Worth a trip from anywhere, aren’t we? Darn straight.
Our consignment, resale, and thrift shops pride ourselves on being worth not only a trip from anywhere…
but many frequent trips. But the problem is: the price of gas grabs headlines and impacts the choices customers make.
How about fighting this with gas gift cards? You could give them as a premium with purchase, award them randomly or with intent (first 10 customers on a slow day?), even use them as prizes in a drawing or contest.
“Stock up for summer and we’ll buy your gas!”
“Have a gas re-doing the family room and we’ll give you the gas!”
“Vroom vroom…”
Not to mention, a well-worded press release to your local media moguls emphasizing “saving money two ways” and the evergreen “shop local” angles should get you some editorial attention.
Explore the possibilities:
You can, and should, of course, talk to your local gas station owners as well. In fact, if you buy a reasonable number of cards from them, they’d have a profit motive for advertising your shop in their businesses.
Auntie Kate The Resale Expert 
It is a great idea! Happy One Year, Cyndi!!
Awesome idea! I’ll be using this for our One year Birthday Party on the 28th! Thanks