Be a Consignor

Anyone can be a Consignor. It’s a great way to clean out your closets of no longer needed children’s items and earn money! You also get to shop the great selection of items before the general public.

• Consignors receive 70% on their sold items.
  
  
• Consignors pay a $15 fee at the time of signup, this is done online.
  
  
• You are assigned a consignor number and bar code that is printed on your tags.
  
  
• You print your “fill in the blanks” tags on card stock on your home printer or at a local printer.
  
  
• You need not be present to sell your items. Simply drop off your clean, prepared and tagged items to the sale location at your selected time.
  
  
• You set your own prices and decide if it is discounted on the last day of the sale.
  
  
• You decide if you want to pick up unsold item, donate them to local charities and/or send them on to be sold in the next city sale.
  
• Items being carried on to sales in the following cites must NOT be marked "no discount". Only discounted items will be carried on to sales in the following cities to be sold at full price and then discounted on the last day of the sale event.
  
• Your consignor number and bar code will never change so you can tag your items year round preparing for the next sale event.
  
  
• Payment for your sold items will be sent in the form of a check 4-5 business days following the end of the sale.

 Refund Policy: If you sign up for a sale event and you are unable to participate, you have within 10 days before the start of the sale to cancel in order to receive a refund of your consignor fee.

At the end of a sale, you can pick up your unsold items or opt to send them on to be sold in the next sale event.
 
Here is how it works:

The Lincoln Consignor can pick up their unsold items at the end of the Lincoln sale or opt to have their items taken to the Des Moines Sale. The payout is 40% to the consignors and  at 60% to Take2.  At the end of the Des Moines Sale  items are donated.

*You pay only one consignor fee for all the sales you choose to participate in. At the end of the final sale, unsold items will be donated.

Items Accepted 

To maintain the highest level of quality we ask that all items be clean, no stains or tears, no missing buttons or snaps, no excessive wear (knees on jeans) no broken zippers. No missing game or puzzle pieces. All battery operated items must be in working condition and include batteries.

Maximum 20 clothing items size 12 through juniors, boys and girls. Unlimited sizes 10 and smaller.

Clothes – Fall and Winter children’s and teen’s infant thru juniors (birth thru size 20)  No Adult clothing Accepted except maternity.

 Junior Clothing –  The only brands accepted are: American Eagle, Abercrombie and Fitch, Old Navy, Hollister, GAP, Roxy, Billabong, Volcom, Hurley, DC, Aeropostale, Delia’s, Forever 21, Wet Seal, Juicy, Buckle and Designer Boutique brands by permission – email julie@take2.com

Maternity Clothing – current styles, Maximum 10 items 
Nursing Tops -  current  styles, Maximum 5 items

Prom Dresses                         Toys  
Books, Games, Puzzles, Crafts  Stuffed Animals – Maximum 4
Videos, DVDs, CDs,                 Bikes, Tricycles, Scooters
Car Seats                              Blankets and Bedding
Strollers                                Bed Guardrails              Swings                                  Nursery Decorations    Jumperoos                             Baby Carriers, Swaddlers            
Children’s Furniture                 Dance Clothes and Shoes
Pack n’ Plays                          Sports Equipment               
High Chairs                            Shoes, Boots   
Bouncy Seats              

Hair Bows, Jewelry, Belts         
Booster Chairs                       Backpacks and Purses    Bassinets                              Bottles/Sippy Cups
Changing Tables                     Diaper Bags
Nursing Supplies                    Cribs
Safety Gates                         Halloween Costumes
Breast Pumps                        Hats, Scarves, Gloves, Mittens
Skirts and Skorts

Items Not Accepted
Destination T-shirt and Sweatshirt

Spring and Summer Clothes -Short Sleeve Shirts, Shorts, Swimsuits, Flip Flops

Happy Meal Toys

Used Bottle Nipples                

Used Underwear

Local Sports Teams or schools - YMCA, etc... 

Dance Recital Outfits 

Item Preparation and Cleaning Hints  All items will be inspected at drop off time for proper preparation and cleanliness. In order to save you time in preparation and drop off carefully follow these instructions. Failure to follow these steps may result in some of your items being rejected. You will increase the chance of selling your items if they have a nice presentation.

Supplies Needed: 

• White Card Stock 60 - 90lbs. Any heavier and it is difficult to put a pin through it. Tags must be printed on white card stock. No colored or paper tags are accepted. 
• 1 1/2" safety pins. 
• Wire or plastic hangers. Retail store plastic hangers are acceptable.
  
• String, ribbon or twine to tie books together.
• Zip-Ties to connect shoes and toys parts together. 
• Clear Packing tape to attach tags. 
• Scotch tape to attach tags to books and video cases made out of cardboard.
  

All Items brought to the Take2 sale must be Clean, Clean, Clean. 

Clothing-  

• Free of stains, tears  missing buttons/snaps, broken zippers, excessive wear (knees of jeans). Remove wrinkles and odors from fabrics by laundering them.        Remove pet hair with a lint brush, launder the item if that doesn’t work.
• Be sure to snap all snaps, button all buttons, zip all zippers and tie all ties 

Season Appropriate Clothing 

• Follow the Accepted Items List on the consignor page. Jeans, sport team t-shirts, and onesies are appropriate at all sale events. 

No Out of Date or Vintage Clothing

• If the items hasn't  worn the last four years, it’s probably out of date unless its a basic clothing item. 

Remove Pet Hair and Smell

• with a lint brush, launder the item if that doesn’t work.

All Clothing Items Must Be on Hangers. 

• This includes onesies and sleepers. 

Wire and plastic hangers are acceptable Clothing must be hung so the front of the item and the hanger form a “2”. 

• When hanging shirts do so as you normally would and use only one pin to attach the tag on the upper right hand corner of the shoulder (see picture). Pants and skirts must be pinned to the top of the hanger to the just below the waistband. Clip hangers work very well for this also. When pinning two piece outfits; hang the shirt as you normally would and then flip the shirt over and pin the bottoms(front side showing) to the shirt at the shoulders. Pin the tag to the front right shoulder of the shirt. 
• if tagging rain coats or delicate coat fabrics, ziptie the tag to the zipper and don't pin through the fabric. 

• If dropping off Junior sized items, indicate this by putting a Jr. on the size line next to the size. I.E. - Jr.Med. or Jr. 5-6. View Item Preparation Video.

In the Fall, if your bringing a short sleeve shirt and pant set the brand and the size must be the same and part of a set.

Accessories-

• Don't put socks and hats in bags. Pin items together and attach tag.
• Backpacks, purses and lunch boxes can have the tag pinned onto the zipper of the item.

Shoes -  

• Shoes are to be very clean and gently used. Use a magic eraser to remove scuffs or launder them to remove dirt. No scuff marks, clean laces. 
• Shoes are to be bound together with zip-ties. Put a piece of tape on the top of the tag and punch a hole in it and run the ziptie through the tag when connecting your shoes. this will keep the tag from taring off.
• Shoes should not be placed in zip lock bags.  Season appropriate shoes. 
  
• Shoes $10 and higher must be separate with a tag on each shoe. Only one she will be put on the sales floor and the other put behind The register until paid for.

Toys -

• All toys must be in working condition with all the parts. Working batteries must be in the toy if necessary to operate. Use Magic Erasers to clean marker, crayon and marks on plastic toys. 
• Put small parts in a ziplock bag and tape or ziptie to the toy. 

Bibs and Burp Clothes- 

• Pin multiple bibs together and pin tag on item. Do not put them in plastic bags.

Swaddles, Baby Carriers, Car Seat Covers, Highchair Covers, Nursing Covers-

• should be be hung on hangers.

Bedding and Blankets - 

• Bedspread/Comforters and blankets should be folded and tag pinned onto the item.
• Multiple bedding pieces should be placed in a large plastic bag, sealed and pinned onto the comforter/bedspread
• Check carefully that there are NO stains or tears.

DVDs, CDs, Video Tapes, Cassette Tapes, Video Games - 

• These items must be in there original case. 
• Do Not tape the case closed at this time. You will need to tape it closed after inspection of the item at drop off time. 
• Use packing tape to secure the tag to the back of the case and use scotch tape if the case is cardboard.

Games and Puzzles - 

• Count all pieces before tagging to be sure the items are complete. 
• Write the word game or puzzle on the tag after the titles. 
• Do not tape over puzzle pieces on a board, insetead put them in a ziplock bag or wrap them in plasticwrap.
• Do not bring in puzzles that do not have a picture of the completed puzzle.

Decorations-

• Bring in only items that are used in a child's bedroom or bathroom. 

Books - 

• No Cookbook or adult books.
• If selling a single book, attach the tag to the front of the book with scotch tape. If the cover is textured or delicate you can attach the tag to the back.
• If selling multiple books they should be part of a series, all board books, early readers or similar ages books. Random books of different age levels bundled together do not sell. We will not be accepting random bundles of books. Tie them together with string or ribbon and attach the tag to the front of the book. 
• Check each book carefully to be sure there is no writing, tears or missing pages.I
• In the description on the tag write the word Book behind the title.

Furniture  

• Furniture must be assembled.

Small, Loose, Multiple Items (hair clip, bows, infant socks, baby bottles, ) 

• Small items should be grouped together in a zip lock bag , taped securely with packing tape and the tag taped to the outside of the bag.  Be sure the tag is easy to read, not cut smaller than the regular size or folded.

Strollers 

• If selling a stroller, bring 2 tags with you so we can double tag your stroller at drop off.

Car Seats and Booster Seats

• Car Seats/Booster Seats must not be expired. Check expiration date on the bottom/side of the car seat/booster seat.
• Be sure your car seat is not listed on the www.nhtsa.gov website for recall.
• Be sure the car seat has never been in an accident. 
• The car seat cover and straps must be clean.

PRINTABLE INSTRUCTIONS  Tagging Instructions 

• Each item brought to the Take2 sale must have a Take2 bar coded tag. This bar-coded tags and consignor number is assigned to you after consignor sign up is completed.

•  You tag must be completed with the following information: detailed description; brand name-color-item type (example: Gap Red Shirt), size, and price. Price should be in whole dollar amounts (i.e. $1, $2, $5 ... etc.). 
• The minimum price of any item is $1.00. If you do not want the item to be sold at half price on the last day of the sale, place an "x" in the box next to "No Discount" If you are going to let your items be carried on to Des Moines' sale, then they must be NOT be marked "NO Discount".  No "No Discount" items will be carried on, they will be donated after the Omaha sale has completed if not picked up on consignor pick up day.