I discovered the Jack & Jill Market at the end of May this year and thought it was a marvelous idea. They take place all over Scotland and come back to each place every few months or so. The best thing about them: although second-hand, the stuff for sale is nearly new and in excellent condition.
Back in May I bought Logan some toys and clothes for the winter, and couldn't wait for the next one. We then decided that we have the perfect family the way it is so we now have tons of baby stuff that we won't need any longer. The Jack & Jill Market seemed the best place to try and sell some of the really nice clothes, toys and most importantly the Travel System that takes up half the space in the loft! So I spent a few hours going through bags of clothes, making sure the pram, chassis, car seat etc... were all still in perfect working order and clean. I also decided that, instead of putting clothes in some random order on my stall, I would bundle them in outfist and put each outfit in a clear plastic bag so potential buyers could see what they would be buying. I went through a mountain of clothes from 0 to 12 months to do this, it took me a while.
It costs £23 to have a stall. That's fine as long as you sell enough to make up for it and more. I had a Travel System for sale so no issue with covering the cost. If I sold it.
We bundled Logan off with his grandparents for a couple of hours and set up our stall. It took 2 cars to bring everything (baby bath, baby gym, so much stuff that one stores!!), mainly because there are 6 bulky items to the travel system. I'd put shoes in a couple of DVD racks and the organisers thought it was such a brilliant idea they took photos! 10.30 am struck at the clock and I was ready to sell everything.
Well... maybe it was just me, but my 2 biggest items, the Travel System and the Babygym, did NOT sell. They had to come home with me. We checked our prices against the other babygyms and travel systems and they were pretty matching. I think if I'd sold these I wouldn't have minded so much about not selling that many clothes, especially since clothes didn't seem to sell much on the other stalls. Toys definitely! And I bought some myself, Logan is very chuffed with his new drum and tractor.
I'll give the clothes to charity, but keep trying selling the pram on the internet somehow!!
I will go back to the J&J as a buyer, but I don't think I'll try as a seller again. Unless I have some smashing toys to sell :)
Click below to see a short video of Logan having fun with his new toys.
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