Once we agree on what's to be sold, and at what price, we then have to agree on delivery.
If you can deliver your furniture (or whatever) to Yaardsale, then you, as the Seller, will receive 60% of the selling price and Yaardsale will keep 40%. If we come to your home to get the furniture, charges would apply, depending upon what is involved.
Yaardsale works on a Nine Week Consignment Agreement. The initial selling price remains firm for the first three weeks, after which there may be a drop up to 15%. After six weeks there may be an additional 10% price drop. (We say "may be" because we don't always drop the price. Yaardsale's job is to represent the seller. If a particular item is getting a lot of attention but isn't selling for some reason, we won't necessarily drop the price. On the other hand, if something isn't getting any attention whatsoever, we might contact the seller for instructions as to what to do.)
After nine weeks, if your furniture hasn't sold (and we haven't come to an agreement about prolonging its stay here), you are free to come and get it. As a safeguard for our store, the property officially becomes Yaardsale's if it isn't picked up with seven days after the end of the agreement. But this provision is rarely enforced.
All merchandise must be approved for sale by Yaardsale. If items are smaller, Sellers may bring them in. Or you can email photos of the items or you may schedule a viewing through a home inspection appointment with Yaardsale. There is generally no charge for this, but it depends upon the distance.
When consigned items are sold by Yaardsale, cheques are issued to the Sellers the first week of the month following the sale of merchandise. Most are picked up here at the store. But we'll mail or deliver them on request.
Other than consignment furniture, Yaardsale features some of its own new and used pieces, obtained through trusted suppliers. These may range from 19th Century Chinese armoires and chests to lighting and art from higher end hotel chains.
In Meaford, where the age demographic skews higher than in most urban centres, the majority of purchasers are people who are down-sizing into apartments and condos and smaller homes. As a result, there is less interest in large dining sets and full-sized sofas and overstuffed chairs.
But wingback and upholstered chairs fly out of here, as do end tables and folding tables. Oak and old pine pieces are extremely popular, as are corner cabinets, china cabinets, shelving (solid wood only, no particle board, please) and bookcases, and nice storage trunks. Retro-look items in good condition seem to sell well. French Provincial doesn't. For some reason French Provincial, more than anything, has lost its appeal to buyers.
We also sell accessories: better china and glassware, silverware, paintings and prints, sculptures.
We don't deal in mattresses or box springs (although we like beds). And we don't deal in appliances or electronic or musical items, in part because all sales are final and we don't want the hassle of (possibly) malfunctioning inventory.
Most important: We don't accept anything that isn't in very good to excellent condition.Yaardsale refers to price, not to product.
