I spent two hours in Hell, or as it's known in Fort Smith "The Growing Kids Consignment Sale."
Angie said we just had to attend. There were bargains galore. Strollers that go for $300 new sell for $50. Kids' furniture, clothes, diaper bags, you name it they've got it.
On the plus side, the people running this thing are sticklers about what they accept for the sale. Teeny little stain? Nope, won't accept it. Missing a button? Sorry, no thanks. And, thanks to Angie putting Jen's name on some of her own kids' clothes, we got to go on Wednesday night before it was open to the general public.
On the minus side, it was overwhelming. Here's a photo of the setup from the sale's Web site (yes, it has a Web site) ...
(Click on the photo and you can get a bigger look at it.)
Now if Wednesday was like that photo, I'd have been fine. But imagine a few hundred women, dozens of kids running loose and a sprinkling of men carrying the piles of clothes being bought. And I do mean piles. People were using 50-gallon trash cans as shopping carts and were filling them up.
Naturally, these women were ruthless too. They'd nudge you with the strollers they were buying to get you to move when they wanted to look at something. I had one woman ask me if I was going to buy a diaper bag ... that I was holding in my hands! (We did buy it. Laura Ashley, $10 and in perfect condition.)
Luckily, the next time there's one of these sales I won't be attending. I'll pull a Jason and say "Sorry, but somebody has to stay home with the baby."
5 comments:
What was that late night auction we used to watch when we came home from the bars? I just heard that dude's monotone broken English trying to hawk your Laura Ashley diaper bag ... I miss that show. And remember, if they push first, it's always acceptable to push back.
HaHa!! I picture your story in my head and it makes me LOL!!
Those same women go to the Pier One after Christmas super sale!! Good grief, they are freakin' nuts!!!
:-D
No, Craiggers, it's not the TV version of Tradio with the guy selling crap. "We got a Barbie doll right here, she's missing one leg but is otherwise in good shape."
This is Junior League/country club women getting rid of their kids stuff.
The funniest thing is that some of them are trying to make a profit. Like putting $6 on some outfit that you can buy at Old Navy for $4.
Ridiculous. If it were me, I'd actually pull a "somebody's gotta stay with the dogs". There's no way you'd pull me into a hurricane like that.
Hey, next time we could road-pop on the way there. Might make it more interesting. And, nobody would stand near us because we would smell so bad. Imagine the disapproving looks. Road-popping to the kids sale...
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