2T - teen guide

Guides for children's sizes 2T through teen sizes and maternity.
See separate page for NB - 24 mo.  See tagging page for marking directions.

  • Wash and hang or stack flat (see chart below) all clothes; only clean items are accepted.  Sort items by gender, by size and by type (shorts, jeans, etc).  Use twist ties to hold hanger bundles together.
  • Please bring items in great condition- make sure there are no stains, rips or tears.  Make sure clothing looks neat and pressed to avoid bringing items back home.  If it looks like it's been laundered a lot, please donate to Gospel Mission.
  • Make sure all clothing items are appropriate for the sale season.  The April sale is spring and summer ONLY.
  • Fall sale is for fall and winter items only, including most heavier shirts, all corduroy, winter coats, heavy sweaters, Christmas and Halloween clothes.  Do not bring summery items.
  • camisoles or tank tops for girls - flat, please
  • Teen and adult sizes - do not sell exceptionally well.  Our rule will be we will accept these sizes if they have been worn by middle school students, or would be.  Please don't bring your adult sizes unless they're styled for pre-teens.

Suggested guideline:  If your child would not be able to wear the outfit onDecember 1, please wait until spring sale.

All items not meeting guidelines will be returned to the consignor at check in, including items not tagged properly and items that are stained, dirty, smelling of smoke or storage and those that are out of date or in poor condition.

  • You set your prices - Remember most sellers follow these guides, ensuring items selling for about the same price.  EVERYTHING PRICED IN EVEN $$$ ONLY. $1, $2, $3...
  • Most items can be sold for roughly 20-25% of their retail price.  Boutique, higher end brand name items and items that are new with tags can go for 30% of the retail price.
    Some examples of Standard and High end labels are:
    Standard-   Clothing: Faded Glory, Carters, Circo, Healthtex, Sonoma, Simply Basic, Kid Connection, Lee, Levi, Old Navy
    High end-  Clothing:  Gymboree, Janie & Jack, Baby Gap, Koala Kids, Limited Too, Baby Lulu, Talbots Kids, Tommy Hilfiger, Calvin Klein
    Display Guide

FLAT

HANGERS

Pajamas and nightgowns

Dresses

Jeans and athletic pants

Outfits - see hang guide

Skirts

Shirts and tops- button and t-shirts

Sports shorts and swimwear

Coats and jackets, snowpants

All sweaters unless part of an outfit

Sweatshirts, Matching sweat tops/bottoms

Dancewear

Robes

Slips, NEW underwear, camis,

Maternity tops/dresses

Pricing guide  This is what items have sold for in the past few sales...You may go higher, if you feel necessary, but most sellers stay in these guidelines, and so your items may not sell as well.  Ask yourself, "What would I pay for this item in my child's current size, given the cost of a new one and the condition of this one?"

Item

Suggested price

How to merchandise

Comments

Footwear

 

$1  - $3

Connect with ribbon.  Prefer no ziplocs or boxes...they get separated.

Buyers want to try on...but we don't want them all loose.  QUALITY ONLY...like new!
Winter coats

$5-$15

Be sure clean, zippers OK, etc

Match w/mittens and/or 
snowpants, etc,

Dancewear,

 

swimwear

Reasonable

$1-2

FLAT

Shoes sell well. Swimwear needs to look NEW!

Costumes

Reasonable

Hangers  - be creative here.  Our costumes all go on a rack!

Make them stay together on a hanger.   Pins help

Sleepwear

Fleece sleepers, $1!Pj's  $1 - $2,
robes $1 - $3

Sleepers, PJ and gowns FLAT
Robes on hangers,

pin at shoulder if 2 pieces.
Top quality only.  Look over the sleepers, please!!!!

 

Sweatshirts, fleece jackets

$1 - $8

 

hangers

 

 

Please keep separate from shirts and/or winter coats.  Separate rack for them.

Dresses

$3-$8

Hangers

Add accessories if you have them.  Fall and winter (see Easter note above) ONLY at this time.


Individual pieces-in season only

 

 

FLAT

 

Mark each individually, pinning tag to left shoulder or where left belt loop would be.

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Single t-shirts - $1 suggestedIf you combo 2/$3, be sure they're same size & tape hangers together.

Jeans/pants = $2-$6
Slacks/Skirts/shorts = $1 - $5
Sweaters= $2 - $8
halter tops = $1

T-shirts/shirts/blouse = $1-$4

Hangers


Outfits - preferred, if possible
Play set = $2-$4
other 2pc = $3-$6
3 pc = $4+


Hangers


Pin bottoms to back of top, at shoulders, on top, angled part of hanger, not bottom straight piece.  Make a tag for EACH piece...1 of 3, 2 of3, 3 of 3...put price for total outfit on each tag.  Descriptions "Old Navy Set", etc.  are very helpful.


Maternity


$2+


Hangers only - we have no table space for these items.


Don't sell especially well, but you can try.

Kids socks/used tights = 2/$1 at the most.  (Often 6 pr in a bag for $1)
Ties, slips, new tights, cami's = $1.  Bring flat.
New undies = $1/pkg