Growing Cents of Style - A seasonal children's consignment sale
Barrington, Illinois
info@growingcentsofstyle.com
content copyright 2012. Growing Cents of Style, All rights reserved.
Growing Cents of Style accepts children's boutique and designer clothing in sizes
newborn - size 16, shoes, accessories and baby gear.  Baby gear includes strollers,
infant carriers, designer diaper bags, high chairs, swings and pack n plays.  WE DO NOT
ACCEPT CRIBS, BEDDING, CHANGING TABLES, OR GLIDERS/ROCKERS. We also
accept toys.  Click here for toy guidelines.

REGISTRATION
Consignor registration is a two step process.  You will be asked to set up or
reactivate a consignor account and then pay the one time (per sale) non refundable
$12 consignor registration fee.  Click here to register now.

INVENTORY AND TAGGING
To begin working with your inventory click on the Work with Inventory link located on the
consignor home page.  This is where you will enter your inventory and create your tags.  
Remember, you set your own prices.  Item value minimum is $2.  How much money you
make will depend on how many items you consign, how reasonably you price them and
the quality of the items. Item limit is 100, if you have more then 100 items try
bundling your inventory or making more sets.  

All items should be freshly laundered and preferably pressed.  We are looking for items
of the highest quality and condition.  All items should be in excellent condition, stain
free, clean smelling and presented on hangers with all buttons buttoned, snaps
snapped, zippers zipped and bows tied.  Shoes will be hung on grid wall using zip ties.  
We will provide these at check in.  Shoe boxes will not be accepted.

NEW THIS SALE - THERE WILL BE TWO WORK SHIFTS PRIOR TO OPENING THE SALE
WHERE WE WILL GO THROUGH ALL ITEMS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY MEET OUR
GUIDELINES.  IF AN ITEM IT FOUND TO BE UNACCEPTABLE IT WILL BE PULLED TO BE
RETURNED TO THE CONSIGNOR.  PRICE TAGS WILL BE MARKED NFS (Not For
Sale).   

Please become familiar with the Items/Brands Not Accepted List.  We will be checking
against this list at your drop off appointment.

Growing Cents of Style only accepts quality, clean items.  Please make sure that you
inspect each item as though YOU were going to buy it.   We also require
consignors to double check that any items being submitted for sale
is not a part of any recall.  Please visit www.cpsc.gov for additional
recall information.

Sales tags will be generated by the inventory program.  We ask that you use
cardstock for printing tags.  Tags should be attached inside clothing to the size or
brand tag with a safety pin. Straight pins and staples will not be accepted.  You may
use a tagging gun.  These can be purchased on Ebay (search for retail tagging gun) for
under $10.  

ATTENTION MAC USERS: Our inventory program is not compatible with Safari.  
You will need to access our website via Internet Explorer in order to print your sales
tags.  Please contact us with any questions.

REACTIVING INVENTORY FROM PRIOR SALES
Consignors now have two types of inventory - ACTIVE and INACTIVE. They are defined
as:

INACTIVE INVENTORY: Any inventory item that was entered during a prior sale.  

ACTIVE INVENTORY: Any inventory item that has been entered during the current
sale, as well as any INACTIVE item that the consignor has gone in and marked as
ACTIVE, because they are planning to bring that item to the upcoming sale.

If you make an changes to inventory items from a previous sale you MUST
REPRINT that sales tag as the original barcode is no longer valid.

HANGING ITEMS
All items must be hung on child size hangers.  The hanger opening should be facing to
the left so the hanger looks like a question mark.  We ask that pant hangers be used
as much as possible.  If you don't have pant or outfit hangers please use safety pins
accordingly.  When hanging outfits all pieces must be safety pinned together.  
Items not hung properly will not be accepted and will need to be rehung by
the consignor.

Consignors must provide their own hangers.  Many have had luck contacting local
stores such as Old Navy/Target to get free/extra hangers.  

DROP OFF APPOINTMENT
All consignors not using our tagging services must sign up for a drop off appointment.
All consignors not using our drop off services are required to bring their items tagged
and hung.  Please bring a copy of your inventory log with you to your
appointment.

We will double check your items against the items/brands not accepted list at drop
off.  Once your items have been checked in you will need to put them out on the sales
floor.  We will have rolling racks available at your drop off appointment for easier
unloading.

Please plan to have enough time to put all of your items out onto the sales floor once
you have checked in.  Rolling racks will be available to help with this process.  To
expedite the process of putting items on the floor you can divide your items by
gender and size prior to coming to your drop off appointment.  Items do not need to
be in inventory number order.

Your drop off appointment MAY NOT be during your work shift.  If you schedule your
appointment before your work shift again please make sure that you plan for enough
time to put your items away before your work shift begins.  This will ensure that drop
off appointments run smoothly for everyone.