Shopping for Deals on Clothes at Garage Sales & Consignment Shops

Video Transcript

" Hello! My name is Denise Robinson, and on behalf of expertvillage.com I am here to talk about garage sales and consignment shops. In this segment we are just going to put everything that we talked about together. Just remember the difference between garage sales and consignment shops. Garage sales, you jump into your car, ride around the neighborhood and find out who is selling stuff out of their house. You have the option to barter and haggle with the seller. Consignment shops is a little more like going to a resale, which it is a resale but a retail store, they are set up in little different departments, where you have your dresses here, your skirts here, men’s shirts here, shoes here. The pricing is more set between the owner of the store and the seller, they agree on a price to sell their items, and once that item is sold the owner of the store gets a percentage. The type of things that you will find at a garage sales, remember that you can find anything from whatnots, baby items, clothing, shoes, a little bit of everything, it is a hodgepodge of little bit of everything. Consignment shops can be two types, clothing or you can have appliances and furniture, always look for quality, quality, quality, make sure that you inspect your items, because once you buy them you cannot take your receipt back, you probably would not even get a receipt at garage sale. Check your items and make sure that they are somewhat clean, totally clean, that they smell to your smell, make sure and hold them up to the sunlight to check for wear holes. And buying handbags, the same thing, make sure that the bag is in good condition inside and out. Same with hats, always check for any wear holes and inside the head band. And the last but not least, take a friend and have fun, and venture out to find items that you might want to buy at a cheap price."