What’s New
Whether you are a faithful twice a year consignor, you’ve been a past consignor, but have skipped a sale or two, or if you are a brand new consignor, below is a list of some of the recent changes at Sunflower Sprouts. Some are items, some are procedures, one is a brand new sale location! Always make sure to read through this section to stay current with us!
New Procedures
UPDATED FALL 2025: Giving items a second chance in Erie - Pittsburgh Consignors
Pittsburgh consignors have the option to give their items a Second Chance to sell in Erie! All tags printed on YELLOW cardstock and is unsold at the end of the Pittsburgh sale, will be pulled to go on the truck to Erie. Four more days to sell your items! It’s free to participate if you register by July 6th, 2025! To take advantage of this option – basically if you are donating anything at the end of the sale – you MUST register to sell in Erie.
NO MORE FORM. JUST REGISTER FOR ERIE BEFORE JULY 6TH. AFTER JULY 6TH, EMAIL HELLO@SUNFLOWERSPROUTS.ORG
Second Chance Process for Registered PITT Consignors:
Do you want a Second Chance to sell your items at our Erie Sale? Here is the process to do that in Fall 2025
- Register for PITT
- Register for Erie = Must be the same consignor number as PITT and must be done 6/21/25 – 7/6/25. After this date, it will NOT be free and you will need to pay the registration fee.
- If you’ve got things in your ERIE account, transfer your tags from Erie to Pitt
- Activate any inactive tags you will be bringing to sale. Go to inactive inventory – select each item by clicking the box in front of the item number. Then click “Activate selected items.”
- Create/enter tagging information for all new items you are selling. Here’s the important part **All Second Chance Items Must Be printed on YELLOW CARDSTOCK** This is how we will know to pull them to take to Erie with us. Anything left unsold after the Erie sale will be donated to local charities.
- Print and Attach your YELLOW Tags
- Drop Off in PITT
- When you “Say Goodbye” in PITT, verify you are having your unsold items sent to Erie sale.
- Don’t Pick Up at the end of the sale.
- Get Paid from PITT via PayPal
- When you get the Transfer Email from us – you will have one week to TRANSFER your items from PITT inventory to ERIE inventory. We will send out detailed instructions in that email and it should take you about 10 minutes tops to complete the steps after you log in.
- Erie Sale Happens.
- Don’t Pick Up in Erie. Any unsold items will be donated.
- Get Paid from Erie sale via PayPal
**Here’s some Frequently Asked Questions about this process or other choices you have:
FAQ:
Q: I’ve found more items that I want to sell in Erie after the PITT Sale. Can I add them to my Erie inventory?
A: Yes, but you will have to transport them to Erie and select a drop off time for the new items. You must also enter the new tags by the last time to enter tags as always.
Q: I want to donate my items to Pittsburgh Charities following the PITT sale and I don’t want my items to go to Erie for a second chance. How do I do this?
A: Tag your items to donate as usual on regular WHITE cardstock OR Pick up your items following the PITT sale and then take them to the charities of your choice.
FAQ: I want to Pick up any unsold items that don’t sell in Erie, I want them back. How do I do this?
- Register for PITT
- Register for Erie
- Tag your PITT items WITH WHITE CARDSTOCK but do NOT choose the donate option for any item.
- Pick up unsold items from PITT on pick up date.
- Transfer your inventory when the transfer inventory email comes out from Sunflower Sprouts.
- Drive it to Erie for your selected drop off time
- Pick up what doesn’t sell in Erie
- Get paid after each sale
To RECAP:
You must decide now whether you are giving your items a second chance in Erie. You will register yourself immediately after registering for Pittsburgh, and your registration for Erie will be waived. You must register by July 6th, 2025 for it to be free. After that time, we will have opened Erie regular registration and the regular fee will apply. You will use YELLOW CARDSTOCK for your tags that are going to ERIE. (See our website for options to purchase the cardstock from us.) There is a 20% fee on your sold items only as a transportation cost for sorting your items in Pitt, loading them on the truck, unloading them and having them placed on the Erie sales floor. This amounts to $20 on every $100 sold in Erie.
*All unsold items at the end of the Erie sale will be donated to local charities and you can print your donation report following the Erie sale
*If you want your items to go to Erie – they must be marked to Donate on the tag
*If you want your items to go to Erie – they must be on yellow cardstock.
*All yellow tags will be donated following the Erie sale to local charities.
*If you want your items to go to Erie – you must be registered for Erie.
*If you want your items to be donated directly from Pittsburgh, you will just use the normal system/ white cardstock/ donate option and Pittsburgh charities will pickup these items.
Any questions you have on this process? Email hello@sunflowersprouts.org
NEW FALL 2025: Tuesday Shopping times
NEW CONSIGNOR SHOPPING TIMES: You can shop even earlier this season!
15 hour volunteers/helpers shop Tuesday at 9:30 AM
12 hour volunteers/helpers shop Tuesday at 10:00 AM
9 hour volunteers/helpers shop Tuesday at 11:30 AM
6 hour volunteers/helpers shop Tuesday at 12:00 noon
3 hour volunteers/helpers shop Tuesday at 1:30 PM
VIC’s shop Tuesday at 2:30 PM – All VIC’s will get an email
All Consignors shop Tuesday at 3:30 PM
NEW FALL 2025: expanding to the third soccer field!
We are expanding to the third soccer field!! Check out our updated maps COMING SOON!
Wanna see the map?
What goes in which room?
NEW FALL 2025: MOM Department
New MOM Department located in the main room near the cash registers!!
Sell your name brand, gently used PURSES!
Sell your SHOES! Size 7-9.5!
Sell your BOOKS! Summer reads, devotionals, adult coloringbooks!
Sell your CUPS!! Owala, Stanley, Yeti, Brumate!
Get Paid via PayPal! (NEW Spring 2025)
Please give us 5-10 business days, from the pick up day, to get you your money!
(NEW SPRING 2025)
No more lost Checks in the mail! We are finally going to electronic payments! This means you get your money faster!!!
We pay by PayPal direct deposit to the email address that you entered when you signed up for your account with MySaleManager. We consider this your account number and we will never edit it. You may edit it at any time in your MySaleManager profile. EVERYONE is first paid via PayPal direct deposit to this email address. If you do not have a working PayPal account associated with your registration email – you will still be paid this way. PayPal will then send you an email alerting you to the fact that you have $ to claim. If you do not claim this money within 30 days, PayPal will return it to us and at that time we will send you a physical check less a $5 fee for that check.
Book Sale (NEW Spring 2025)
“NO BUNDLING FOR MOM BOOKS!
We are expanding our book department! The new category is for “Moms Only”. What are “Mom Books”? Think Beach Reads!
These books will be sorted if unsold.
New Price to register (NEW Spring 2024)
Price to consign is $23 for Pittsburgh. Erie price to consign is $20.
Transferring Your Tags (NEW FALL 2023)
When one sale is complete, you will not have access to that sales inventory until proceeds have been processed. You must always wait for an email saying “OK to transfer“ before you will be able to move your inventory from the sale that just finished to another sale location.
Transfer inventory OUT:
- Log into the first account and click “work with consign inventory“
- Click “move inventory out“
- Select the affiliated sale you’d like to move your inventory to
- Enter the consignor number and password AT THE AFFILIATED SALE
- Click “select all“ to move all the inventory
- Re-enter the password AT THE AFFILIATED SALE
- At the bottom of the page click “submit“ (do not click this multiple times)
- You will receive a batch number for reference when it is successfully moved OUT
- Close all windows until you are back at www.Pitt.sunflowersprouts.org
Accept inventory IN:
- First, make sure both active and inactive inventory are EMPTY before following the steps
- Log into the sale locations account in which you are wanting to receive inventory
- Click “work with consign inventory”
- Click “receive inventory IN”
- You should see a list of batches available to be received. Select the batch and click “submit“
- Your inventory will now appear in that sales location account
Do you need to re-tag?
Because we are an inventory system, the item ID and barcode in information are VERY important
- If you transfer incorrectly the item ID in your account may be different than either ID on the barcode tag. If there is a discrepancy, we sell it for WHAT IS ON THE TAG. Be sure to check your item IDs if there is a discrepancy, you will need to re-print those tags.
- If you want to discount an item that already had a tag on it, you MUST change it in your account and then print a new tag. The discount is imbedded in the barcode. Therefore, you cannot add your “red dot“ to the tag. It will not scan correctly!!!
- If you see problems with your sold item report when the event is in progress, it is due to incorrectly transferring inventory. (item numbers are not matching up, blank description field, etc.)
What is a Very Important Consignor? (VIC) (NEW Fall 2023)
New Drop off procedures (NEW Fall 2022)
We have the new welcome tent outside when you drive up. They direct you to the most convenient door for the majority of your items. Every consignor gets a great SWAG bag filled with coupons and goodies to take home. Make sure to get yours when you SAY Goodbye and we activate your tags.
Important: Every sale, we find people that did not “Say goodbye” and have their tags activated before they leave drop off. Please don’t skip this step! We need to activate those tags!
New shopping time for our friends (NEW Spring 2023)
Friends of Consignors start shopping with their passes at 9:00 AM on Presale day Your friend of consignor pass is in your SWAG Bag.
Consignors are allowed to bring one accompanying person the evening of Consignor Shopping. This might be your spouse, your mother, or a friend. Kids are always welcome and do not count as your accompanying person.
New things we sell
NEW fall 2025: MOM department
New MOM Department located in the main room near the cash registers!!
Sell your name brand, gently used PURSES!
Sell your SHOES! Size 7-9.5!
Sell your BOOKS! Summer reads, devotionals, adult coloringbooks!
Sell your CUPS!! Owala, Stanley, Yeti, Brumate!
Squishmallows/TY Beanie Babies (Spring 2023)
We now accept these to sell. They must be like new and have their fabric brand tags attached.
Seasonal Changes
Hoodies (Under Armour and Nike) and sleep sacks are now accepted all year long. See our updated list of seasonal items accepted at each sale. We’ve detailed which Holiday clothing to sell at each sale, and which Pittsburgh Sports Teams. Cleveland and Buffalo sports teams for Erie as well.
Car Seats (Fall 2023)
We are now accepting car seats! All of these procedures are in place after conducting research on the law and from other sales. They will sell if you price them reasonably!
Here’s the rules: No EXCEPTIONS!
- You CANNOT choose to donate an unsold car seat. We can not donate used car seats. Car seats that remain unsold at the end of the sale, must be picked up from the sale location.
- Car seats must be 4 years of age or younger. Check the date on the manufacturers tag. This ensures a buyer will get two years of use out of it. (Car seats are only legally allowed to be used for 6 years.)
- No expired car seats or car seats that have been in an accident. If you try to sell a car seat that has expired, we will charge you a $100 fee to dispose of it. This will be deducted from your consignor check. You will sign a release for each car seat declaring that the seat is not recalled and has never been in an accident. This will remain with us for our records. You will sign these forms at drop off.
Bundles
We recommend you bundle no more than 3 clothing items together (three shirts, three pants, shirt/pants/sweater). Any more than this gets heavy for the hanger and doesn’t sell as well.
We recommend when bundling your books you use string or ribbon and NOT a resealable bag. Books in bags don’t sell as well.
Read through Bundling Items for Consignment Sales for helpful hints and rules.
New Grab N Go section
We have a new section we are calling Grab ‘N Go. Everything in this section is in a sealed zip top bag. Nothing is priced over $5. This is bundling of like items at its finest. This helps us keep our toy tables clear of small $2 items.
Examples: Bag of McDonald’s toys for $2, Gallon bag of bouncy balls, bag of bath toys (no mold!), Bag of little farm animals, Bag of army men, Bag of small finger puppets. The goal of this section is an EASY way for parents who bring their kids to the sale to grab a small toy for being a great shopper! It’s an easy yes, because it’s small, priced right, and doesn’t matter if it gets lost under minivan seats on the way home.
Next:
Whether you are a faithful twice a year consignor, you’ve been a past consignor, but have skipped a sale or two, or if you are a brand new consignor, below is a list of some of the recent changes at Sunflower Sprouts. Some are items, some are procedures, one is a brand new sale location! Always make sure to read through this section to stay current with us!
New Procedures
NEW FALL 2025: Giving items a second chance in Erie - Pittsburgh Consignors
Pittsburgh consignors have the option to give their items a Second Chance to sell in Erie! All tags printed on YELLOW cardstock and is unsold at the end of the Pittsburgh sale, will be pulled to go on the truck to Erie. Four more days to sell your items! It’s free to participate if you register by July 6th, 2025! To take advantage of this option – basically if you are donating anything at the end of the sale – you MUST register to sell in Erie.
NO MORE FORM. JUST REGISTER FOR ERIE BEFORE JULY 6TH. AFTER JULY 6TH, EMAIL HELLO@SUNFLOWERSPROUTS.ORG
Second Chance Process for Registered PITT Consignors:
Do you want a Second Chance to sell your items at our Erie Sale? Here is the process to do that in Fall 2025
- Register for PITT
- Register for Erie = Must be the same consignor number as PITT and must be done 6/21/25 – 7/6/25. After this date, it will NOT be free and you will need to pay the registration fee.
- If you’ve got things in your ERIE account, transfer your tags from Erie to Pitt
- Activate any inactive tags you will be bringing to sale. Go to inactive inventory – select each item by clicking the box in front of the item number. Then click “Activate selected items.”
- Create/enter tagging information for all new items you are selling. Here’s the important part **All Second Chance Items Must Be printed on YELLOW CARDSTOCK** This is how we will know to pull them to take to Erie with us. Anything left unsold after the Erie sale will be donated to local charities.
- Print and Attach your YELLOW Tags
- Drop Off in PITT
- When you “Say Goodbye” in PITT, verify you are having your unsold items sent to Erie sale.
- Don’t Pick Up at the end of the sale.
- Get Paid from PITT via PayPal
- When you get the Transfer Email from us – you will have one week to TRANSFER your items from PITT inventory to ERIE inventory. We will send out detailed instructions in that email and it should take you about 10 minutes tops to complete the steps after you log in.
- Erie Sale Happens.
- Don’t Pick Up in Erie. Any unsold items will be donated.
- Get Paid from Erie sale via PayPal
**Here’s some Frequently Asked Questions about this process or other choices you have:
FAQ:
Q: I’ve found more items that I want to sell in Erie after the PITT Sale. Can I add them to my Erie inventory?
A: Yes, but you will have to transport them to Erie and select a drop off time for the new items. You must also enter the new tags by the last time to enter tags as always.
Q: I want to donate my items to Pittsburgh Charities following the PITT sale and I don’t want my items to go to Erie for a second chance. How do I do this?
A: Tag your items to donate as usual on regular WHITE cardstock OR Pick up your items following the PITT sale and then take them to the charities of your choice.
FAQ: I want to Pick up any unsold items that don’t sell in Erie, I want them back. How do I do this?
- Register for PITT
- Register for Erie
- Tag your PITT items WITH WHITE CARDSTOCK but do NOT choose the donate option for any item.
- Pick up unsold items from PITT on pick up date.
- Transfer your inventory when the transfer inventory email comes out from Sunflower Sprouts.
- Drive it to Erie for your selected drop off time
- Pick up what doesn’t sell in Erie
- Get paid after each sale
To RECAP:
You must decide now whether you are giving your items a second chance in Erie. You will register yourself immediately after registering for Pittsburgh, and your registration for Erie will be waived. You must register by July 6th, 2025 for it to be free. After that time, we will have opened Erie regular registration and the regular fee will apply. You will use YELLOW CARDSTOCK for your tags that are going to ERIE. (See our website for options to purchase the cardstock from us.) There is a 20% fee on your sold items only as a transportation cost for sorting your items in Pitt, loading them on the truck, unloading them and having them placed on the Erie sales floor. This amounts to $20 on every $100 sold in Erie.
*All unsold items at the end of the Erie sale will be donated to local charities and you can print your donation report following the Erie sale
*If you want your items to go to Erie – they must be marked to Donate on the tag
*If you want your items to go to Erie – they must be on yellow cardstock.
*All yellow tags will be donated following the Erie sale to local charities.
*If you want your items to go to Erie – you must be registered for Erie.
*If you want your items to be donated directly from Pittsburgh, you will just use the normal system/ white cardstock/ donate option and Pittsburgh charities will pickup these items.
Any questions you have on this process? Email hello@sunflowersprouts.org
NEW FAll 2025: EXPANDING TO THE THIRD SOCCER FIELD
We are expanding to the third soccer field!! Check out our updated maps COMING SOON!
Want to see the new map?
What goes in which room?
NEW FAll 2025: Tuesday shopping times
NEW CONSIGNOR SHOPPING TIMES: You can shop even earlier this season!
15 hour volunteers/helpers shop Tuesday at 9:30 AM
12 hour volunteers/helpers shop Tuesday at 10:00 AM
9 hour volunteers/helpers shop Tuesday at 11:30 AM
6 hour volunteers/helpers shop Tuesday at 12:00 noon
3 hour volunteers/helpers shop Tuesday at 1:30 PM
VIC’s shop Tuesday at 2:30 PM – All VIC’s will get an email
All Consignors shop Tuesday at 3:30 PM
NEW FAll 2025: MOM Department
New MOM Department located in the main room near the cash registers!!
Sell your name brand, gently used PURSES!
Sell your SHOES! Size 7-9.5!
Sell your BOOKS! Summer reads, devotionals, adult coloringbooks!
Sell your CUPS!! Owala, Stanley, Yeti, Brumate!
Get Paid via PayPal! (NEW Spring 2025)
Please give us 5-10 business days, from the pick up day, to get you your money!
(NEW SPRING 2025)
No more lost Checks in the mail! We are finally going to electronic payments! This means you get your money faster!!!
We pay by PayPal direct deposit to the email address that you entered when you signed up for your account with MySaleManager. We consider this your account number and we will never edit it. You may edit it at any time in your MySaleManager profile. EVERYONE is first paid via PayPal direct deposit to this email address. If you do not have a working PayPal account associated with your registration email – you will still be paid this way. PayPal will then send you an email alerting you to the fact that you have $ to claim. If you do not claim this money within 30 days, PayPal will return it to us and at that time we will send you a physical check less a $5 fee for that check.
Book Sale (NEW Spring 2025)
“NO BUNDLING FOR MOM BOOKS!
We are expanding our book department! The new category is for “Moms Only”. What are “Mom Books”? Think Beach Reads!
These books will be sorted if unsold.
New Price to register (NEW Spring 2024)
Price to consign is $23 for Pittsburgh. Erie price to consign is $20.
Transferring Your Tags (NEW FALL 2023)
When one sale is complete, you will not have access to that sales inventory until proceeds have been processed. You must always wait for an email saying “OK to transfer“ before you will be able to move your inventory from the sale that just finished to another sale location.
Transfer inventory OUT:
- Log into the first account and click “work with consign inventory“
- Click “move inventory out“
- Select the affiliated sale you’d like to move your inventory to
- Enter the consignor number and password AT THE AFFILIATED SALE
- Click “select all“ to move all the inventory
- Re-enter the password AT THE AFFILIATED SALE
- At the bottom of the page click “submit“ (do not click this multiple times)
- You will receive a batch number for reference when it is successfully moved OUT
- Close all windows until you are back at www.Pitt.sunflowersprouts.org
Accept inventory IN:
- First, make sure both active and inactive inventory are EMPTY before following the steps
- Log into the sale locations account in which you are wanting to receive inventory
- Click “work with consign inventory”
- Click “receive inventory IN”
- You should see a list of batches available to be received. Select the batch and click “submit“
- Your inventory will now appear in that sales location account
Do you need to re-tag?
Because we are an inventory system, the item ID and barcode in information are VERY important
- If you transfer incorrectly the item ID in your account may be different than either ID on the barcode tag. If there is a discrepancy, we sell it for WHAT IS ON THE TAG. Be sure to check your item IDs if there is a discrepancy, you will need to re-print those tags.
- If you want to discount an item that already had a tag on it, you MUST change it in your account and then print a new tag. The discount is imbedded in the barcode. Therefore, you cannot add your “red dot“ to the tag. It will not scan correctly!!!
- If you see problems with your sold item report when the event is in progress, it is due to incorrectly transferring inventory. (item numbers are not matching up, blank description field, etc.)
What is a Very Important Consignor? (VIC) (NEW Fall 2023)
New Drop off procedures (NEW Fall 2022)
We have the new welcome tent outside when you drive up. They direct you to the most convenient door for the majority of your items. Every consignor gets a great SWAG bag filled with coupons and goodies to take home. Make sure to get yours when you SAY Goodbye and we activate your tags.
Important: Every sale, we find people that did not “Say goodbye” and have their tags activated before they leave drop off. Please don’t skip this step! We need to activate those tags!
New shopping time for our friends (NEW Spring 2023)
Friends of Consignors start shopping with their passes at 9:00 AM on Presale day Your friend of consignor pass is in your SWAG Bag.
Consignors are allowed to bring one accompanying person the evening of Consignor Shopping. This might be your spouse, your mother, or a friend. Kids are always welcome and do not count as your accompanying person.
New things we sell
Squishmallows/TY Beanie Babies (SPRING 2023)
We now accept these to sell. They must be like new and have their fabric brand tags attached.
Seasonal Changes
Hoodies (Under Armour and Nike) and sleep sacks are now accepted all year long. See our updated list of seasonal items accepted at each sale. We’ve detailed which Holiday clothing to sell at each sale, and which Pittsburgh Sports Teams. Cleveland and Buffalo sports teams for Erie as well.
Car Seats (Fall 2023)
We are now accepting car seats! All of these procedures are in place after conducting research on the law and from other sales. They will sell if you price them reasonably!
Here’s the rules: No EXCEPTIONS!
- You CANNOT choose to donate an unsold car seat. We can not donate used car seats. Car seats that remain unsold at the end of the sale, must be picked up from the sale location.
- Car seats must be 4 years of age or younger. Check the date on the manufacturers tag. This ensures a buyer will get two years of use out of it. (Car seats are only legally allowed to be used for 6 years.)
- No expired car seats or car seats that have been in an accident If you try to sell a car seat that has expired, we will charge you a $100 fee to dispose of it. This will be deducted from your consignor check. You will sign a release for each car seat declaring that the seat is not recalled and has never been in an accident. This will remain with us for our records. You will sign these forms at drop off.
Bundles
We recommend you bundle no more than 3 clothing items together (three shirts, three pants, shirt/pants/sweater). Any more than this gets heavy for the hanger and doesn’t sell as well.
We recommend when bundling your books you use string or ribbon and NOT a resealable bag. Books in bags don’t sell as well.
Read through Bundling Items for Consignment Sales for helpful hints and rules.
New Grab N Go section (Spring 2023)
We have a new section we are calling Grab ‘N Go. Everything in this section is in a sealed zip top bag. Nothing is priced over $5. This is bundling of like items at its finest. This helps us keep our toy tables clear of small $2 items.
Examples: Bag of McDonald’s toys for $2, Gallon bag of bouncy balls, bag of bath toys (no mold!), Bag of little farm animals, Bag of army men, Bag of small finger puppets. The goal of this section is an EASY way for parents who bring their kids to the sale to grab a small toy for being a great shopper! It’s an easy yes, because it’s small, priced right, and doesn’t matter if it gets lost under minivan seats on the way home.
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