Nearly New Sale

Priory Centre, Stretton, Burton-On-Trent- Next sale date is still to be decided due to lack of volunteers at present. Nearly new sale of childrens toys, books, videos, nursery equipment, prams, bedding.
Current NCT members * and volunteers ** will be allowed to browse from 10.00 am to 10.30 am. * You will need to bring with you your membership card. To join the NCT go to www.nct.org.uk/join .All sellers please register with Birgit by 2 weeks before the sale to enable all relevant paperwork to be completed before the day.
Moira Village Hall Sat 2nd Oct 2010 10.30 am - 1pm Nearly new sale of children's clothes, nursery equipment, bedding, children's toys, pushchairs,cake stall-please note for this sale only we are requesting no BOOKS OR VIDEOS, sanitary wear/nappies, and only NEARLY NEW footwear. Please register with Vicky ASAP on 01283 701140
Teas, coffee and cakes, raffle.
Admission £1, children free

Current NCT members * and volunteers ** will be allowed to browse from 10.00 am to 10.30 am. * You will need to bring with you your membership card.To join the NCT go to www.nct.org.uk/join . All sellers will need to register with Vicki Tidy at least 2 weeks before the sale to enable all relevant paperwork to be completed before the day.

SELLERS:

If you would like to sell items in the sale then you MUST pre-register even if you have sold at previous sales - register by sending an e-mail to abcnctnearlynew@googlemail.com or by phoning Vicki on 07818 402600 asap please.

Full name, this must be the same name that you will use on your labels.
Full address including postcode.
Contact phone number preferably mobile so we can text updates to you.
Are you a new or regular seller?
Would you be able to volunteer to help ? see below for list of jobs
Would you be able to bring a cake to sell with the tea's & coffees?
How did you hear about the Nearly New Sale?

You will be issued with a registration number and a registration pack and 3 posters to distribute in your local area. Note when pricing up items please use a minimum selling price of 50p and price in mulitples of 50p ie. £0.50, £1.00, £1.50, £2,00, £2.50, £3.00 etc.... There will be an additional £3.00 admin fee for all the sellers who fail to pre-register by the given deadline of 2 weeks before the sale date. Please note we have imposed a minimum sale amount of 50p to aid aministration, so please bundle small items together. All items for sale at less than 50p will be removed from sale.

Quality checks will be carried out on all items to ensure that the sale items are of NEARLY NEW condition. All sub-standard items will be removed from the sale prior to doors opening.

All sellers should drop off their clearly labeled items between 8.15 am and 9.00 am on the day of the sale. At 10.00 am everyone who is not a pre-registered volunteer will be asked to leave the hall so that health and safety and quality checks can be carried out.

10.15 - 10.30 current NCT members* and pre-registered volunteers** may browse.

Doors open at 10.30 to the general public

All sellers should return between 12.30 and1 pm to collect any of their items which have been unsold. Uncollected items will be donated to the NCT for disposal.

VOLUNTEERS

** Volunteers must register with the organiser by 2 weeks before the sale dates. Please register by e-mailing abcnctnearlynew@googlemail.com with your name, address, e-mail and contact phone number. We will e-mail you a list of available roles (SEE BELOW FOR THE FULL LIST) and you can indicate your first & second choice.

INFORMATION

CAKES

We offer refreshments on the day so all donations of caskes would be most gratefully received.

WHAT YOU CAN SELL

Nearly new babies, childrens under fives and maternity clothes, toys and equipment. All items should be in good (nearly new|) condition. Quality checks will be carried out and sub-standard items removed. Clothes should be washed and ironed and on hangers if possible. Sort clothes into age groups. Please bag up all toys with parts and tape up boxes of games and jigsaws. Make sure all toys and equipment are clean. Put all toys with small parts in clear bags and seal well. The ideal is to bag smaller items together into £1 or £2 lots. They tend to sell better and reduces the administartion.

Please DO NOT bring the following items - we are legally NOT allowed to sell: mattresses, baby bouncers, baby walkers, breast pumps, protective helmets, mains powered electrical items, car seats except booster seats, baby bottles, 3 in 1 pram systems can be sold but the car seat will be technically given away 'free' and labelled as such, as we are not allowed to sell them and hand knitted toys.

PRICING

You, the seller decide the price for each item. Please use multiples of £0.50p. Overpriced items will not sell. Bag up several cheaper items together. Smaller items should be bundled together in packs of four or five. Large items such as travel cots amd strollers should generally be priced at around 30% of the cost of a brand new item.

MONEY

All sellers are asked to provide an C5 or A4 addressed envelope, with a LARGE stamp. The money from the sales less 30% commission to the NCT and a £1.50 admin fee and your labels will be sent to you by cheque after the event. An additional £3.00 admin fee will be charged to all sellers who register after the closing date, and we may still be unable to accept you.

LABELLING -you must now use the official labels which are listed as an attachment to this page. Failure to do so, could mean your items will be removed from the sale. Ideally they should be printed on coloured paper to aid ease of sorting.

Before the event, you, the seller should

Label up and price each item in multiples of 50p only
On the label should be: Full name and registration number, brief description of the item and its size, the price and whether you want it to be returned or donated to charity if it doesn't sell
Labels should be reasonably sturdy, strong paper or thin cardboard is ideal.
Please, please do not use glue, parcel tape or masking tape to attach the labels.
Labels MUST be attached securely to garments by sewing or safety pin. No ordinary pins or sellotape please. Use clear magic tape or string on larger items
It is the sellers responsibility to ensure labels are attached securely, but bear in my mind that they also need to be removed easily at the tills.
All items with lost labels are withdrawn from the sale for collection at the end
DISCLAIMER : The committee reserves the right to refuse to sell items considered unsafe or unsuitable. The committee cannot accept responsisiblity for items lost or damaged during the sale.

WHEELED CHILD CONVEYANCES

Prams and pushchairs must satisfy the following requirements:

They must be permanently marked with BS 7409: 1996 together with the name/trademark of the manufacturer or importer.
There must be a permanent notice on the vehicle stating the following: "Children must be harnessed at all times and never left unattended. The child must be clear of all moving parts while making adjustments. This vehicle requires regular maintenance by the user. Overloading, incorrect folding and use of unapproved accessories may damage or break the vehicle. Read the instructions"
Instructions must be supplied with each vehicle - marked "Important. Keep for future reference"
Instructions should cover the assembly, use and maintenance of the vehicle.

VOLUNTEERS JOBS

We have several teams - join one of them and take part,

1. Pre-sale: Marketing the nearly new sale : Arranging the printing out posters advertising the sale and arranging distribution of the posters. Ensuring that all areas are covered and general promotion and publicity of the sale.

2. Pre-sale: Friday set-up : Meet at the hall on the evening preceding the sale and help put up the clothes rails and organise the sale area and bags.

3. Pre-sale administration: Ensure the stationery box is fully stocked and that we have name badges for everyone, sold stickers, blue tac, tape, all general admin jobs.

4. Catering management & raffle : Teas coffees juices and cakes. Organise cake donations, raffle tickets and prizes

5. Pre-sale: Sellers registration : Handle sellers enquiries by post, phone or e-mail. send out pre-registration packs to every seller.

6. Pre-Sale: Sponsorship and other supplier advertising : The sale is sponsored by a few businesses, these companies display their leaflets at the tills and have leaflets put in the sale bags.

7. Nearly New Sale : Volunteer to do a job on the day itself, this could be tills, sorting labels, inputting labels, helping sellers put out ther items, selling teas & coffee, handing out bags on the door, sorting and tidying, raffle, helping customers with larger items and many more. Volunteers are needed from 9.00 a.m.- 2.00 p.m.

8. Clear up : Come along at 2 p.m help us dismantle the rails and clean up the hall and possibly transport the rails to storage.

To volunteer : email us your full name, full address, e-mail address and contact phone number to abcnctnearlynew@googlemail.com stating your 1st and 2nd choices.

Ashby, Burton & Coalville branch of the NCT - Registered charity No: 801395