Selling at a Nearly New Sale
If you would like to sell goods at a Nearly New Sale, please contact us at penarthbats@yahoo.co.uk to register for a seller's pack. This will include all the information you need to label and supply your items.
How it works
Sellers are allocated a reference number. You choose your own prices, label and deliver your items to allocated drop-off points in the days before the sale. (See below for information on large items, such as pushchairs.) Afterwards, you'll need to pick up unsold items from the same drop-off point.
BATS retains twenty per cent of the sale price to support BATS funds and our grants scheme. Your money will be paid to you by cheque a few weeks after the sale, minus a £1 admin fee to cover printing and postage costs etc. The Nearly New Sales are run wholly by volunteers.
What we will sell
- Good quality, nearly-new babies clothes
- Good quality, nearly-new children's clothes and footwear
- Good quality baby equipment
- Good quality toys and games
- Good quality maternity wear
What we will not sell
- Babies' woollens
- Damaged equipment
- Stained or dirty clothes
- Any car seats
- Soft toys
- Broken or incomplete toys
ANY 'JUMBLE' OR ITEMS WITHOUT A BATS STICKER WILL NOT BE DISPLAYED FOR SALE. We reserve the right to refuse to sell unsafe, unsuitable or broken items.
Labels
You will be issued with approx 48 labels; therefore, you can only enter 48 'items' for the sale. You are welcome to bundle a number of articles together as a single 'item' for sale, eg several t-shirts, a pile of books or group of toys, as long as you fasten them together securely so it is clear what the label and price applies to. Each item or set of items must carry one of the BATS labels; anything which does not have a BATS label will not be displayed for sale.
Items may get knocked about as we load and unload them. It is your responsibility to attach the labels securely to your items; please cut them from the sheet and fix them to your items in a secure way, eg sew it on, sellotape or use safety pins. Please do not use sharp pins to attach labels.
On the label, you should write:
- your reference number,
- the price you want for the item (minimum price 50p; you may wish to fasten several small items together to sell as one item for this price),
- if it is an item of clothing, include the age range/size.
Packaging your goods
Please sort clothes into age ranges, place them in a carrier bag/bin liner and sellotape a note of the age-range to the outside of the bag. Several carrier bags can be put in one bin-liner.
Please put clothes, equipment, books and toys in separate bin-liners for ease of sorting.
Make sure toys which have more than one part are secured together eg boxed, sellotape, inside a clear bag. We try our best to look after your goods but cannot be held liable for any losses.
Please make sure that all clothes (including baby clothes) are on hangers, as they will be displayed on rails. Clothes without hangers will not be displayed for sale. One black bag of clothing per seller.
Delivering your goods
All items must be delivered to the Paget Rooms on the day of the sale between 11.30am and 1pm. Items will be displayed subject to space, so once the hall is full we may have to turn items away.
All unsold items must be collected from the Paget Rooms after the sale and between 5.30 and 6.30pm. Please bring your seller's sheet with you when you collect to confirm your seller number.
Please note - any seller who does not collect their unsold items will not recieve a seller's cheque for any items sold, and their unsold items will be donated to charity.
If you have any questions please e-mail us at penarthbats@yahoo.co.uk.