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St. John Kid's Kloset (SJKK) holds two sales per year, one in March for spring/summer; another in October for fall/winter.
In addition to the appropriate seasonal clothing, every kind of children's items are accepted, including boys/girls accessories, shoes, nursery/infant items, toys, books, videos/DVDs, sporting goods, electronics, bikes, strollers, furniture (beds, dressers, cribs) etc.
Car seats are not accepted (unless they are part of a stroller system, and then only if never in a car accident), or used safety helmets.
Drop down cribs are not accepted.
Clothing is accepted from premie/infant sizes up through juniors and young mens, maternity clothing/items and prom/formal wear.
Consignor receives 60% of the sale price and SJKK retains 40%.
St. John dedicates its profits from the sales to furthering the welfare and education of God's children in this community and beyond.
There is a $7.00 registration fee (used to cover expenses of the sale).
This fee is waived for consignors who choose to donate 100% of their proceeds to SJKK charities.
This fee is deducted from the seller's check after the sale.
All items submitted for the sale must be in good condition (or better). Anything with stains, holes, missing buttons, etc. will be returned to the seller or donated to charity.
St. John reserves the right to return any item deemed unacceptable or inappropriate for the sale.
When the CPSIA (Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act) was signed into law on 8/14/08, it became unlawful to sell recalled products. St. John will not accept any recalled products for sale, antique items relating to children since they are likely to exceed the allowed lead limit, car seats of any kind or used safety helmets. Sellers must check the CPSC website (www.cpsc.gov) for recalled children's products to be sure the items they are selling have not been recalled.
An online, computerized system is used which includes registration for sellers along with the ability to work with inventory, tags, etc.; scheduling drop-off appointments and volunteer shifts.
A seller may submit between 20 and 150 items for each sale. Please note that many smaller items, such as books and accessories, may be sold in sets. Each set is priced and sold as one item.
All sellers are asked to consider volunteering.
Enough volunteers are needed to help the sale be a success, and a successful sale means more of each seller's items have sold! As an additional bonus, all sellers and/or volunteers earn early shopping privileges and are allowed to shop the sale on the Thursday (evening) before opening to the public.
The sale is then open to the public on Fridaymorning and then again in the afternoon. Saturday morning is "half-price" day.
All remaining items on Saturday are sold at half-price unless the sellers have indicated that their items should not be discounted.
Sellers can choose to discount some items and not others.
After the sale, most of the remaining items are donated to various charities, not only locally, but outside our community and abroad.
Sellers can choose not to donate any or all of their unsold items.
Any sellers wanting items returned must come to St. John on Saturday afternoon after the sale only during a specified time to claim their items.
Any items not claimed during that time will be donated, no exceptions.
Payment is made to consignors by check within 14 business days after the sale closes. At that time, sellers can log into their seller account to view all information on sold items. |
