My favorite little things

I have a lot of favorite clothing purchases from Little Treasures, especially for my Mia. She's decked out in Little T finds from head to toe everyday. From handmade custom outfits to the cutest little $1 tee that says "Miso cute" and has little chopsticks on it... But probably my favorite find ever was a little lobster costume she wore on Halloween when she was 3. Oh and my oldest daughter found a yellow coach purse for $10!

Fact or Fiction

We hear all kinds of things about seasonal sales -- some are factual and some, well, not so much. Probably the biggest myth of all however, is the one Little Treasures is happy to de-bunk:

Fiction: "The big sale has more sellers, more competition and my things have less of a chance of selling."

Fact:  We wondered the same thing which is why we've watched this statistic closely. As our sale grows in number of sellers, on average, our sellers make more each time. Average per seller sales increase dramatically each season because average number of shoppers increases dramatically, too. To put it in perspective...in the past two years, Little Treasures' average pay per seller has doubled!

The bottom line is this: If you have nice things in great condition and they are priced very reasonably, they will sell. 

Little Treasures Kid's Sale registration is currently open for our fall/winter sale! Register today: www.littletreasuressale.com. 

 

Ready for the fall/winter sale?

Yep. It's that time again. I hate to even say it out loud, but summer will be gone before we know it. That's why Little Treasures Kid's Sale is already up and running - ready for registrations and barcode orders all summer long - so you can avoid some of the craziness that comes with the back-to-school season. 

If you've never experienced selling with Little Treasures, before you let your kid's things go for pennies at a yard sale, check out how to consign at our upcoming Fall/Winter sale. 

Join our group

We're on Facebook now:  Check out our group and connect with other Little T Moms!

Click here to join Little Treasures Kid's Sale group on Facebook.

See you at the sale!  Don't forget...we're at HOOPS March 5-8, 2009.

Wave 3 interveiw

Here's a link to the story WAVE 3 ran about the clarification of the product law with my comments:  See story

One thing I need to note is that he stated consignment is now "exempt from the law." That's not exactly the case. We are not exempt from the law - we can't sell products that are over the lead limits. We are exempt from testing all products.

Stay tuned for details in the next blog on how Little Treasures will comply with CPSIA and how you can help as you prepare your items.

Here it is! CPSIA interpretation changes

CPSC just announced clarification to the new law that would ban reselling kids items that had not been tested for lead:

"...sellers of used children's products, such as thrift stores and consignment stores, are not required to certify that those products meet the new lead limits, phthalates standard or new toy standards.

The new safety law does not require resellers to test children's products in inventory for compliance with the lead limit before they are sold. However, resellers cannot sell children's products that exceed the lead limit and therefore should avoid products that are likely to have lead content, unless they have testing or other information to indicate the products being sold have less then the new limit. Those reseller that do sell products in violation of the new limits could face civil and/or criminal penalties..."

We're good to go, people! We'll have testing available at our sale this season. Let's get these tainted toys out of circulation. 

Thanks for all your emails, calls and support! Thriftiness lives... 

Sites to voice your concern

Following sites are being circulated in an effort to have our collective voices heard about the how the product safety law will effect resale.  Can't hurt:

http://www.change.org/ideas/view/save_handmade_toys_from _the_cpsia

http://www.rallycongress.com/make-second-hand-kids-clothes-legal/1471/save-kid-s-clothing