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A weekend’s worth of reading for consignment, resale, and thrift shopkeepers.

Posted in I've been meaning to tell you, Not-for-Profit Resale, Shopkeeping talk on August 26, 2011|

TGtbT.com helps you learn with resources found just for resalers!I can’t think of a more profitable way to spend your weekend than by learning something new that will help your business grow.

This collection of articles from Cascade Business News, which is kind enough to maintain a page of good advice, has something for everyone, whether you own a high-end consignment shop, have a buy-outright resale shop, or work in, manage, or volunteer in a non-profit thrift store.

And there’s more, resale-specific ideas, in Auntie Kate’s Messy Back Room.

Really. Spending time on these will be more useful than tagging incoming. I promise.

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Cheapskate. Wear the badge proudly.

Posted in economics of resale, Not-for-Profit Resale, Shopkeeping talk, tagged , , , on August 22, 2011| 3 Comments »

Consignment and resale shopkeepers are COOL with CHEAPResale industry folks are known far and wide for being cheapskates.

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Free, salvaged, donated is their favorite price, with a buck or two not far behind.

With that in mind, we consignment, resale, and thrift managers and owners still adore to shop. We just shop FRUGALLY. One of the most popular pages on the Too Good to be Threw web site is our Let’s Shop page with ideas of what to look for, from garage sales to seasonal clearances.

And one of the most cost-shaving Products for the Professional Resaler? Resale’s Cheapest Tricks & Best Buys from the Luncheonette page of TGtbT mini-Products (“cheaper than a grilled cheese sandwich“!)

Got a Cheapskate Choice of your own to add? How you recycle bubble wrap into “snow” for your ski window, the thrill of finding something on the curb, or how you repurposed a useless item into… well, something useful for your shop? Comment below and let’s hear

just how cheap you are!

(A word, though. This post is meant to be light-hearted, but there is a danger in being indiscriminately cheap. Read more on the difference between FRUGAL and TRULY BADLY CHEAP.)

 
BTW, this cool button graphic? Create your own for free at Cooltext.com. Imagine its uses!

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Interesting twist on the NFP thrift/ volunteer conundrum

Posted in Not-for-Profit Resale, Shopkeeping talk on August 10, 2011|

The Montgomery County Thrift Shop has a unique twist on volunteers!As times get tougher, it gets harder and harder for non-profit resale and thrift shops to recruit and keep volunteers.

There are fewer volunteers to go around, as formerly-available people are finding they must take paying jobs, and as the great majority of thrift-store volunteers grow older (and, presumably, their sons and daughters have not yet had the opportunity to realize how good giving back feels.)

That’s why, when I ran across (more…)

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And the wheels keep spinning….

Posted in Not-for-Profit Resale, Shopkeeping talk, tagged on July 27, 2011|

I want you to watch this video. Carefully.

Not only because it’s a nice, simple introduction to (more…)

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How do you recycle your own stuff?

Posted in economics of resale, Not-for-Profit Resale, Shopkeeping talk, tagged , , on July 18, 2011| 7 Comments »

So you’ve decided that jacket isn’t very useful. Or those jeans, terribly flattering. Or your kids have outgrown those toys and your spouse hates that lamp.

How do you, as a consignment shop owner, a resale proprietor, or a thrift shop manager, recycle your own stuff? Do you take it in to your own shop or do you use another? And which and why?

If a family member across the continent mentions the clear-out-clutter kick she’s on, what do you advise her to do with gently-used, previously-loved items?

HowToConsign.com urges consumers to ReSell...RePlace...ReJoice while recycling

Me, since I buy almost everything used, I often take things to the Goodwill or Habitat ReStore in my neighborhood. Third-hand stuff’s not always very consignable, is it?

Tell us how you ReSell… RePlace… ReJoice!

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