued success. Half-Pint Resale is only as good as its consignors and we think the world of the folks who Consign with us.
Maternity Clothing
The biggest CHANGE to the sale, other than instituting all kinds of little things that will make your consigning and shopping experience even better, is that new to this sale, we are discontinuing the consignment of maternity clothing.
No, don’t be sad!! We’ll keep all of the essentials you can’t do without (belly bands, maternity tights, and other maternity gear and accessories, as well as nursing bras, tanks, etc.), but we no longer will have the circular racks of maternity clothing. Here is why: We found that pregnant folks came to shop for baby items and that few really spent much time shopping for Maternity. Consignors who spent a lot of time nicely hanging and tagging their maternity were walking away with smaller checks, and because we have so much fabulous baby/children items, we want to make ample space for all of the other thousands and thousands of items for sale (so look for specialized round racks at the next sale!)
For those of you who have maternity items to sell or are looking for high quality but budget conscious maternity wear, we have some Great places to recommend. These stores both have specialized areas for fabulous maternity items and are known for their selection. You can find out more on our web site in the FAQ!
consignor registration is now open!
REGISTER EARLY TO CONSIGN
Register by March 1 and you can win:
(for new consignors) – Win a pass to wave your consignor fee and a $10 gift certificate to the sale! (2 winners!)
(for returning consignors) – Win a pass for you and one friend to enter a half-hour early into the Volunteer Sale – (1 winner!)
Online Registration Forms
We are going to make registration easy for you! We again have our super fantastic
ON-LINE CONSIGNOR REGISTRATION FORMS
New Consignor Registration Form
Returning Consignor Registration Form
ALL CONSIGNORS will receive a 20% Coupon from Oompa (retail store) (which you will receive at check-in). Last sale, we used our coupon to buy some fabulous gifts for our kiddos, which will eventually end up back at Half-Pint!
Also new in the next week will be an easy-to-print tagging information sheet which we hope more clearly states how to tag and hang (when needed) your items. We’ll send out a note when it’s completed, so watch for it!
There isn’t any reason to wait! Register now, and start purging and tagging!
See you at the Sale!
Lisa Seidel and Ellen Carlson, Half-Pint Resale Organizers
BIGGER and BETTER – Fall sale FUN and Registration
Fall Half-Pint Resale is here!
We are so excited to share with you the improvements and changes we have been working on to make the sale even bigger and better than ever. Below you will find information about the sale and details on the improvements you will find along the way as you prepare to consign and shop. We are certainly kicking things into gear and hope that you will join us in September as a consignor/shopper.
First, get the sale on your calendar. Click here for all of the ins and outs and times and details. All of it.
NEW LOCATION
Loyal blog followers, you’ve already read the good news about our move to the Atwood neighborhood community center on Madison’s near eastside- formally named the Goodman Center. The sale will be held in the 6,000+ square foot gymnasium (the square building on the right of the center in the picture below), which will give us double the sale space as previous sales and also open up opportunities for a better layout and flow of shoppers. The Goodman Center is very easy to find, as it is situated just off Atwood Avenue on the near east side.
- (The gymnasium, where the fall sale will be located, is on the right.)
DRIVE-UP SERVICE
To make things even more fabulous for consignors and shoppers we will have DRIVE-UP Service available for the item drop-off and for the two-day sale. The Loot Valet service will allow shoppers to leave their purchased items with a volunteer attendant to later drive-up and load their great finds into the car with ease. No more fretting over a distant parking spot and the idea of carrying everything you want to buy – so Shop Away! Consignors, we’ll have similar service for consignor drop-off as well.
NEW CHECK OUT SYSTEM
We have been hard at work, fine-tuning our check-out system so buyers have a better experience purchasing their items. We know we don’t have a fancy system, but if you have shopped at past sales, you will notice a few new tricks during the check-out process this time around. Our goal is to make check-out easier for consignors and for volunteers, and reducing any opportunity for error.
FRUGAL SHOPPERS ON THE FLY
And for those of you out there who are able to stick to your shopping list and walk away with a small armful of treasure, or for the shopper who is limited to a work-day break-time, we can now offer you an EXPRESS LANE to make your shopping experience more doable. We heard from a few shoppers who had to leave empty-handed because of a lengthy check-out line, and well, we just can’t have that. Equal shopping access for all!
And a couple of things that haven’t changed –SAME GREAT QUALITY
We had so much positive feedback from shoppers at the sale on the HIGH QUALITY of the goods being sold and the incredibly affordable prices. As veteran thrift shoppers, we know how important this aspect is to the success of the sale. We take great pride in making sure that the items being put on the sale floor are in gently used condition. We appreciate how lengthy the check-in process for consignors can be because of this and thank you in advance for you patience and understanding while we evaluate items being consigned. The AFFORDABLE prices, well we certainly can’t take any credit for that. We have been so impressed with the fair and affordable prices consignors pass onto shoppers and believe this is cornerstone to Half-Pint’s continued success. Half-Pint Resale is only as good as its consignors and we have LOTS to brag about in this area!
HALF-PRICE on SATURDAY AFTERNOON
While we know that Half-Pint Resale varies from other consignment sales, we continue to remain convinced that the half-price portion of the sale on Saturday needs to include all items*(the only exclusion to this rule is any item with a green-colored tag that has an original price of + $75). After a number of sales under our belt, we have learned that the items that consignors tend to sell the majority of what they had left prior to the half-price portion and therefore take home more money and fewer leftover items. Plus- shoppers LOVE the fact that they don’t have to be cautious when shopping the half-price sale, as they know almost every item they find will be reduced by 50% at check-out.
Mom, are you done working on Half-Pint yet?
So now that you are all pumped up for the new sale, we are announcing:
CONSIGNOR REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN!
REGISTER EARLY TO CONSIGN
Register by August 15 and you will be entered in a drawing to win one of our GREEN GOODIES (as in eco-green, not color). We have been filling up our free time acquiring re-claimed items of all kinds and turning them into Half-Pint paraphernalia. There is a growing array of one-of-a-kind items that you could be the proud owner of, if you just register to consign by August 15th.
And………we are gonna make this super easy for you. We now have a super fantastic ON-LINE REGISTRATION FORMS (new consignor registration form here, and returning consignor registration form here) that can get you registered lickety split – OOOH……AAAH!
SPECIAL NOTE: Returning consignors, you will notice on the website that we have instituted a $5 consignment fee for this sale. It a small amount for each of you but a HUGE help for us. Our move to the Goodman Center meant that our space costs went from a few hundred $ to a few thousand. It was a hard jump for us to swallow but one that we really couldn’t afford not to. Your fee will help off-set a portion of the cost and therefore allow us to continue committing time to this valuable community event. Thanks for sticking with us, you won’t be sorry. There isn’t any reason to wait! Register now, and start purging and tagging!
See you at the Sale!
Lisa Seidel and Ellen Carlson, Half-Pint Resale Organizers