Spring 2015 Consignor Packet Consignor Number: __________ Drop-Off Date/Time: _________ Preview Sale Shopping Time: _________ Tagging System Shutdown: 03/01/15 @ 12am Unsold item Pick-Up: 4pm-6pm on Sunday, March 8

My Volunteer Shifts: _________________________________ _________________________________ _________________________________ Consignors receive 70% of your sales, Volunteer to make a higher percentage. My Questions:

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Tips for Successful Consigning:

Price reasonably! We recommend following the pricing guidelines on our website: www.secondimpressionsga.com/

pages/TAGGINGANDPRICING.htm

Presentation matters! Make sure items are clean, free of stains and in working order.

Discount! Consignors who discount sell more items, which means a bigger consignor check.

Follow directions! You’ll find instructions on how to tag your items, create your tags and more in this packet.

www.SecondImpressionsGa.com info@secondimpressionsga.com (478) 952-9159

Consigning with Second Impressions

Register as a consignor. If you have not consigned with us in the past, you will need to create a consignor

account. Returning consignors can register for the current sale using the Consignor Log-In button on our website.

The following steps can be done through your Consignor Homepage once you are registered.

Read and sign your consignor agreement. Every consignor must electronically sign this document.

Sign up to volunteer. Volunteer ing is not required, but highly recommended. There are many benefits to volunteering; including shopping earlier and making a higher percentage.

Select a drop-off time. You will need to select a time that is convenient for you to drop off your items from our drop-off schedule. You will need a drop-off appointment for every 300 items you have (Example: 900 items = 2 appointments). Please arrive on time for your appointment. If your appointment is from 9am-9:30am then you must arrive promptly at 9am. Late arrivers may be subject to being dismissed from participating in the sale at all. Appointment times can not be changed after March 1 at midnight. Be prepared to help place your items on the sales floor once they have been inspected for quality.

Enter your items into our online inventory system. We cannot accept any handwritten tags or tags from other consignment sales that we are not affiliated with. We will not accept any tags that have handwriting on them. If you decide to change a price and/or change discount/donate please update in the system and print a new tag. Grouping your items by gender, size and category will help expedite your time entering them online. Use clear descriptions, including brand, style and color if possible. The better your description, the more likely we’ll be able to match it in the system if a tag is lost. Print your tags. Use white cardstock to print all of your tags. It is available at Wal-Mart, Staples and many other stores. Tags print 6 to a page.

Prepare your items. Read our directions for what we can accept and how to prepare your items for the sale. Clean, press, and organize your items. Make sure sizes match – no mismatched size sets (4t pants with 6 shirt) will be allowed. Check your items in a brightly-lit room for stains and other issues. The better you prepare (and price) your items, the higher your check will be. Read our list of accepted items for this season on our website (www.secondimpressionsga.com/pages/ACCEPTEDITEMS.htm) and check www.wemakeitsafer.com for recalls. All clothing must hang securely on hangers with the hook pointing to the left like a question mark.

Tag your items. Note: Items must be tagged using cardstock only. If you are using a tagging gun, attach our barcoded tags to the garment’s label or in a right-side seam only. Do not use a tagging gun in any other place!! Items with tags printed on copy paper will be rejected at drop-off.

Drop off your items at your scheduled appointment time. Pull up to the front of the conference center to unload your car. Have your clothing items separated by gender and size. We will have rolling racks and carts available for your convenience. Once your car is unloaded and your items are taken into our quality checkers you may move your car while quality control is being done. After you move your car please return inside and check-in with the team member at the front. Quality checkers will let you know when your items are ready to be put out on the sales floor.

Shop the Preview Sale. You will receive shopping pass dur ing your drop-off.

Pick up your unsold items - If you are not donating your unsold items, plan to ar r ive between 4pm-6pm Sunday to pick them up. Please check our lost tag rack and table for any items that may belong to you. To claim a lost item you must have a detailed description of the item in your inventory. Items left after 6:01pm become property of Second Impressions and will be sold at our next sale in the Dollar Dash to benefit Jay’s Hope or donated to Goodwill.

Your check. We will do our best to have checks ready dur ing pickup on Sunday. Checks being ready will depend on how many volunteers we have for resort on Sunday and how quickly resorting is done. If checks are not ready we will mail them within 7 days of the sale ending. Please cash your check ASAP. Checks become VOID after 60 days.

Second Impressions Team Member Guidelines Our volunteers keep our sale running smoothly and are the most vital resource we have. We can’t do the sale without you! If you’re interested in volunteering with us, please click HERE to sign up: Consignors can enter your consignor number and password. First-time volunteers can use the link under the log-in to register and set up your account. If you are consigning and volunteering for the first time, please register as a consignor first. Team Member Benefits, Time Commitment and Shopping Times: Everyone is invited and welcome to volunteer with us. All volunteers are invited to shop during our Preview Sale.

Work 4 hours: Shop at 4 pm on Wednesday.. Work 8 hours, Shop at 3:30 pm on Wednesday. Work 12 hours: Shop at 3:30pm on Wednesday AND receive 75% Work 16 hours (must include 4 hours during receiving, 4 hours on Saturday & 4 hours during resort): Shop at 3

pm on Wednesday AND receive 80% up to $1,000. After $1000 receive 70%. Work 20 hours (must include 4 hours during receiving, 4 hours on Thursday, 4 hours on Saturday & 4 hours

during resort): Shop at 3 pm on Wednesday AND receive 85% up to $1,000. After $1000 receive 70%. Consignors shop at 5 pm on Wednesday. All shopping ends at 7:00 pm on Wednesday Preview Sale Guests: Everyone may bring a guest to the Preview Sale. Consignor guests must donate $5 to Jay’s

Hope to enter. No donation for volunteer guests. Tasks: Volunteer areas include set-up, stocking the sales floor, assisting with check-out, sorting after the sale and cleaning up. You will be required to stand on your feet for the majority of the day. If you have any physical issues that would make these activities difficult for you please let us know before you come to your volunteer shift. Misc. Info: Individuals who sign up to volunteer and do not honor that commitment will be blocked from participating in any future Second Impressions Consignment Events. Please have a backup person to fill your shift(s) if you are unable to fill the shift yourself. Thank you for becoming a Team Member! YOU make the sale possible!

Acceptable Clothing Items

Top quality seasonal items only. Do not bring items with stains, tears, pet hair, and/or strong odor, including mildew, smoke, mothballs, or pet odors. All clothing should be freshly laundered and hanging on wire or plastic hangers.

We do NOT have a limit of items you may bring. Bring as many items as you would like! You must have 30 acceptable items.

Sizes NB (newborn) – 16 for girls & 20 for boys and Maternity Clothing (A correct category and numeric size must be on each tag. Only S-M-L will be accepted for maternity. Please estimate the approximate numeric size on all clothing.)

Character/Pretend Play dress-up costumes

Clothing diapers and accessories

Dancewear – leotards & gently worn dance shoes (No tights, please)

Freshly laundered training pants (no other underwear is accepted)

Shoes: (limit 15 pair per gender in seasonal styles, excellent condition only)

Acceptable Non-Clothing Items

Baby blankets and crib sheets – Bath items, including infant bath tubs, towels, and washcloths.

Youth bedding (priced under $30)

Breast Pumps

Children & Youth furniture and equipment

Children’s toys and books (Check for recalls on www.wemakeitsafer.org. No plush animals unless they are a popular character.)

Cribs, strollers, swings, exersaucers, high chairs, etc. (No cribs manufactured before Jun 28, 2011.)

Diaper bags (Please clean out the inside of the bag and check for personal belongings.)

DVD’s/CD’s for children

Feeding related items, including bottles, cups, plates, bowls, and utensils (for babies/children)

Infant, Children’s and Teens’ Room Décor (frames, lamps, organizers, etc.)

Parenting/Pregnancy books

Puzzles and Games

All items that require batteries must include working batteries. Check games and puzzles to be sure all pieces are included.

We do not accept these items:

Adult clothing and shoes (with the exception of maternity).

Any cribs manufactured before June 28, 2011, per CPSC Guidelines.

Anything that we feel will not sell due to poor quality.

Fall & Winter clothing

Items that have an unappealing smell, especially body odor, smoke, mothballs or pet odors.

Movies, books or games with mature theme or rating.

Out of date or out of style clothing

Out of date or recalled baby equipment

Screen-printed tees with tourist destinations, Elementary school band/field day/grade, summer camp shirts, restaurants, etc.

Stained/soiled/damaged clothing: Items that have stains, are soiled, faded, are badly worn, have odors, holes, tears or pills (little balls).

Stuffed animals (unless a popular character)

Toys, games, or puzzles that are damaged or missing pieces.

Underwear and bras unless new in package.

Preparing Clothing Items for Sale · You must use our tagging system and print all tags on white or cardstock. Failure to do so may result in lost or torn tags. · Use wire or plastic hangers for all clothing, blankets and crib sheets. None of these items should be folded or in bags. · All hangers face left to resemble a question mark. (?) · Items MUST be sorted by size and gender. (Items not sorted will be returned to consignor to be fixed.) · Shoes: Shoes may be attached to one another with ribbon, zip ties, or a binder clip. You may attach the price tag by punching a hole in the tag and thread it through the laces, ribbon or zip tie. Please tie any ribbons with multiple knots to keep the shoes secure and the price tag cannot be removed. You may also put the shoes in a Ziploc bag and seal the bag with clear packing tape. Do not use shoe boxes.

· Attach tags to garments as illustrated on the next page.

(With Safety Pins) (or with a tagging gun)

· Do not tape over the printed barcode on the tags.

· Tags pinned with medium sized safety pins on the right side of the garment…see above illustration.

· Fill in information COMPLETELY for each tag on our website. Double check all information, including

category, discount and price. You will not be able to change the tags after March 1 at midnight.

· Make sure that you choose if you want to discount each item during our Half-Price on Saturday. Your tag will pr int with “Reduce” if discounted above the price, depending on if you check the box for each item. Only items marked for 50% off will be reduced on Saturday. (Consignors who discount outsell consignors who don’t by 5 to 1.)

· When creating tags for items that you wish to have returned to you if they do not sell, make sure that the box under “Donate” is not checked. Donated items will print with a “Black Dot” on the tag. If you select to Donate an item then it will automatically be discounted on Saturday.

· All items should be priced at $1 or above.

· Group items of lesser value together.

Preparing Non-Clothing Items For Sale

· Toys: If a toy has many parts, you can place small parts (i.e. kitchen accessories) in zip-top bags then attach the bag to the main part (i.e. tool bench) with clear packing tape. Make sure you indicate your seller number on the bag of accessories in case it gets separated from the main item. Use packing tape across the top of these bags to keep the items securely contained.

· Games and Puzzles: Boxes should be sealed with painter’s tape with the tag placed on the OUTSIDE upper right corner of the box. For puzzles without a box, wrap the puzzle with plastic wrap then secure with packing tape and attach tag to upper right corner.

· Combined pieces or sets: Bundle items together and use only ONE tag for the entire set.

· When taping on the tag, do not tape over the bar code.

TIP: Place masking or painters tape on each item with your consignor number in case your tag comes off your item.

Pick up of unsold items

· Unsold items should be picked up from the Anderson Conference Center.

· Pickup is between 4 pm and 6 pm on Sunday.

· Items must be picked up by the consignor or by an individual designated by the consignor.

· ALL ITEMS NOT PICKED UP BY 6:01 PM WILL BE DONATED TO CHARITY OR INCLUDED IN THE DOLLAR DASH BENEFITTING Jay’s Hope.

· If you have any questions regarding the guidelines, please send an email to info@secondimpressionsga.com

★VERY IMPORTANT: The deadline to enter your items is at Midnight on Sunday, March 1. Please do not

wait until a few hours before your drop off appt to enter your items. You cannot make any changes to your

inventory after this time, but you can print tags up until your drop off slot. Mark your consignor homepage in your favorites: Click HERE to work with inventory, check sales, volunteer, and everything else you need to do online. Clicking on that link will bring you to this page:

Fill in your consignor number and password., then click on “Login”. This page will open in a new win-dow. (Make sure pop-up blockers are off or allow pop-ups from mysalemanager.net. (If you forget your consignor number and/or password, you can fill in your email to have the information sent to you.)

Go to Update My Account Information and verify that your email, physical address, phone number and other infor-mation are all current and up to date. This is the address we use to mail checks. Consignors who do not have their correct addresses listed will have to pay the $30 stop-check fee for a replacement check. If your check is lost, please check with your post office before contacting us.

From your homepage, you can select several menu options: If you have not registered for the sale, se-lect register for our upcoming sale. It will take you to this menu. After you click submit, you will return to your homepage.

To schedule your drop-off appointment or read and initial our Seller Agreement, select one of those op-tions. When you are finished, it will return you to your homepage. You are now ready to work with your inventory or volunteer to help at the sale. If you want to volunteer, select “Volunteer to Work” and this window will open up:

Select any shifts that appeal to you. You will receive an email confirming that you have signed up to work. If you need to drop any shifts, you will have that option on this page also. When finished, select Return to Consignor Homepage.

When you are ready to work with your inventory, select Work with Consigned Inventory on your homepage. It will take you to a page like this one. To work with your inventory for the upcoming sale, select Work With My Consigned Items (Active Inventory). There you will select boxes that best suit your items and fill in descriptions, price, etc. If you can fill out a form on the internet, this will be a breeze. The most important part is being organized ahead of time! Sort items by gender, size, and category before you sit down to enter them into the system. You’ll save yourself a lot of time and frustra-tion. This is also where you can print a variety of inventory reports, check to see what items have sold, etc. If you need a detailed donation report for taxes, here is the place where you print it. We do not print or store those forms for you.

Working with your items Working with Active Inventory - If you are entering all of your items at one time, organize them by category and size before you start to enter them. That will make entering your items much easier and save time in the long run. Category: Please select the category that best suits your item. We use this information to plan our floor layout and to look for information on items, so it is very important. If you have a question or aren’t sure what category to use, you can email us: info@secondimpressionsga.com Size: Please select a numerical size for clothing (only maternity can be S M L XL, etc) Shoe sizes are listed separately. Description Line 1: Put the brand name and item in the first line. Examples: Old Navy denim shorts, Baby Ein-stein DVD Set, Xbox 360 Game Description Line 2: Please put identifiers (khaki camo cargo, First Signs, Baby Santa, Lego Star Wars) The more specific you are in the key words in your description, the easier it will be for us to find it in the inven-tory if a tag is lost. That means we’ll be able to sell it and credit your account. Without a good description, we can’t sell an item. Price: Minimum price is $1.00. Click HERE for help with pricing. Qty: Default # is 1. If you have several items that use this same description, enter the quantity here. You won't have to enter each item individually. It will produce a bulk number of tags and add those items to your invento-ry. Check to Discount: If you put a checkmark in this box, your item will be discounted automatically. We cannot go back and change this information during the sale. Once this box is checked, it will stay checked for other items by default until you uncheck it! Discounted items outsell the things that are not reduced by 75%. It’s something to consider when trying to de-cide about discounting. Check to Donate: If you do not want an item back if it does not sell, check this box. Again, once it is checked, it will stay checked by default. Submit Item: Once you have entered the information for an item, click on this button to add the item to your inventory. It will not be added if you do not click on this box! Working with Inactive Inventory - If you have items from a previous season, the information is stored in your Inactive Inventory. To move items to your inventory for your current sale, go to your consignor homepage, click on “Work with Inactive Inventory”, check the boxes for the items you wish to sell in the current sale (make sure clothing is seasonally appropriate) and click “Make selected inventory active”. If they are still tagged from a previous sale, you do not need to reprint tags for these items unless you change something on the tag (price, discounted, etc).