Design, Dance, and Consign Is Pleased to Accept Costumes and Formal Dresses, at This Time

We at Design, Dance, and Consign, are accepting costumes and formalwear at this time. The business is internet-based and is intended to focus solely on those clients who are looking for new to gently used fabulous solo, duet/trio, group costumes and formal attire.

Below, we detail how you consign your costumes and formal attire with us:

STEP 1 - Consigning

Please send us pictures of your costume/formal attire that you plan to sell. It is better to have an idea if a costume/dress will sale up front rather than you send it, and we return it as non- saleable. WE DO NOT ACCEPT RECITAL COSTUMES UNLESS THEY HAVE BEEN DRAMATICALLY CHANGED!

These costumes simply won’t sell if they can be purchased from the same costume book you purchased it from…same with costumes bought off of a store shelf or website (general sales). Your costume that was purchased from a store and re-designed must be heavily stoned or changed, extensively. Our clients are expecting competition ready costumes that are rhinestoned extensively or full of appliqués, feathers, silks, satins, etc.

STEP 2 – Consigning WASH YOUR COSTUMES: Please do not send us costumes or formals that have not been cleaned. If you were to receive a costume or formal from someone, you would not want a dirty one. We reserve the right to return them to you if they are dirty. If we do have to wash them, we charge a $10 fee off the top of your sales. Also, make sure that the arm pits, and undergarment areas are CLEAN!!! You can clean your costumes by hand washing with Woolite or another gentle laundry detergent (some of us have found Dreft to be a good choice, as well). If you have rhinestones missing or we have to contract out with a seamstress to repair your costume, an additional charge will be assessed based on their fees to our company. If you can repair zippers, stones missing, rips, tears and beading yourself, please do so before sending us your items. We THROUGHERLY INSPECT EVERY COSTUME TO CHECK FOR DAMAGE AND CLEANLINESS! STEP 3 – Consigning PACKAGE YOUR COSTUME: When sending in your costume(s) please package those in the large, clear Ziploc bags. There are Large, XL and 2XL big bags along with gallon size bags for costumes that can be folded neatly inside. Please don’t stuff your costumes into a bag that the costume will not fit into for storage purposes. There should be an index card in each bag you are consigning. Please make sure the following information is on the card:

If the costume was a solo and you simply do not want to sell it under a specific price, please write DO NOT SELL BELOW and the price next to it. If your costume comes in with a group, the group rate will have to be set at the same rate. If you send in group costumes, make sure all costumes have the same parts and pieces. This includes accessories, shorts, etc. Example: If you send in a set of group costumes and of the 6 total you send, 5 have shorts and hairpieces. If the 6th costume only has shorts, it will need to be returned or the group agrees on a lower price to sell with only shorts and no hairpieces. Group costumes have to match in pieces and price.

ALSO IN YOUR BAG, INCLUDE A SELF-ADDRESSED STAMPED ENVELOPE…WE WILL NOT PAY YOUR POSTAGE! When your costume sells, we send your check in the envelope that you provide.

STEP 4 – Consigning When we receive your costume or formalwear, we take pictures for the website and include it in our inventory. We suggest prices for your costumes based on how the market is trending. Based on previous experience and those of our other competitors from several states, you are likely to only get about ½ to 1/3 of the purchase price. Be realistic and let us help you sell your costumes! We offer full and partial refunds because we want our buyers to return and know that we provide only the highest quality, gently used costumes.

Step 4 - Consigning

Our fee on the sale of your costume is 30 percent if the costume is over $100.00. There is a flat fee on costumes under $100 of $25.00. Our fee is based on the amount of time it takes us to inventory, appraise, and load the costumes on the site, as well as storing them for the year. Again, you will incur additional fees for washing and repairing of your costume. According to our consignment friends in the area and consignment stores we have visited, the normal consignment fee is between 30 to 50%. We are covering shipping, PayPal & Credit Card fees, as well. Once a costume is sold and we confirm that the costume will not be returned, we will send your check out to you for payment.

Our fee on the sale of your formal attire is a 50/50 split up to $100. Formals that sale $101.00 and up will have a 60% customer 40% DDC split. We are a consignment store and offer dresses that are in season or no older than 3 years. The most popular brands that sell the best are Terani, MacDuggal, Jovani, Sherri Hill, Tony Bowls. etc. We are accepting homecoming, formal and pageant dresses year-round so send it in, anytime. The most important factor in the consignment of formal dresses if the actual condition of the dress. Look over the dress, carefully. Look for sweat and deodorant stains, missing beading, pulls or tears in the dress. If you look at the dress and you would not let your daughter wear it, then don’t consign it. Take it to the cleaners. If you send it in and we determine that it needs cleaning, we will take the cleaning fee off the price of the dress.

Please check out our website: www.designdanceandconsign.com to view our inventory. Check back frequently as we are constantly adding more products to our site. You can also contact us at [email protected]. Consignment Contract

I, ______, do agree to the following terms presented by

Design, Dance, and Consign on this ______day of ______(mo/year).

Design, Dance, and Consign is accepting your gently used costume for a period of 12 months and 30% consignment fee and/or gently used formal attire at a 50/50% split or a 60/40% split for 12 months. At the end of the 12 month contract, the consignee has the option to take back their costumes or dresses, less the shipping and handling fee. The consignee also has the option to renew their contract for another 12 month period unless the consignor feels the costume or dress is unsalable.

If the consignee does not respond to the Consigner’s request to either send back or re-consign the costume/dress, the costume/dress becomes the property of Design, Dance and Consign.

If the consignee decides that they no longer wish to consign their costume/dress before the end of the 12 month period, the consignee will pay Design, Dance and Consign a $50 fee per costume/dress for storage and maintaining the costume.

Design, Dance, and Consign is NOT LIABLE for LOSS or DAMAGE to any of consigned items through FIRE, THEFT, VANDALISM, NATURAL DISASTER, ACCIDENTS, in-store DAMAGE or other perils.

Design, Dance, and Consign will distribute checks for items sold after the payment has cleared and the 7 business day return window has passed.

Design, Dance, and Consign, I herby grant full permission to use my child’s likeness in any media including videos and/or pictures on the business website for any legitimate purpose that promotes the business and/or the sale of costumes. I agree that this release/agreement will be governed by Tennessee state law and is intended to be as broad and inclusive as permitted by the law of Tennessee and that if any portion of it is held invalid, the remainder shall, not-with-standing, continue in full legal force and effect.

If you agree to the terms above, sign and date this agreement.

______Signature Date

Address:______

Phone Number:______Email Address: ______