Do you wish to sell used curriculum, books, videos, microscopes, musical instruments, software, etc.?

1. Drop off your items on Friday, July 11, 2008, between 1:00pm and 6:00pm at Hillside Jr. High
2. Bring a copy of an inventory list with your name, address and telephone number to Hillside Jr High. All items on the list must be numbered and have the title and price listed. (Keep a copy of your inventory list for yourself.)
3. Each item to be sold must have a 3x5 index card attached. See hints for more detailed help. The cards must contain the item's number (from your inventory list), your name and the price. Other notes can also be included. If your books are to be sold as a set, rubber band them together, attach your card to the top item, and indicate how many items are in the set.
4. Bring a self addressed stamped envelope. You will receive a check for the amount you sold minus a 15% donation, within two weeks after the sale. The donation amount will be collected and given to Treasure Valley Homeschool News, the sale's sponsor.
5. Please pick up unsold books promptly between 5:00pm and 7:00pm on Saturday, July 12, 2008. Items not picked up will be considered a donation.
6. Classical At Home and Treasure Valley Homeschool News will make every effort to safeguard items, but in the event an item comes up missing, we will not be held responsible.

1. Please use only 3x5 cards. If your sale information is not on a 3x5 card (paper, etc), we will ask you to redo your information on 3x5 cards while at the consignment time. We organize your cards to help us figure out what everyone has sold. It's really difficult with over 60 sellers and thousands of cards to have different sizes when we try to figure out what has and has not been sold.
2. If regular printer paper or binder paper is used, we will ask you to redo your cards on 3x5 cards while at the consignment time. Regular paper is easily torn and then lost. This means we can't figure out if your book was sold. That means you don't get paid for your book.
3. Put tape on the top and bottom of the 3x5 card
4. Don't use staples or paperclips. It makes it really hard to take them off your sale item. In some cases, the sale item can be damaged when trying to remove the card with staples.
5. Please do not tape your card to your sales item so that your card cannot be removed. For example, don't tape all 4 corners.
6. Your cards MUST contain the item's number (from your inventory list), your name and the price. Other notes can also be included. Example: Great for kids who like manipulatives.
7. If your books are to be sold as a set, rubber band them together, attach your card to the top item, and indicate how many items are in the set. Example: 1 of 3 books (set)
8. Sets cannot be sold individually once consigned. For example, if you're selling a set of 3 books, book 1 cannot be taken out and sold by itself.
9. Prices are set by you, the seller. A good rule of thumb is to sell products based on the condition of the item, how new or outdated it may be or if it is written in. For example, items in generally good condition can charge 1/3 of the original price. If the item is still packaged (never been opened), charge 1/2 of the original price.
10. We have a free table for items that may no longer be needed but for whatever reason, you don't want to sell.
11. If you are computer savvy, you can use the inventory list (spreadsheet) with Mail Merge (word) to print your labels. However, the labels MUST then be put on 3x5 cards. If the label is put directly on the item, we will ask you to redo your information on 3x5 cards while at the consignment time.

1. It is really helpful for you as the seller to put your books on a sheet of 8 1/2 x 11 paper. You can use inventory sheets (see above) to help. Your information can be really utilized if you put it in a spreadsheet or word document. While it might be a pain to type it all out, there are some advantages. In a spreadsheet, you can do various sorts, by number, by title, etc to see if you have duplicate #'s assigned and/or duplicate titles.
2. When your list is in a spreadsheet or word document, you can use also Mail Merge. This is a function within the word program. Because of the many variables, you'll have to set it up on your computer and printer. By using Mail Merge, you can pull in your information, have the info printed on a sticky back label sheet then put the label on a 3x5 card. This, once it's working, can be very helpful. This is definitely advanced use of Word but it works well once it's figured out
3. Really look at your materials. Some items you may just want to get rid of. In that case, create a "free" box. We take items, homeschool related, that other families may use for homeschooling. Don't waste your time writing "free" or even creating labels. Just put it in your "free" box and deliver to us. We'll take care of it.