Children's Consignment Sales

[honeychile]

LOL - this is exactly why my parents didn't believe in monogrammed clothing!

A little on a tangent, but my mother was constantly buying very nice clothing, and never wearing most of it. I was toying with taking some of the items to a consignment shop. The tags are still on a lot of the clothes! Has anyone ever had any luck with those? I've only bought things for costumes at them myself, so I'm sort of throwing this out there.

[ComradesTrue]

I, too, have made out like a bandit at Consignment sales. My kids are 3 and 1, so they are in sizes that really don't get worn out by others. My strategy has always been to go for the higher end items (smocked, label, etc) and get them for what I would pay for something new at Target. The clothes often look brand new!

Honey- as for your mom's stuff... I think your results may vary. I have lived in several different states, and several different towns in each state, through my adult life. Some cites (Dallas comes to mind) have INCREDIBLE consignment stores for women's clothing, with high traffic through them. Other places, notsomuch. ANother option would be eBay... there are lots of people who look for high end stuff on there to take advantage of a discount. This may be a good avenue for you, especially since you can list them as New With Tags.

[APhi Sailorgirl]

Originally Posted by honeychile

A little on a tangent, but my mother was constantly buying very nice clothing, and never wearing most of it. I was toying with taking some of the items to a consignment shop. The tags are still on a lot of the clothes! Has anyone ever had any luck with those? I've only bought things for costumes at them myself, so I'm sort of throwing this out there.

There are several local women's consignment shops near me that seem to be doing well. Not sure if it's the economy or going green, but if they still have the tags on them, I would definitely see. The worse they can say is no and then you donate them instead for the tax benefit.