Drop-Off
Item Drop-off
Consignors should bring all items to Sanders Corner Elementary School the Friday before the sale, between 5:30 pm to 8:00 pm. Consignors must check in by 7:30 pm, unless you have only a small amount of items. Items must be dropped off by 8:00 pm and all consignors must leave the building by 8:00 pm. The Drop-off Volunteers need time to finalize organization of the sales floor and be finished by the end of their shift. Please plan to arrive with plenty of time to drop off all items. Do not bring items to the school except during these times. Any items dropped at the school before or after that time will not be put out on the floor.
We will not have access to the Large Items
Room until 6:30, so if you can wait until then to bring large items (especially cribs,
changing tables and other truly large items), that would be quite helpful. Until 6:30, all large items will be outside,
weather permitting.
Volunteers working a shift on Friday evening must drop-off their items before their shift, starting at 4:30. Each consignor should plan ahead, being sure to have enough time to drop-off all items and start their shift on time. It is important that everyone leaves Sanders Corner Elementary School on time. It will be impossible for consignors working the second shift to finish bringing in merchandise after their shift. Please, be sure to be organized in order to have a quick drop-off.
Consignors must check in before bringing any items into the building. Please come to check-in empty handed, it might take a few minutes to get through the line. Consignors will be given a short explanation of the drop-off locations. All consignors will be given a nametag and quality control ticket. Name tags are very important. Since school children are still in the building on Friday, everyone associated with the sale must have a name tag. Please ask for a nametag for any helpers (including children).
On the next trip inside go to the Quality Control Area where volunteers will be checking that tags adhere to the guidelines in the Tag Guidelines, as well as assessing the quality of your items. Please bring an armload or a boxful of items to show to our volunteers. After receiving a sticker from a Quality Control volunteer, consignors proceed to drop off their items through the designated doors.
Bring all large items (anything that cannot be carried easily in one hand - for example, strollers, car seats, high chairs) back to the Quality Control area. (Be sure to sign a "Car Seat Information" form for any Infant carseats that are consigned.) Quality Control volunteers will retag these large items. The tag prepared by the consignor will be placed on a special Large Item Tag by one of our volunteers before it is placed on the sales floor. It is not necessary to wait as the items are retagged. However, we suggest that all consignors with large items come back to Quality Control area before leaving to check that their items have been properly tagged. Any items that cannot be placed on the sales floor must be taken back on Friday night. If we have merchandise that is damaged or of poor quality (for example, car seats that are not part of a stroller combination, crank operated baby swings). Large items in poor condition will be discarded if they are left in the Quality Control area.
It is each consignor's responsibility to place their items on the correct rack or table on the sales floor, except for Large Items. Please take large items to the Quality Control area for retagging. Once our volunteers retag those items, they will be placed on the sales floor in the Large Items room. However, each consignor is responsible for double-checking the Quality Control area to make sure that all of their items are placed on the sales floor. Please ask a Floor volunteer for help if you have any questions about drop-off! Tagged items not properly placed will not be sold.
Pick-up
Item pick-up
All unsold items must be picked up between 2:00 - 2:30 PM on the day of the sale. CFC MOPS will not return any items that are not picked up. Items that have not been picked up by 2:30 PM on the day of the sale will become part of the Dollar Dash or be donated to either Christian Fellowship Church's Share and Care Ministry or to other local charities.
It is the consignor's responsibility to check all areas to pick up their items. Clothing is the only item that will attempted to be sorted. All other items, including books, videos, toys, equipment, etc., will be left unsorted for consignor pick up. Generally, most toys and equipment are easy to spot and most consignors do not return for books and videos so the volunteers' time is best spent sorting clothing. Although Clean-up Volunteers do their best to organize all items by consignor number, please look around. As well as children's clothing, be sure to check for maternity clothing. Even check the lost tag area for missing items. Ask a clean-up volunteer for assistance if necessary. We do our best to consolidate all items, however please double check for anything that is particularly important to you.
Clean-up volunteers will do their best to sort the clothing by consignor number. However, this cannot be 100% guaranteed. When you arrive at consignor pick-up, the racks will be marked by consignor number. Find the rack with your number on it & look for your clothing there. Once you have looked at that rack, be sure to look around at the other racks. Volunteers do their best to sort the clothing, but depending on how many items of clothing are left & how many volunteers are working, it is possible that not everything will be completely sorted.
Please thoroughly check the entire rack to make sure you have retrieved all of your non-donated items.
After the Sale
Consignor Payment: Consignor payment packages will consist of a Consignor Letter and a check. If you live outside the Ashburn, Brambleton, Cascades, Centreville, Chantilly, Great Falls, Herndon, Leesburg, Potomac Falls, Reston or Sterling you may request to have your tags mailed to you (you must indicate this option when you register). Packages will be sent out in four to six weeks. If you are assessed the a tag fee for not following the tag preparation guidelines, there will be a sheet explaining this charge.
Returned tags: Tags will be collected for all items sold during the sale. Tags will be available at Christian Fellowship Church for 4 weeks shortly after the sale. Once tags are ready for pick up an email notification will be sent. Consignors may also choose to have their tags returned through the mail (If you live outside of Ashburn, Brambleton, Cascades, Centreville, Chantilly, Great Falls, Herndon, Leesburg, Potomac Falls, Reston or Sterling). If a mailed tag packet is large, the excess postage will be deducted from the check. You must notify the Sale Coordinator via email by 3 days after the sale that you wish to have your tags mailed!
Missing Tags: We do our best to collect all the tags, however sometimes tags get lost. Sometimes in our rush to work quickly, a tag is never taken off the item. If you get home with an item that still has a tag or if a tag is returned to you that isn't yours, please contact the Consignment Coordinator immediately. Some tags get detached from their item on the sales floor. If you find a tag on the sales floor, please tape it to the LOST TAGS Poster. We often find tags without consignor numbers. Or, a consignor incorrectly labeled a tag and it was impossible to sort it correctly. If there is a question about an item that is unaccounted for, please contact the Sale Coordinator. Sometimes, these tags can be found and added to the total.
We are working hard to prevent "shrinkage" at our sale. Several procedures have been instituted to check that all items have been purchased. For instance, Door Guards check receipts and the Large Item Hold Bay will only accepted purchased merchandise. We have two people working at the cash register to help the process move quickly without making errors. But, some items still disappear. If a tag cannot be located, the best option is to take the item as a tax deduction. All tags will be discarded 60 days following the date of the sale, so please be sure to address any discrepancies with your consignor check or tags within this time frame.
In order to mitigate some of these problems, we ask all consignors, volunteers, and purchasers to help. If a tag is found where it does not belong, please contact the Consignment Sale Coordinator and explain the situation. Also, if you see any shopper exhibiting suspicious behavior, please notify a red-shirted shift leader as soon as possible.
Missing Items:
CFC MOPS nor Sanders Corner Elementary School is not responsible for lost, missing, stolen or damaged items following the sale. We do not keep or store any items that are not picked up following the sale. All unclaimed items are donated to charity. We are unable to compensate for any lost, missing, stolen or damaged items.