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Selling & Consignment
When to Sell a Designer Piece, and Why the Answer Is Usually Sooner
Waiting a year on a $2,500 luxury piece costs $115 of sale price — and can cost more than that in payout, because falling below a commission threshold changes the rate you are paid at.
Consignment Is a Bad Deal for Cheap Things, and the Schedule Says So
A $60 top nets you $24. A $5,000 bag nets $4,250. The work is identical — photographs, packaging, a trip to the post office — and one of them is worth doing.
Never Price One Dollar Under: Why $100 Pays $15 More Than $99
Every retail instinct says list it at $99. The commission schedule says that costs you $15 — and at the $1,500 threshold the same mistake costs $151.