| 3 Belles Consignment Store |
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| We Consign Women's Clothing & Accessories |
| Preparing your items for Consignment Even though you may not be wearing your outfit anymore doesn't mean that you want to give it away. Just like everyone else you want the best price for your items. There are some steps you can take before walking into our store that will insure your items get noticed and sold. 1. Clean, Clean, Clean! We can not stress this point enough. If your clothing is not clean, we will not accept them. No matter how trendy they are, dirty clothes do not sell. Would you buy dirty clothes? Take some time to wash, dry clean or remove hair and dust from your clothing. A little bit of effort will greatly increase the selling price. 2. Use an iron. There's nothing we hate more then to see clothing brought in a trash bag. Crumbled and wrinkled - just can't stand that. Your items don't look appealing to us and they won't look appealing to others. We do make exceptions for very nice clothing, but even then we change the consignment percentage to 40/60. That's less money for you and more time for us. Your items will immediately catch our eye if they are pressed and on hangers. 3. Bring your best. We only accept 10 items at a time, so make those 10 items count. Bring your best 10, get your foot in the door and we will be more open to accepting clothing from you in the future. 4. "Holy shirts Batman!" Cheesy yes, but we hope you get the point. No holes, no rips, no loose seams. We do notice this and we reject ALL clothing that is damaged. 5. Use a little elbow grease. Take a few minutes to really look over your items. Are the buttons all there and secure? Any loose seams? Is the hem falling out? If they are then fix them. These are all things that make your items look better. And better looking items = more $. It's true, better looking clothing gets a better rack position in the store. We are more likely to use your items on mannequins and on our New Items rack. Why? Because better looking items sell. When your items sell YOU make money, WE make money. It's a very win/win relationship. The better you do, the better we do. 6. Presentation is everything. Organize your clothing before bringing them into the store. Make sure a multi-piece outfit is all there. Bring everything on hangers or VERY neatly folded. Don't worry we ALWAYS give back your hangers. If the clothing is folded, bring it in a basket or large shopping bag. A tub full of shoes - not a great idea. It's hard to sort, hard to carry and it doesn't show off the shoes. Bring in a few pairs at a time. Here at 3 Belles we want you to enjoy the consigning processing. We love sending out consignment checks each month. It's a joy to see returning consignors and customers and hear how happy they were with all the money they made and saved. So take a little extra time to prepare your items. It will increase their chance of being accepted and increase their selling price. |