Prices at Second Blessings Consignment’s sale at Augusta Mall are marked down 25% Friday, Nov. 13, and 50% Saturday, Nov. 14. The sale offers clothes, shoes, toys and furniture, and is located outside Dick’s Sporting Goods.
Owner Melissa Cates said some shoppers are getting an early start on Christmas shopping. Some parents have asked to have purchases put in their cars so their children do not see the gifts, she said.
The business holds three sales a year, in winter, spring and summer. People consigning items set their own prices and receive 60% of the amount their goods sell for. Consignors who volunteer during the sale earn 70%.
Cates said her family has owned the sale for five years. She also said regular shoppers bought less than usual during the government shutdown, which she described as disappointing. The sale’s goal is to help people save and give used items another life.
Victoria Sterling
News Now Georgia
