Welcome to the Guideline Page!  In our Post-Covid world, we are severely short-staffed and need your help, now more than ever, to bring in the best quality items you can!  These pages are to teach you, our consignor, exactly what we look for, tips for best selling, and cleaning tips that will maximize your profit and keep Bubbles & Bean thriving for years to come.  Please click on the buttons to the left to see particular guidelines for your category, however, these tips are universal to all goods that come into the store!  
For years, we have said "NO Stains, NO Rips, or NO Holes"!  Those guidelines still stand, but there are other things that the consignor could do to make items SALE READY!  Please follow these tips to make your items "sale ready" and to save time when you come into the store with your items.
  • Button ALL buttons and Snap ALL snaps!
  • For Jeans or Pants that have the elastic tightening bands, please UNBUTTON the elastics for easier hanging on the clip hangers.
  • Smooth out ALL wrinkles on summer dresses with ruffles.
  • Take a knife or utility knife and clean out the VELCRO in shoes!  Keens and Water Sandals are notorious offenders for dirty velcro, but all sneakers with velcro straps should be looked at and cleaned.
  • DOG HAIR!!  Buy a lint roller!  Please lint roll the dog & cat hair.  Sometimes, putting clothes in a dryer works to remove most of the hair, but look again and see if it is all removed.
  • Pilling.  To no fault of our own, most of our clothing is made in fast-fashion factories in Asia.  The quality is sub-par at best, for most fast fashion brands,  and items usually wear out after just a few washes.  Please hold items up to the light and look at the SURFACE of the garment.  If the garment has little balls of pilling or the garment looks threadbare, we unfortunately can not put it on the floor.
  • One thing to not worry about... HANGERS!  In keeping with the aesthetic design of the store, please do not bring clothes on your own hangers... unless they are white or clear.  No colored hangars, wood, or wire hangers will be put out on the floor.  
  • Please remove ALL Yard Sale stickers!
  • HERE IS A LIST OF ALL THINGS WE DO NOT ACCEPT EVER!!​
                  Baby Bottles or Nipples
                  Underwear
                  Women's Bras (girls training bras will be accepted)
                  Most socks!  (we will accept NEW infant socks, soccer socks and like new 
                                            Smart Wool socks)
                   Drop-side Cribs or any crib over 5 years old
                   Crib Bedding or ANY Bedding except toddler/kid sleeping bags
                   Breast Pumps (these are now free for most insurance companies so they 
                                                 tend to not sell!)
                   LARGE infant swings!  (The giant swings do not sell well anymore, but the    
                                                smaller portable ones still sell well)
                   ANYTHING that is RECALLED!!   If you are unsure.. please google your own 
                                              item and see if the item is recalled for any reason)
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