Comments on: Giving Clothes Consignment a Try

By: Is Clothes Consignment Worth it? | Ultimate Money Blog

Is Clothes Consignment Worth it? | Ultimate Money Blog — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 10:13:28 +0000

[...] Worth it? Written by Mrs Money on December 14, 2009 – 5:12 am – Back in August, I took some clothes to a local consignment store. The other day I went and picked up the clothes that didn’t sell as well as a check for the [...]

By: Too Much Decluttering? | Save Green and Live Green!

Too Much Decluttering? | Save Green and Live Green! — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 01:21:25 +0000

[...] and I am tired of cleaning and just having crap around. I’ve taken things to Goodwill, put some clothes on consignment, and sold some things on eBay and Craigs List as well. I’ve been careful to not go [...]

By: Mrs Money

Mrs Money — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 01:12:52 +0000

I won’t be offended if they don’t take some of my stuff. Too bad I don’t know someone my size!

By: Mrs Money

Mrs Money — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 01:02:54 +0000

We had a yard sale a couple times. I made less than $10. I was thinking that I will hopefully make more than that with consignment! I am glad to hear it worked well for you!

By: Miss M

Miss M — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 13:38:01 +0000

I haven’t tried a true consignment shop but I have sold clothing to resellers. There are a couple around LA that only take higher end, stylish clothing and give you about 40% of the price they will list it for. Down side – they are very picky, up side – no wait for your money or for your clothes to sell. Lots of luck with selling.

By: cavewoman

cavewoman — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:48:20 +0000

Yes, I consign items twice a year—once in the spring, again in the fall.
I never make a lot of money—but it creates a higher rate of return than putting things in a yard sale–and it creates enough money for me to travel home for the holidays. Woot!

I thought it would be a one time thing—consigning. However, my dear mother in law, who has SO MUCH STUFF, is always giving me things that we have no space for. Therefore—consigning has become a yearly adventure.

Conveniently, whatever the shop will not accept I put into my yearly yard sale. ( My neighborhood has a BIG yearly yardsale that is well advertised. It draws people from all over the county and therefore gets a lot of traffic. It’s a nice way to meet the neighbors and to edit out unwanted items. Because it is organized as a neighborhood event—there is a charity truck that wanders through and picks up the items at each participating yard, at the end of the sale —-officially 2pm).