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{Now Closed} Consignment Shopping Tips + Presale Passes for Indy Kids Consignment

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Indy Kids Consignment will be holding its 10th sale at the Hamilton County Fairgrounds in Noblesville, IN on September 16-18 and expects to have over 200 consignors with 30,000 bargain items to choose from.

The following is a guest post from Lori Chandler, Co-Organizer of the Indy Kids Consignment.

Lori has been involved with Indy Kids Consignment for six years and been a part of running it for two years.  She is a thrifty mom and loves helping to provide the community with great consignment opportunities.

We are heading into the consignment shopping season.  Prepare yourself to find tremendous bargains!  Here are IKC’s top tips cool moms need to know about consignment shopping

At consignment sales you can buy a season’s worth of clothing for your kids at about 90% off the retail price.  And, because there is such a huge selection, your kids won’t be wearing what all the other kids are wearing.  Holiday and special occasion clothing are great buys at consignment sales. Christmas and Easter clothing as well as Halloween costumes are usually in excellent condition because they have only been worn once.

Toys are, of course, are another great bargain at consignment sales.  We all know that kids are picky when it comes to toys.  They play with some over and over while others just sit in the corner and see very little play time.  The selection of toys at most consignment sales is so huge that you are bound to find something your child will like and even if it does turn out to be one of those toys that doesn’t get much play time, you will be glad that you only spent $3 on it.

One thing that many people don’t think to look for at consignment sales are gifts.  All sales will have tons of items that are brand new with tags still on.    Think outside the box and make a list of the gifts you might need in the next several months.  Birthdays, Christmas, baby showers, etc. and you will be able to cross some of those gifts off your list.

Consignment shopping is cool and green.  More and more savvy moms are jumping on the consignment bandwagon because it’s such a practical and green approach. Americans waste so much each year and consignment shopping is a great way to reduce and reuse.

Lastly, consignment shopping is so much fun to do to with girlfriends.  We get excited for each other when we find great bargains.  So, if at all possible leave your kids at home.  If you do bring them make sure you check out the sales website.  Many sales have times when kids and strollers are not allowed.

Are you ready to see what kind of bargains you can find at the consignment sale? Local Indianapolis area readers can win a FREE pre-sale pass to the Indy Kids Consignment for Wednesday, September 15, 2010.

How to Win?

Prize: (2) Sets of Presale Passes for Wednesday, September 15, 2010 at Hamilton County Fairgrounds, Noblesville, IN

You can enter up to 4 times with the following methods:

1. Leave a comment: Let me know who you will be shopping for at Indy Kids Consignment!

2. Become a Facebook Liker of Bargain Briana AND Indy Kids Consignment on Facebook.

3. Tweet the following on Twitter:

Save on Kids Clothes + Win a FREE presale pass to @IKCsale http://bit.ly/dr6uT0 @bargainbriana #indy #ikcsale

4. Subscribe to my free newsletter via email or RSS. You must confirm your email subscription for it to be a valid entry. If you are already a subscriber, leave a comment letting me know you are already subscribed.

Please leave a comment for each additional entry.

Giveaway will end on Monday, September 13, 2010 at 6 p.m. EST.

Winner will be chosen by random. Be sure bargainbriana@gmail.com is in your safe sender list as you don’t want to miss the email if you are the chosen winner. If winner doesn’t respond to my email within 48 hours, I will pick another winner. U.S. Entries only.

This giveaway was provided by Indy Kids Consignment. Read more on my Disclosure Policy.

Want to win more? Enter to win the rest of my current giveaways!

Comments

  3. Can’t wait to attend the Indy Kids Consignment sale! This will be my 4th year to go and it gets bigger and bigger each year!

  7. my kids are ages 3 and 1 and I would love to find clothes bargains as well as holiday attire!! I love holidays!!

  11. I am a Facebook follower and subscribe via email. I would love to find a Halloween costume for my 6 year old and a Christmas dress for my 2 year old.

  15. I’m going to be shopping for my daughter Jersey and my son Eli. I’m hoping to find shoes for my son and outfits for my daughter. Thanks!

  19. I am going to be shopping for my two little girls. Ages 1 & 2 mostly just the 2 year old! Can’t wait!

  20. I will be shopping for my three daughters ages 12, 9 and 5. It’s our first time and we are very excited!

  28. I will be shopping for my girls. Ages 18 mo and 11 years. Hoping to find some winter outfits for the little one and some random stuff for the Middle Schooler!

  32. This is also my favorite bargain blog – I follow 3 regularly, but this is the best b/c you are local. Thanks for all you do!

  33. I follow you all the time and don’t have time for facebook or twitter ( 6 mo old twins – no time for this!) so this is my only method to enter!

  34. I have boy/girl twins, totally need a sneak peak before the rest of the crowds!!

    **WINNER**

  36. I will be shopping for my one year old son! I follow on facebook and get the daily e-mails! Thanks for all your wonderful tips! I would love a pass for Wednesday! :)

  46. This is awesome! I had never heard of Indy Kids Consignment. I have been buying consignment clothes for my five kids since Jake was born. There were very few stores in the mid 90’s.

    **WINNER**

  49. I will be shopping for my three kids. Thanks for letting me know about this; I’ve never been before and plan on coming to Noblesville that weekend anyway!

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