Nearly New Sale

Coventry NCT Branch

Sellers Pack

Version 7

Revised August 2016

Welcome to Selling

Welcome to Selling Thank you for your interest in selling at our next Coventry NCT Nearly New Sale. This Sellers

Pack is designed to give you as much information as possible to enable you to sell successfully at

our sale. We aim to keep this pack up to date and relevant, so if you feel that you need any more

information or that there is something missing, then please let us know.

Please email at nns.coventry@nct.org.uk

Contents of Pack

1. Sale registration

2. Items for sale

3. Label making

4. Labelling and packaging

5. The sale

6. Publicity

7. Volunteering

1. Sale registration Sale registration opens 6 weeks prior to a sale. In order to fully register as a seller you have to

complete the Seller registration form found here https://goo.gl/MPtXhH

Once completed you should receive the following message:

Now check you emails. Sometimes it can go into spam folders.

Use the link in your new email to complete the registration process. This link contains your

personal details don’t forward it on to anyone.

Our sale can only go ahead successfully if we have a team of volunteers. You do not need to be

an NCT member to volunteer. Volunteers are needed from 8:30am - 4pm. There are some great

benefits to being a volunteer – if you are a seller your commission is reduced to 20% rather than

25%, you get to preview all the great items that are being sold, shop in our pre sale before the

main sale opens and then the satisfaction that you have helped raise money for the charity.

Please tick if you can volunteer.

Once you have entered your bank details (in order for us to pay you as quickly as possible after

the sale) and made your selections, proceed to payment.

You will be taken to the Sage payment screen.

Once paid you will receive the following message:

Check your emails for the confirmation email

Follow the link to view your registration details

Here you will find your seller number that you will need to complete your labels.

You should receive your label pack and instructions within two days of registering.

2. Items for sale The most important thing to remember is that our sales are Nearly New sales. Please ask

yourself if the item is nearly new? If there is lots of wear and tear or missing parts please do not

include these items even if your pricing reflects the damage.

What you can sell The main stalls at the sale will be:

Clothes: maternity; 0-3months; 3-6 months; 6-9 months; 9-12 months; 12-18 months; 18-24

months; 2-3ys; 3-4yrs; 4-5yrs; 6-7ys; 7-8ys and dress up.

Shoes

Small equipment: reclining baby bouncers; cot mobiles; bedding; door bouncers; potties; baths

etc

Large equipment: high chairs; stair gates; baby walkers; activity centres; baby gyms; feeding

cushions; carry cots; moses baskets; floor seats; bed guards; fire guards; prams and buggies;

pedal bicycles (saddle height less than 635mm) etc

NB please check batteries haven’t leaked in battery operated equipment. Mains operated

equipment need to be tested and approved by a qualified electrician

NB To minimise the risk of accidents please ensure that door bouncers are sold with assembly

instructions that include a weight limit.

NB Prams and buggies must meet the requirements of the Wheeled Child Conveyances (Safety)

regulations 1997 (compliance label British Standard 7409 or EN1888)

Furniture: high chairs; cots; changing tables, junior chairs

NB with permanent label “Carelessness Causes Fire”; carrycot stands should be labelled with

size and weight loadings, have a guard rail, suitable base and be a maximum height of 432mm

Second hand mattresses can be sold providing they have a waterproof cover (eg. PVC) with no

tears, cracks or holes in.

Toys: indoor and outdoor toys

NB soft toys don’t sell well except characters; please check batteries haven’t leaked in battery

operated toys. Mains operated toys need to be tested and approved by a qualified electrician

Books: pregnancy; baby; toddler; pre school; suitable up to age 8ys; baby and toddler cooking

DVDs and CDs: suitable up to age 8yrs; pregnancy; mum fitness

Cosmetics and toiletries: unopened and in date, originally for sale in the UK

Breast pumps: brand new only (still in original packaging) with sealed bottles

Items you cannot sell It is your responsibility to ensure that goods that you are selling are safe and fit for purpose. In

order to protect NCT, you (the seller) and our customers, NCT have created a list of items that

will not be accepted for sale at any NCT Nearly New Sale:

Bag style baby slings

Car seats, car booster seats, ‘Isofix’ bases or car seats from travel systems

Riding hats or crash helmets

Bottles, baby food and formula

Ventilated mattresses

Bicycles with saddle height over 635mm

Used or unused but opened breast pumps

Untested main powered equipment

Please check that your Mothercare cot mobile has not been recalled

Any recalled item: please check your local trading standards office

http://www.tradingstandards.uk/advice/advicerecall-list.cfm or Rapex

http://ec.europa.eu/consumers/consumers_safety/safety_products/rapex/alerts/main/?event

=main.listNotifications for up to date information

3. Label Making Every item presented for sale needs an easily detachable NCT label. We have prepared an excel

spreadsheet that you will receive once you have registered to sell.

If your label becomes detached and lost, we cannot sell the item. We recommend attaching

labels to clothes using a label gun (can be purchased from such sites as ebay for around £4). We

also recommend that you print your labels on card or thick paper as they tend to not get ripped

and lost as easily.

Labels Pack The labels pack is an excel spreadsheet – we recommend opening on a PC rather than on a

mobile device.

The pack consists of 3 sheet tabs. Please read through the ‘Instructions’ sheet thoroughly.

Complete the ‘Sellers Sheet’

The ‘Sellers Sheet’ will auto populate the labels.

Ensure that you enter your sellers number (found though your confirmation email), and your

name.

How much should I charge? Coventry NCT has a minimum charge of 50p. Prices must be in multiples of 50p (£1.00, £1.50,

£2.00 and so on).

The prices you choose are up to you. The following are suggested guide prices.

Coats/ best dresses/ outfits £2-£4 Dresses/ two piece outfits/ shirt/ cardigan/ jumper £1-£3 T-shirts/ 3 vests/ baby grows £1-£1.50 Stair gate/ fire guards £5-£10 Equipment/ toys Up to 30% of store prices

We cannot give anymore advice on prices. Think about how much you would be prepared to pay

for the item. Price to sell, people want a bargain.

Labels

As you complete the Sellers Sheet the Labels will populate straightaway through formulas

(benefits of excel here).

Please Save As your spreadsheet with your Sellers Number followed your surname to your PC

ready for printing and emailing.

3. Labelling and packaging Once you have finished making the labels in the spreadsheet please print on thick paper or

ideally card.

Attaching labels To help us be quick at the cash tills at the sale we need to easily and quickly remove the labels,

whilst keeping them intact so they can be read successfully so that you can be paid correctly

after the sale.

Only attach the left side of the label to your item, do not cut off the right side, we do this at the

till as the item is sold.

Clothes - The best way to attach labels to clothes is by using a tagging gun (available from such

places as ebay for around £4). Alternative methods are safety pins or thread. Tape falls off too

easily and we need your label to stay on the item so that it can be sold.

Toys, books and equipment – the best way to attach labels to these items is by masking tape,

string or thread.

Please do not use cello tape, duck tape or parcel tape as these can strip any paint, pull off paper

(off books and boxes) or damage the item.

Ensure that your label is clearly visible so that buyers can see the details and that the volunteers

at the cash tills can remove them.

Please do not cut the label apart. The left side (small piece) is attached to the item. The right

side (large piece) will be cut off by our volunteers at the cash till. It is this piece that will used to

pay you.

Packaging Clothes should be on hangers. Do not attach the label to the hanger but to the clothes.

If selling a group of items ensure they are attached to each other.

0-24 month clothes can be sold in clear, sealed polythene bags. You should attach the label to

the outside of the bag where it is easily accessible although items on hangers can be viewed

more easily by buyers and tend to sell better.

Equipment can also be sold in clear, sealed polythene bags. Again with their labels attached to

the outside of the bag.

It is advisable to sell items with loose pieces in bags to avoid losing pieces.

4. The Sale You should bring your items in either large bags; collapsible boxes or stackable boxes. These

should be clearly labelled with your Seller Number and your surname. No suitcases, we do not

have capacity to store these during the sale.

Please pack similar items together. This really helps the volunteers to unpack and sort items out

before the sale begins. You can do this by separating them into different layers or in separate

boxes.

For clothes, please bundle by size and gender. Each group can be tied together (string or elastic

band) so volunteers can easily carry them together to the rail.

At the Venue Drop off your items between 8:45 – 9:15am

On entering Tile Hill Wood School please turn left and then follow the NCT signs around to the

theatre.

On arrival, please check that your details are all correct on the sign in sheet.

A volunteer will take your items from the drop off zone and place in the right area ready for the

sale. Our volunteers will also be quality checking your items for suitability, any items that are

not suitable will be placed back in your box and not displayed during the sale.

Collecting your items At the end of the sale our volunteers will collate all your unsold items together into your

labelled boxes ready for you to collect.

Collect your items at 3:15pm

Please check the lost property table for any items that may have become detached from their

label.

Items not collected may be donated to charity, if you are struggling to make it on time, please

contact us.

You should be paid 75% of the value of your sold items (80% if you are a volunteer) by BACS

within two weeks of the sale if you have provided us with your bank details. Cheque payments

can take longer.

5. Publicity The better advertised the sale, the more people will come. Then the better your items will sell.

Please look out for our Facebook/twitter posts about the sale and Like, Comment and Share the

love. Also please let us know if there are any venues that will display our posters and or give out

leaflets.

6. Volunteering We always need volunteers. Volunteering is a rewarding experience. If you volunteer at the

Coventry NCT nearly new sale you get to preview all the items for sale, attend our volunteers

presale and pay less commission on items you are selling. Volunteers are needed from 8:30am

until 4pm. We are also having lunch provided for a £2 donation.

You can also volunteer in different ways, if you own an estate car or have access to a van we

need to transport the hanging rails to the venue on the Friday evening prior to the sale and then

return them once the sale is finished (from 3pm) We also need people to volunteer to

distribute/hand out leaflets.

If you can volunteer for any of these activities please email nct.cov.volunteer@gmail.com