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Hi again, all,

As those of you who have been here a few years may know, I have been burned by consignment before. I've stayed away from it since, but I'm somewhat tempted to give it another shot. A lady I know (because she used to work at a shop I go to) has a stand at the Farmer's Market in Hilo now. This is a much larger market than the one I used to go to (and may at some point again, but not right now). She does consignment asking 20% (which to me is almost incredibly low). I don't sell on Ebay or Etsy where the overheads would probably be lower (or not?) as money is concerned, but probably not as time is concerned, and time is a major concern to me again.

I have a bunch of jewelry that I have been carrying around for a while, and that I'd in some cases, quite frankly, would just like to shed because I have moved on (not the Job's Tears, but the cheap class beads). Having had a look at what she says does sell and what she says doesn't, I think I'd have a chance at actually getting a few things sold. Another issue to me here now is to get as many exposures, especially local ones, to my website as I can get - putting a business card in gets the URL out there too.

Any opinions?

Thanks, Maren HiloBeads: Beads - Findings - Hand-made Jewelry

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Vicky

Hm. People don't do contracts here unless you go to expenses like buying a house. We've bought and sold used cars with a hand shake. We had our water mains replaced, permit and all, our electric service and breaker panel upgraded, also with permit and all, and never written or signed a contract. I'm in a small town where neighbors talk to each other and watch out for one another (well, most do), you're on friendly terms with the supermarket check-out people, give your notary public a hug when you see her at the mall.

- Whatever other people think, there is still Aloha here. -

I was thinking of starting small, with a few small items, like maybe a dozen eyelash scrunchies and a few pairs of earrings and take it from there.

Aloha, Maren HiloBeads: Beads - Findings - Hand-made Jewelry

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Thanks Bart. She'd like me to drop things off in the morning and pick them up in the afternoon, but suggested we can also meet n town somewhere some time (obviously, she won't want to carry a large volume of things around with her). As I tend to sleep in on Saturdays I told her the latter would work better for me ...

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