Nothing sadder than the picked-over remains of holiday goods. We just started the policy that the consignment period for holiday-specific goods ends the day after the holiday, no matter when in the preceding 60 days the item came in. We’ve done this now for Halloween and Thanksgiving, and yesterday, Dec. 27, was clear-out day for Christmas.
This is what the “holiday aisle” at Woman’s Exchange, a not-for-profit consignment shop, looked like at 9:30 am Saturday morning. All of these items, unsold and unclaimed, have now become donations, and we need to remove them from the selling floor to make room for “real” stuff. Since the shop’s in Sarasota, January through March is actually our busiest time of year and boy, do we need the space!
Dressed in black (I was doing the whole anti-Santa thing, taking Christmas away!) I got started with my trusty little cart. Away with the old, in with the even older! (You’ll see what I mean in a minute.) (more…)
Auntie Kate The Resale Expert 