Nearly New Sale prices?

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I've just, for the first time, registered as a seller at an NCT Nearly New Sale. What are prices generally like at these types of events? How much would you expect to pay for items (all used but in good shape) such as:

• metal balance bike
• high chair (Ikea)
• everyday wear
• special occasion dress
• set of wooden blocks
• basic wooden train set
• Happy Hopperz bouncy dog toy
• high-quality play/indoor sleeping tent
• stuffed toy
• metal framed baby carrier
• soft structured baby carrier (Ergo)
• Set of 20+ cloth nappies with separate covers

Also, any advice on how to prepare or present items such as these? Thanks in advance!

Go to the sale before and look ????
It depends where you are and how competitive the market is

Around half the price new for non-clothing. For clothing then next to nothing really.

I agree. I bought an ikea highchair from there. Cost me fiver.
Generally only really good brand clothes sell.
As far as I'm aware you can't sell nappies at these sales.
Small toys won't fetch much unless they are in almost new condition. There's just so many of them.

Wash and iron all clothes.
Make sure all the bits are there and in working order.
Just make them all look as new and high quality as possible.

Clothes next to nothing, unless they are a good brand they're unlikely to sell. Must be on hangers.
Equipment - carriers etc £10-£15 depending on new cost.
Small toys £1-£2

It really is best to pile it high sell it cheap, but pay attention to cleanliness, neatness.

Remember you loose 30% to Nct fee but can't charge more or noonw will buy!
Our way it's a case of iron and clearly label sizes
Reusable nappies are ok at ours
The only stuff is where people are unrealistic
I've found I can make more by selling kit on local go groups, but see it partially as a donation to NCT

Thanks for the advice, everyone! NewBallsPlease00, what do you mean by "local go groups"?

FB groups?

Depends whether you hire a table or if you have to label everything and it gets mixed with everyone else's.
We have to label everything.
Our area is fairly affluent so people pay ebay prices for most things. Unless you are desperate to sell everything now then don't underprice you can always charge less next time. Its a good idea to go along to a neighbouring sale to get a feel - there's one on most weekends.

Clothes and small toys £1-£3 max
IKEA high chair - £3-4 (they are only about £12 new)
Big toys £5
Balance bike £10? Depending on brand.
Nappies £40?

Check the list of what you can sell. Our sale does not accept stuffed toys and the checkers are extremely strict on the quality of "nearly new". Electrical toys must have batteries in to show that they work.

I'm an experienced NCT NNS seller and organiser. I don't live in a particularly well off town and people are looking for bargains!!! Bear in mind though that they can physically only pay high prices if they either still have a cheque book or your sale has a debit card machine.

We're in an affluent area and unless you underprice on clothes you bring a lot home again, there is simply so much stuff on offer, it's not too bad on toys, equipment usually goes unless it is massively overpriced.

I've been to a few nct/table tots sales. I reckon this would be about right;

• metal balance bike £7-10
• high chair (Ikea) £5 (with tray?)
• everyday wear -Tops £1/1.50each , jeans £1.50/2each, vests £2 for 5, sleepsuits £1each, coats £4/5-all if they were decent quality
• special occasion dress £4/5
• set of wooden blocks £2.50/3
• basic wooden train set -depends on make/trains etc
• Happy Hopperz bouncy dog toy
• high-quality play/indoor sleeping tent £5
• stuffed toy £1
• metal framed baby carrier Like a Litelife back pack baby carrier?-£10
• soft structured baby carrier (Ergo)-£10
• Set of 20+ cloth nappies with separate covers-no idea, they didn't have any at ours

These sale seem to be more a place to bag a bargain than make a lot of cash TBH. Friends who have done them have tried e bay first then done the sales more of a way to have a clear out.

These sale seem to be more a place to bag a bargain than make a lot of cash TBH. Friends who have done them have tried e bay first then done the sales more of a way to have a clear out.

Totally agree with this. NNS are great for buyers wanting a bargain, and great for sellers wanting to shift high volumes of stuff or bulky stuff.

Yes, I totally agree too.