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Yep, I’m the Resale Guru all right.

June 29, 2013 by Auntie Kate of Too Good to be Threw

I’m widely considered the Resale Guru. But they found out Continue Reading »

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Come into my back (side, upstairs, other) room, said the consignment shopkeeper

June 28, 2013 by Auntie Kate of Too Good to be Threw

Ideally, your consignment, resale or thrift shop is easy to see all at once: one big area. In reality, though, you  may have areas suited for selling but not as readily visible: a back room, side room, even a room down a hallway. How can you lure shoppers in there?

Somehow, this type of display just doesn’t really do it:

back room before

So let me show you Continue Reading »

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Recipe #2 from the consignment shop murder mystery

June 27, 2013 by Auntie Kate of Too Good to be Threw

Stuffed mushrooms, from Too Good to be Threw

I borrowed this photo from circle-b-kitchen.squarespace.com Her recipe’s good too, but it involves milking goats, which is not one of Wendy Sam’s many talents.

In addition to my resale industry work, I’m also the published mystery author of The Picker Who Perished. My heroine, Wendy Sam Miller, owns Too Good to be Threw, an imaginary (I have to stress imaginary, because otherwise I get calls like “Do you buy old clothes?”) consignment shop in Sarasota, and is way too busy to actually cook. So her recipes are simple enough Continue Reading »

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Donation Etiquette: An example to inspire you, from a non-profit thrift

June 25, 2013 by Auntie Kate of Too Good to be Threw

Rung is a not-for-profit shop which operates with donated goods, and I think all resale shopkeepers can imagine Continue Reading »

Posted in Not-for-Profit Resale, Really good ideas, Shopkeeping talk | Tagged , , , | 9 Comments »

Dept of Labor declares consignors and volunteers are employees.

June 22, 2013 by Auntie Kate of Too Good to be Threw

Don't you build that bear without ffiling your employment forms, young man!More over-zealous government poking-in-business news.

Children’s consignment business under scrutiny for labor practice

Why? Because, the US Dept of Labor claims,  consignors or volunteers are in fact employees Continue Reading »

Posted in economics of resale, Shopkeeping talk, Used Stuff in the News | 4 Comments »

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