Once Upon A Child

Great selection and tons of baby clothes, but the girls running this store have no idea what they’re doing. I would rather find another consignment than to deal with these bone heads again.

This place is so great, especially for ages 0 – 4. I have bought my son a winter/​summer wardrobe here for around $ 100 a season for the past 3 years. There is so much great stuff, everything is sorted by color and type of item. I have gotten so many great articles of clothing here. There is much more variety than just trying to shop at one of the kids clothing stores. The most I’ve ever paid for an item is $ 7.50, and it was originally a sweater over a $ 100! And it was in perfect condition! I go a few months before the season starts to have top pick of swim shirts (these are gone so fast) and shoes– I just bought my son his summer wardrobe for $ 107 (I did use a 20% off coupon that I had), but I got him multiple swim items– shoes included, several pairs of short, several tank tops and t-​shirts. I think this place is amazing.

Worst place ever. Can’t say it enough. I took over 200 pieces of quality clothing to this place and a huge tub of high end toys and dropped them off. The clothing was less than 6 months old and there were expensive toys and furniture.
The next day I called in to see if they were done and had a «quote» for me. I didn’t expect retail prices, I honestly didn’t expect more than $ 25 for it all because I understand it’s resale. The girl I spoke to told me they would give me $ 7.00 and some change. I asked why and she said the clothing was out of date and the toys were dirty. Well that’s funny because the clothes were less than a year old and the toys were in such good condition I took them down there in a plastic tub that cost me $ 35.
Also someone at the store spilled something in the tub and made all the toys sticky. No one there would own up to it of course but it makes no sense for me to carefully pack sticky toys in an expensive plastic bin.
I asked to speak to a manager and flat out told her she could keep her $ 7.00 and the items. I was going to donate it all anyway so it didn’t matter to me. The reason I was so upset was because I called ahead of time and asked about 20 questions regarding the condition of the toys and clothes that they accept and the girl I spoke to told me completely different things than what the manager was telling me. The manager told me that she could tell the clothing was older than 2 years because the tags were worn. I told her I don’t know about other moms but my kids are messy and therefore I WASH their clothes and the clothes I brought in were clothes my kids just grew out of and were no way older than 6 months. I also let her know I would inform every mom I knew of my experience and tell them to stay away from this store.
She then told me that she certainly didn’t want that and I could come in and we could go over why they rejected the items. I told her it didn’t matter why they rejected them if her employees spilled something on the toys and made them dirty and sticky then that’s not my fault and the clothes were not old. They were 2T for boys and 6−6x for girls and my kids JUST grew out of them!
All this aside the store has a very dirty feel to it. The carpet it filthy, the place smells bad and there is so much on the shelves it all looks like clutter in a junk store instead of a resale shop. There were 54 – 5 girls behind the counter and yet they still had a line because half the girls were standing around doing nothing. I can honestly say I have nothing good to day about this place. The next time I have children’s things to get rid of I will donate them to a local church.

I had a bad experience at this store. People not that friendly or helpful. I had a whole truck full of kids things in good condition and they only took one little small tote of it and had me lug the rest back to my vehicle. Not only that it took them all day and overnight to give me a quote that I would get $ 28 back of all the 100s of things I had. I will not return and I don’t recommend taking anything in to get cash for it because you will next to nothing. The changing table I took in was nice and they gave me $ 8 for it and sold it for $ 20 very lame!

Overworked staff, overstocked shelves and a general garage sale feel make the prices stunningly out of place. If you’re looking for used merch. for children this place has become my second stop, my first being thrift shops and ARC stores.
When I tried to find swim shoes for my child, I was brusquely directed to the regular shoe area. After searching through various bins for a boy’s size 10, I felt frustrated and decided to leave. Avoiding the front desk apparently was the right move, because the swim shoes were available in a different ‘special’ summer attire area of the store. The box I had to scrounge through was labeled girls shoes. The pair I found was $ 4.50,a decent price, so I left with the pair I had hoped to find. But, many of the other sets were over-​priced.

Great little store for buying or selling gently used children gear, clothes and maternity items.
This store is 80% used clothing, mostly baby/​child, but and small aisle of maternity wear. The other 20% is used gear (cribs, strollers, high chairs), toys and books. There is also a very small section devoted to brand new items, including breast pump accessories.
This place is great for those items you know they’ll probably only wear once, like a fancy outfit for holiday pictures, or even when you just need a few more pairs of pants. Most items are in decent condition, but it’s worth digging to find a good deal. Some toy items might be missing a piece or two, but when the price is $ 8 instead of $ 30 brand new, you tend not to care as much, your little one will never know!
Get on their mailing list, as they have special deal days often.
I have never sold anything there, as I am expecting to eventually use my stuff again for baby #2. But it looks to be pretty painless, from what I’ve read you can get cash or in-​store credit.
Let’s face it, babies are expensive and they outgrow things so fast. Why not buy a gently used item for a fraction of the price! Just throw fabrics in the wash and wipe down the rest with a clorox wipe!