How does it work?
We’re excited to help you drop off your items! To keep our processing smooth and efficient, here’s how you can make the drop-off process a breeze:
Use the Right Container: Grab a sturdy box, bin, or laundry hamper for your items. Don't worry! we'll give you your bins and baskets back at drop off! Please avoid using shopping bags or garbage bags for consignment—they make it tough for us to sort!
Item Limit: You can bring up to 30 clothing items each day. If you can, try to stick with seasonal pieces.
Clothing:
Lay clothing items flat and stack them neatly. If you need to fold, lay flat stack 5 to 10 items then fold in half.
Make sure all zippers, buttons, and snaps are done up and facing up. This really helps us a lot!
Unlimited Items: Feel free to drop off as many of these excellent condition items as you want:
Snow suits
Boots
Shoes
Gloves/Mittens
Dress up dresses and costumes
Shoes: Please ensure shoes are clean with laces tied.
Why This Matters: Following these guidelines really helps us keep things moving! Processing all the items takes a ton of time, and the easier you make it for us, the more drop-offs we can accept each day. That means less hassle for you!
No Time to Sort? No worries! We happily accept any children’s clothing and items as donations. We can get any stained or broken items to the right place (stained and damaged clothing goes to the Diabetes Foundation). Any donations we can sell, the proceeds go into our donation fund, which allows families in need to shop for free. This service is so meaningful for our community, and we truly appreciate every donation!
Thanks for your support, and we can’t wait to see you at drop-off!
Label your bag or box with your phone number. This is really important so we know they are your items. Items received in unlabelled bags or boxes will revert to donation.
Consignment Period: 3 months
Payout Options: store credit (credit never expires) or in-store e-transfer
Payout Request: Must be requested by email; otherwise, defaults to store credit after 3 months
Non-Accepted Items: Will be donated to local families, Diabetes Association, Crossway Community Thrift or Women in Need
Ownership: Consignee retains ownership until items are sold
Termination: 30 days' notice from either party
At Valley Kids & Local Market, we love giving gently used items a second life! Here’s what we accept, what we don’t, and a few important notes for consignors.
Items We Are Looking For:
Clothing Up to 30 items per day that meet quality standards:
Clothing: Lay flat, zippers, snaps and buttoned up. Babies, kids & tweens (sizes newborn to 12 years). Top Selling Brands: Patagonia, The North Face, Bonds, Woolino, Lulu Lolipop, Rabbit&Bear, Petit Lem, Headster, Helly Hansen, Columbia, Hatley, Carhart, OshKosh (overalls) Mickey & Mini Mouse
Unlimited, provided they meet our quality standards:
Shoes: Clean and laces tied. Kids’ shoes, boots, sandals & cleats in great condition. Top selling brands: Stonz, Stride Rite, Vans, Nike, Adidas, Crocs, Native, Bogs
Sleep Sacks: Lay flat, zipped up. Top Selling brands: Kite, Lululolipop, Woolino
Accessories & Gear: Backpacks, hats, outerwear, and other practical items.
Wooden Toys: High-quality wooden toys, puzzles, and educational toys that are complete and in good condition. We reserve the right to refinish and repair any wooden toys. in the case that wooden toys or furniture do not sell, the will be returned to the consignor in refinished condition and no commission will be paid.
Special Notes: Due to the cost of documenting items, graphic t-shirts and onesies from big box chains (Carter's, George, Joe Fresh, etc) are only accepted by donation. We also only accept socks and bibs by donation. If we receive these items in your drop off, we will assume they are donations. If items require cleaning but we think it will sell, we may opt ot clean it for you. If we do clean your items and they sell, your consignment payout portion will be reduced to 20% to cover the cost of laundering.
Items We Can't Accept.To maintain safety and quality, we cannot accept: Items that are dirty, stained, or damaged. Any items that are stained or damaged (holes, rips, tears, missing buttons, broken zippers, etc.) will automatically revert to donation. From time to time, we reserve the right to repair or clean higher demand items, however no consignment fee will be credited unless the repair or cleaning is deemed to be minimal, in which case, consignment fee will be reduced to 20% of sale price, less 2.5% transaction fees.
Items with missing parts.
Used underwear or reusable diapers.
Cribs, car seats, or car boosters, helmets, bikes, scooters, strollers or high chairs. The primary reason for this is we can not guarantee the safety standards for our customers, so thank you so much for understanding.
Hazardous items, including anything with recalled safety risks.
Special note: If we receive any of these items in your drop off, we will assume that they are to be donated and they will be donated to facilities that can manage them or disposed of. We are sorry for any inconvenience in advance, however as we have very limited space we can do not have the capacity to store them, in order to manage their return to consignors.