Make quick cash off your castoffs
March 26, 2009 by Jennifer Chait
Filed under odds and ends
If you’re looking to make some quick cash, you can go though all your stuff, find the stuff you never use, and sell it. You could technically hold a garage sale, but that’s a whole other huge event. I mean, you just sorted your closets, save the garage sale for warmer days and try the following places for selling your gear…
Consignment shops: The key to making quick cash at a consignment store is to ask them how they pay. There are plenty of consignment shops, but not all pay right away, and not all pay in cash. Possible scenarios include …read more
What CPSIA will mean for consignment sales
January 13, 2009 by kellys
Filed under baby products, news, odds and ends
Earlier this week, I told you of what my local consignment store said about the new CPSIA law enacted to keep our kids safe from lead. Then I got another email. So I thought I would let you know what they said.
Dear Valued Customer,
We received great news from the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), clarifying the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act that goes into effect on February 10, 2009. From the statement -
“The new law requires that domestic manufacturers and importers certify that children’s products made after February 10 meet all the new safety standards and the lead ban. Sellers …read more
The new CPSIA act
January 11, 2009 by kellys
Filed under baby products, budget, financial matters, shopping, toys
AS you all know, I love my resales shops. Mom of 14 asked me if I thought the new CPSIA Act that was signed into law last year by President Bush that would require any toy sold to be tested for lead, among other things, would affect my resale shop. Funny she should ask that as I just recently got an announcement from my local shop dealing with just that very thing.
Dear Valued Customer,
As you may have heard in the news or through online blogs, the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (H.R. 4040) was signed into …read more
Sarah Palin shops consignment just like us
October 26, 2008 by kellys
Filed under celebrities, clothes, financial matters, frugal living, shopping
I love the fact that famous people like Sarah Palin and Angelina Jolie are willing to admit that they shop at consignment stores. These are my favorite stores and Sarah Palin isn’t ashamed to admit it. Neither am I!
