Once you have your consignor number, you are ready to start tagging your clothes!

STARTING this FALL 2010 sale, tagging instructions have changed. Please read through the instructions to make sure your tags are done correctly. Items will be inspected for compliance when you come to set them up, so please be sure to follow the instructions.

Only Fall Season clothing items should be consigned. These items include, but are not limited to: fall and winter clothing items, coats and jackets, Halloween Costumes, Holiday Clothing, fall/winter season shoes (which range from tennis shoes to dress shoes), and of course all clean and working toys, baby gear and accessories and are accepted. We also allow books on parenting, children's stories, and other family friendly items. Maternity clothing follows the rule for children's clothing, too. Only Fall and Winter season appropriate maternity clothes will be accepted.

The Fall Sale EXCLUDES: Swim Suits, Shorts, Tank Tops, Sandals, and other warm weather clothing items. Any of these items found on the sales floor may be donated, not returned to you.

Clothing items MUST be clean, stain free and in current style. Any items that are dirty and/or stained will be removed and may not be returned to you. We reserve the right to refuse and remove items from the sales floor, and they may not be returned to you.

NON-MEMBER CONSIGNORS:
If you are an outside consignor you MUST use the template provided to you by our MOMsMart coordinator. The template is still formatted the same and should be hung the same way as instructed below.

HAMOM Members Only:
If you have consigned in the past, your old items tagged with your 3x5 cards are okay, but PLEASE use your template for your newly tagged items!
If this year is your first year consigning, you must use the template provided to you by our MOMsMart coordinator.

Tagging Instructions:

You must follow instructions in order to get full credit for your sale!!!

Use the provided template. You must print your template out on cardstock only (readily available and fairly inexpensive). DO NOT use regular paper for your templates! The tags will pull off from the pins if it isn't done on cardstock!

Attach card with a safety pin to the upper right corner on the front of the item. (Do not use straight pins.) ** If you have a clothing item made of material that a pin should not go through, if possible tag your item with a pin through the sizing tag in the neckline or through a seam.

Orient the card vertically/up and down. During check-out, scissors will cut the cards off below the pin, leaving the top portion of the card and the safety pin in the garment.

Price items in $.50 increments. (A general rule on pricing is 1/4 to 1/3 of the original price, if the items are in good condition.)

Place ALL of your CLOTHING items on hangers. We are not particular on what kind of hanger you used. As long as it functions properly and your clothes aren't falling off the hangers, we are okay with your choice in what kind of hanger used.

All hangers should face LEFT (like a question mark) when viewing the front of the garment.

Secure 2-piece outfits by pinning the pants/skirt to the back of the top of the shirt, using the hanger as support. DO NOT pin pants to the back of the shirts without the support of the hanger, as this will cause HOLES to form in your clothes! Safety pin all outfits together.

If you want to DONATE items, add a "-D" to your consignor number, and then CIRCLE your consignor number on the item(s) you wish to donate. PLEASE consider donating all of your left-over preemie clothing, especially onesies! These pieces of clothing are donated to the Huntsville Hospital NICU. They are very needed and very welcomed.

Items must be clean and in good condition. Please do not send items that are soiled, broken, missing parts, or are out of season. If these types of items are found during the sale, they will be removed from the sale floor and not returned to you. (Chairpersons and club officers reserve the right to refuse any items.)

All items that require batteries MUST have batteries already installed! Toys will be tested and those without batteries and those that are not working may not be returned to you.

Bag multiple piece items together such as socks, bibs etc. in a Sandwich or zip-lock type bag. The price tag should be taped to the outside of the bag in such a way that the tag can be cut ABOVE your consignor number.

Shoes should be bagged together with the tag taped/pinned to the bag (Sandwich or zip-lock type bag). If shoes can be tied together so they don't separate from each other, you are allowed to do that (without having to put them in a bag) as long as you still have a place to secure the tag to the item. The price tag should be taped to the outside of the bag in such a way that the tag can be cut ABOVE your consignor number.

For **large and bagged items, TAPE or PIN your index card to the OUTSIDE of the bag. **Please notify the MOMs Mart co-chairs if you plan to bring large items (i.e. Pack n' Plays, Strollers, Cribs, High Chairs, Furniture, etc.) so enough space is allocated during set-up of the sale.

DO NOT change prices on tags! You must make a NEW TAG when changing the price on an item.

HALF PRICE SALE INFORMATION:

During the last hour of the sale on Saturday we will allow items to be sold at 1/2 price. Only prices marked in RED will be reduced. If you wish to let your items sell for 1/2 price, please mark the price in RED. IF YOU WISH TO SELL YOUR ITEMS IN THE 1/2 OFF SALE, THEY MUST BE PRICED IN $0.50 INCREMENTS SO THAT THE MARKDOWN WILL BE SIMPLE.

It is suggested that you make a new tag for 50% off items, because it lessens the chance of fraud. If you choose to write in red over an old number to make it a 1/2 price sale item, you accept the chances that someone could have changed the price on the sales floor. If you want to be on the safe side, WRITE A NEW TAG, and use a red pen for marking the price of the item. MOMsMart is not responsible for tags that come in with red over blue/black ink to make a sale priced item.