Molly shows us where her banner is displayed on Once Again Consignment’s shopfront.
Molly, owner of Once Again in New Mexico, sent examples of the banners she uses to great effect. So here they are!
Need more incoming? This banner at Once Again draws them in!
Could a sale banner be any simpler?
When in doubt…tell ’em WHAT you do and WHEN.
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Hope YOUR customer service is better than this! This web site wants YOU to help them (and insists you go into detail: “specific color, size…”), but they categorically refuse to help YOU.
Oh. Unless they have a “readily available solution”…translation: if we can get off our fat butts and like, HELP you?
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The Internet, I think we can all agree, is a visual medium. You click your mouse and WOW, look at all the pretty pictures!
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Uneasy when a consignor comes in with a pillowcase full of Prada and Louis Vuitton bags? Real designer or “designer-inspired”?
Unsure if you should take that seller’s Coach? Real or “replica”?
That Gucci generate some anxiety? Genuine or gyp?
Counterfeit goods, from Guccis to Nikes to Rolexes, continue to pour into our country from China.
Rant: (I’ve never understood why people think that others will be impressed by the handbag they’re carrying…especially if it’s a fake. One seller of counterfeit goods says: “They want it to look like they spent a lot of money on it. Like, it’s an image thing”. What, you want to project an image of disregarding the rights of the artists and manufacturers? Like it’s cool to say “Hey, I rip off people I don’t even know”? Like you’d trust this person to not rip YOU off?)
It’s hard to pass up all designer bags when the real ones can make your shop money. And when “everyone else” is doing it and you’re losing business to them.
Do you rely on your personal knowledge? Hold your breath and hope you’re not going to be found out? Require the original receipt? Mark them all “FAKE” on your price tag, thinking that will suffice?
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Many consignment and resale and thrift shops are not at their busiest during the summer. So why consider Continue Reading »
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