Swap Your Kids’ Stuff Without the Hassle
This article was published for Swap.com Kids’ Consignment. All opinions expressed are solely my own.
Is anyone else as plagued as I am with their children’s outgrown items? From toys to clothes, I am obsessed with keeping everything in excellent condition–Gram taught us to NEVER break a thing and to keep everything immaculate with all original pieces. So, when these items no longer have a purpose, it pains me to just get rid of them. And, I am no longer allowing myself to hoard everything like a pack rat. Our house is simply not big enough. Sigh.
Swap Your Stuff
I’ve attempted to sell things on eBay, Amazon, Craigslist and have had multiple garage sales. The trouble with these methods, is that they are all very time-consuming and you rarely get a fair price for all your efforts. Well, there is an easy solution! Swap.com is like the wonderful brain child of Amazon and Once Upon a Child. You simply send them your stuff and they handle everything from there. The photos, the shipping, the storage and inspection is all done by their experts!
With Swap.com there is no waiting in line, lugging your stuff to multiple locations or the stress of taking the perfect photo.
Buying from Swap
As a buyer, the experience is similar to Amazon. Just fill your cart and all your items ship from one location regardless how many different sellers you buy from. Your first order and any order over $50 ships free! Plus the prices of these items are 50-95% less than retail so everything is a great deal.
Another huge perk is that you don’t have to worry about all the different ways you can be scammed. Swap.com is a trustworthy and fraud-free establishment. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve seen strategic wording on eBay to get you to buy an empty container of the product you think you’re buying. Or calling on an ad on Craigslist only to find out the product is no longer available, or worse, blindly traveling to a dangerous neighborhood to pick up your order. OR, purchasing something in “excellent condition” only to receive it and realize it’s stained and smells like an elephant’s foot. Swap.com even offers a 100% money back guarantee if you’re not satisfied with your order!
Save yourself some time, energy and money. Use Swap.com for all your kids’ ever-growing needs. I can’t believe how much I would have saved if I used Swap to get all of Adam’s athletic gear! Lesson learned.
sounds like a good site. never heard of it!
This definitley sounds easier than selling my kids stuff on Craigslist. I have given a lot of stuff away over the years, but sometimes it’s nice to make a little money back on some of their nice stuff.
What a fantastic idea!
I agree that with those other options you rarely get a fair price for your efforts. This is an interesting alternative.
I love the fact that they take out the guesswork from buying! I frequent eBay and Craigslist and there are definitely some unscrupulous characters that want nothing but to scam you! I’ve gotten good at being paranoid but you can only do so much.
I really need to do something like this, we have accumulated way too much over the Winter!
I would love to swap some of my kids gently used items for some bigger sizes!
This is a much more lucrative way of getting money from clothes than having a garage sale, I’m sure!
That’s a neat idea for a site! I love that you can handle everything right there.
A money back guarantee is great! You can get that with most private sales!
This is so cool! I like that it is more reliable than ebay or craigslist.
I love this site. I love being able to swap clothes like that
WOW, I definitely have to try this!!! 🙂
I LOVE This concept. I save all 5 of my kids clothing – it takes up so much room!
what a great concept. I need to get rid fo some of my kids clothes fairly soon
Why didn’t I know about this 3 months ago as we were cleaning our house for our move! Now almost everything is boxed and ready to go. But definitely keeping this one handy for when we unpack and pick out even more stuff we don’t want to keep.
This seems like such a great idea. I love to swap, but it can definitely be quite the hassle.
This is such a great idea, I will be checking it out.
Never tried Swap.com but wish I knew of this years ago. I could have saved so much! Off to check it out now!
Never tried Swap.com but wish I knew of this years ago. I could have saved so much! Off to check it out now!