SELLERS INSTRUCTIONS - NCT Nearly New Sale

Sellers Pack NCT Nearly New Sale

The Warriner School Bloxham Banbury OXON OX15 4LJ ()

(11.30*-1.00, * 11.00 for members)

WELcome to the new nearly new sale on line sellers pack

ONLINE SELLERS PACK: Instructions for use are within the excel file

-Excel document with

10 sheets of 10 labels. Please print as 10 per page.

If you wish to use printed labels please use the list page in the excel document and the labels will populate ready for printing.

PLEASE MAKE SURE THE CORRECT NUMBER IS ON ALL OF YOUR LABELS

Label document for your box or crate

-Poster – please display at your local shop, noticeboard, school, etc. More publicity means more profit for both you and the NCT

Sellers’ InstructionS

DROP off time: 8.30-9AM at warriner school – Follow signs on the day

This is a NEARLY NEW SALE. All items should be in good condition, in full working order and complete.
You can sell up to 100 items (in TOTAL) of which up to 50 items can be clothing
For September sale this is an AUTUMN/WINTER SALE – no Spring/Summer items will be accepted.
For March sale this is an SPRING/SUMMER SALE – no Autumn/Winter items will be accepted.
All unsold items that are not destined for charity MUST be collected from The Warriner School between 3.00pm and 3.30pm. Collection will be staggered based on sellers number. Final information will be available on the day of the sale

What happens when I arrive at the venue?

Please park sensibly and be patient as there will be a lot of people arriving with lots of items.
Please sign in at the seller registration desk.
Follow instructions on where to leave items

What happens after the sale?

After the sale your items will be sorted into the labelled box/bag you provided and will beavailable for you to collect between 3.00pm and 3.30pm.
Make sure that you also check the lost labelstable.
Please check your box before you leave to ensure all items belong to you. - Although volunteers make every effort to ensure things go back into the correct box, errors can happen.
Please note that, whilst we do our best to provide reasonable security at sales, all items are left at the venue at the seller’s risk. NCT does not accept liability for any loss or damagecaused to goods for sale.
We recommend you register for payment by BACS when you register, We aim to arrange BACS payment within one month of the sale. Please ensure you put in the CORRECT bank details. If you do not put bank details, a cheque will be sent,but this may take longer.

Faulty items

removed and

Please ensure you check items before putting them into the sale. If an item is battery operated, we recommend you sell it with batteries so that buyers can see it works. If you have not used an item for a while, please check the battery compartment to ensure batteries have not corroded.
If we are contacted by a buyer to say an item is faulty, we will contact you to check you are happy for us to refund the buyer. If we have already paid you for the item, we will, with your permission,put you in contact with the buyer, so you can arrange a refund.

Cancellation

If you need to cancel your seller space we will refund your seller fee up to 2 weeks before the sale.
After this there is no refund offered as we would struggle to fill the seller space at this short notice.

Advertise - get buyers in to buy your goods!

Whilst we at NCT promote the sale, it is in all sellers’ interests to maximise the number of buyers

through the door. Please can we ask that you tell people about the sale, use our sale flyer to

publicise the event (for example, at your place of work, in your car window, in your porch) and tell

your friends on Facebook (or share our branch page/event) so that we can make this sale the most

successful sale ever.

Volunteering

The success of our Nearly New Sales depends entirely on our fantastic team of volunteers
We always welcome new volunteers and there are a number of different roles available on the day and in the run up to the sale. To thank you for your efforts all volunteers are invited to joinin the presale shopping before the doors are open to the public
To find out more about what volunteering involves, get in touch with us at or sign up whenyou register as a seller

NCT Nearly New Sales are very important to NCT and local mums and dads. We hope you have atruly positive experience and will choose to sell with us again.

If you have any questions about the sale after reading all the guidelines, please do not hesitate toemail us. Please note that the sale is run entirely by volunteers, most with young children, so bearwith us if we do not get back to you immediately.

If you have any other comments or suggestions about our NCT Nearly New Sales then pleasedon’t hesitate to contact us by email or talk to us at the sale

Labels:

We use a two part label system to increase accuracy and speed up payment at the tills.
At the checkout, half the label will be cut off and retained and half will remain attached to the item.
Please use the labels provided to mark up your goods before the sale.
Both halves of the label should display the same information.
For security reasons we do not sell items without a label attached. So no label = no sale
We do not allow altered labels through the till as we cannot be sure if a buyer has altered the label – so if you make a mistake – use a new label.

YOU MUST PRICE YOUR ITEMS IN DENOMINATIONS OF 50 PENCE eg 50p, £1.00, £1.50.. NO OTHER PRICING WILL BE ACCEPTED. You can bulk items together in order to do this ie. 5 books for 50p

Please be mindful of pricing. Higher priced items will not sell as readily as reasonably priced items

If an item is incomplete but does not affect operation (eg Lego) please inform buyers on the label
If you wish to donate any unsold goods to charity, please tick the Charity box. These goods will either be donated to a local charity or kept back to sell at future NCT Sales with 100% proceeds going to the NCT.
Any large items for charity which are not suitable for donation will be returned to the seller.
Labels should be attached onthe left-hand side only. The right- hand side will be kept as a record of your sale. Attach labels with safety pins to clothing and soft items and tape for toys, books & equipment. NO OTHER FIXINGS, ESPECIALLY PINS, WILL BE ALLOWED.
Do not put labels in bags, always stickthe left hand sideof the label to the outside of the bag
NO OTHER FORMAT OF LABELS WILL BE ACCEPTED.
You MUST provide at least one labelled box so we can put any unsold items into at the end of the day.
Any unlabelled boxes or items will be rejected and will be put aside until after the sale. Please check the ‘Lost Label’ table before leaving.
Please bring all items in a suitable box/bags and sorted into item type (eg Toys, books, 0-6M clothes)

WHAT YOU CAN SELLsubject to the following conditions:

If we have any doubt whatsoever about the safety of a product offered for sale we will remove it from the sale. Our decision is final. All equipment and toys should be suitable for children to use and in good repair, with no sharp edges, peeling paint, seams coming apart etc…

If a product comes with instructions when bought new, wherever possible these should be provided

Children’s CLOTHES:

You can sell a maximum of 50 items of children’s clothing age 0-11 years.
Clothes should be in sellable condition. If they are ‘worn’ looking price accordingly. All items should be clean and any items which are not will be removed from sale.
All items of clothing need to be on a hanger. Hangers can be tied together to enable bundles or sets of clothes to be sold together. Note total number of items in the set/bundle
Once labelled (see above), clothes must be grouped into bags or boxes and labelled according to the size/gender groups below:

Girls Early baby; Girls Newborn; Girls 0-3m; Girls 3-6m; Girls 6-12m; Girls 12-18m; Girls 18-24m; Girls 2-3; Girls 3-4; Girls 4-5: Girls 5+

Boys Early Baby; Boys Newborn; Boys 0-3m; Boys 3-6m; Boys 6-12m; Boys 12-18m; Boys 18- 24m; Boys 2-3; Boys 3-4; Boys 4-5; Boys 5+

Please also group up swimwear, dressing-up, sleeping bags and coats/waterproofs, these do not need to be labelled as boys or girls. These items also need to be on hangers

MATERNITY ITEMS - CLOTHES (ON HANGERS) AND EQUIPMENT (not listed below)

TOYS

BABY/TODDLER EQUIPMENT

The following items are subject to additional checks (see important information):

PRAMS AND PUSHCHAIRS

STAIRGATES

COTS

BIKES

SLINGS (not included in restrictions below)

WHAT YOU CAN’T SELL

Mains powered electrical equipment or toys, even if these also run on batteries
Breast pumps - manual, battery or mains (other than brand new unopened manual or battery powered)
Soft or hand-knitted toys
Mattresses from cots, cribs, Moses baskets – although you can sell travel cots with mattresses
Pushchairs and buggies that do not comply with the instructions below
Bednest cribs, even with a modification kit.

• Baby Positioner pillows, nests or anti-roll products.

• Bag style baby slings – these have a deep pouch and an elasticated edge.

• Baby hammocks.

• Cot bumpers.

• Car seats, car booster seats, related bases or car seats from travel systems.

• Riding helmets or crash helmets.

• Baby food and formula milk, second-hand bottles.

•Second hand breast pumps.

• No clothes secured by means of a cord drawn through the material.

• No Bumbos unless with a safety strap - please contact to get a safety strap

THE SMALL PRINT

At the discretion of the Banbury NCT, any item that does not comply with these instructions OR are deemed not to be of Nearly New quality, WILL NOT be put out for sale and will be returned to the seller with a sticker on them to indicate such.

The decision of the Banbury NCT is final

All unsold items that are not destined for charity MUST be collected from The Warriner School between 3.00pm and 3.30pm. Items not collected after 3.30pm will be given to charity
Hangers will not be returned for any items sold – they will be given to the buyer at the point of sale.
Banbury and District NCT will retain 30% of the value of items sold. If you are helping out on the day and this reduces to 25% of the value of the items sold.

NCT Banbury Branch DO NOT accept responsibility for items lost, mislaid, damaged or stolen during the sale.

We reserve the right not to display any item which, subsequent to you signing in, fails to meet any of the above requirements.

Buyers have 3 days to notify us if any item does not meet the ‘nearly new’ criteria. We will refund the item and remove from your sold items. It is the seller’s responsibility to collect this item.

Post sale please check your boxes for items which are not yours. We will help to get items back to their owner.

ITEMS WITH SPECIFIC INSTRUTIONS:

Pushchairs and Buggies

We have limited space, so not all may be displayed. First come, first served.

Pushchairs and buggies are subject to additional inspection when you are checking in. Please allow extra time

Pushchairs and prams must have brakes, which are totally sound.

INSTUCTIONS MUST BE PROVIDED

From 1 January 1999 major changes in the law relating to the sale of both new and second-hand "wheeled child conveyances" came into force:

The term 'wheeled child conveyances' refers to all wheeled vehicles designed to carry one or more infants or children, but does not apply to transporters for carry cots, toys for vehicles enabling children to move themselves about (baby walkers etc…).

Wheeled child conveyances must conform to BS 7409 (or EU equivalent) and must be permanently marked BS7409:1996, together with the name or trademark of the manufacturer or importer.

A permanent notice on the vehicle must state, "Children should be harnessed in at all times and should never be left unattended. The child should be clear of moving parts while making adjustments. This vehicle requires regular maintenance by the user. Overloading, incorrect folding and the use of non-approved accessories may damage or break this vehicle. Read the instructions".

Instructions in English MUST be supplied with each vehicle. These are to be headed: IMPORTANT, KEEP FOR FUTURE REFERENCE and must include instructions relating to operation, assembly, use and maintenance.

Maclaren pushchairs

We cannot sell the following Maclarens models unless they havea safety cover which are available free of charge from the Maclaren website,

Volo, Triumph, Quest Sport, Quest Mod, Techno XT, Techno XLR, Twin Triumph, Twin Techno, and Easy Traveller.

Fireguards and stair gates etc…

Any stair gates, fireguards, barriers and bed guards must have all the correct fittings, and have no gaps where it would be possible for a baby to get their head stuck.

Instructions must be included

Door Bouncers, sit in activity centres & baby walkers

All door bouncers must come with assembly instructions including weight limit.

We will remove any that do not comply with this.

‘BAG-TYPE’ SLINGS

Comment from NCT head office

"We regret we cannot accept "bag-type" slings (such as Infantino sling rider or Premaxx baby bag) at NNS, as these slings have been shown to be unsafe, and have been associated with baby deaths in the US. In "bag-style" slings, the deep pouch where the baby lies could put the baby in a potentially suffocating, curved position. In addition the fabric, which has an elasticised edge, may cover baby's face or the baby may turn in toward the carer's body, so that they have difficulty breathing. These bag slings also obstruct the baby from the parent's view, due to the high and gathered side panels.
"Please note that the majority of baby carriers and slings are still safe to use, if they hold baby in proper alignment and fit snugly by design and instruction. These safe designs of sling include shallow pouch-style slings, ring slings, soft carriers and wrap slings.
"The brands and products which cannot be accepted are:
Infantino sling rider
Premaxx baby bag
Munchkin cargo sling
Boppy carry in comfort
Lamaze close comfort
Wendy Bellissimo sling"

Contact information

Prior to sale please email [email protected] we aim to respond within 2 days.

If you need to contact us on the day, please call 07779267473 (Rachel) or 07766 912877 (Kate)

End – updated 16/01/2018