Monday, December 6, 2010

New Blog Address

Our blog has moved! If you are a follower, please update your links to include our new page, as this one will no longer be updated. Thanks! http://stuffetconline.wordpress.com

Thursday, December 2, 2010

Looking for a VERY SPECIAL gift?




CLICK HERE to see what's currently featured in the Silent Auctions at all FIVE of our locations. Each store features a minimum of 10 items that are highly collectible or of a designer/high-end nature. For example...
Iowa City has an authentic Dooney & Burke purse and a set of four vintage Star Wars PEZ dispensers.
Coralville has an American Girl crib & changing table and three different Furby's in their original boxes.
Go north a few miles to Cedar Rapids and you will find...
Cedar Rapids East has a 1930's Czech puppet and a P.Buckley Moss print.
Cedar Rapids West has two authentic Coach purses and a John Deere metal tractor & wagon set.
Head a further north to our Waterloo store and you will find a multitude of collectible M&M items.
I'm certain you can find something extra special at any of our locations for the collectors on your Holiday gift list. If there's an item you're interested in, we encourage you to stop in and physically touch and look at the item(s). You can place a bid while you're there or call it in at any time. Good luck and Happy Holidays!

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

2010 Best of the Area Winner!!

Thank you to everyone that voted and chose Stuff Etc as the 2010 Best of the Area Consignment Store in the Press Citizen . We feel privileged to have such awesomely devoted shoppers and consignors. We also salute the other stores nominated in our same category! Click here to see the entire list of nominees & winners. Thanks again!

Monday, November 1, 2010

ReGift Responsibly


During birthdays and holidays, our parents all taught us to act excited, even when we got a dud of a gift, and we'd sit there with our plastered-on faux-smiles saying, "Oh just what I always wanted…! A hat pin. Thanks Grandma!"

Look, it happens. Your great aunt gives you the same reindeer sweater she's been buying for you the past fourteen years, your friend buys you a box set of Cashmere Mafia even though you've told her a million times it's no substitute for Sex and the City. If you're like me, you have a stash of items received as gifts for birthdays and holidays that aren't quite what you were hoping for. Things that are super thoughtful, but you would never be seen wearing it or can't possibly imagine using it. These items have no gift receipt so there's no option of returning it, so now what?

The term "regifting" was made popular by our favorite Seinfeld characters in 1995 as a dirty word. But in this day and age of being thrifty and environmentally conscientious, and with a little help from your friends at Stuff, it can be done responsibly and we have the solution!


Before you re-wrap that "Kiss the Chef" apron, bring it (and all the other stuff in your regifting closet) into any Stuff Etc location to consign and we will turn them into much needed holiday cash. And while you're here, check out our "ReGifting" display full of new-in-box, new-with-tag items that will make excellent gifts for those on your list and won't bust your tight Holiday budget this year.


With all of the world worried about global warming, along with the critical need to reuse and recycle as many of our resources as we can, there is now a real reason for “ReGifting” to be resurrected once again, and not as a dirty little secret, but as a wonderful and responsible way to wage the war against the waste of unwanted gifts!

Stop in and see us this Saturday at our Holiday Open House and take advantage of saving 20% off all full-priced items, have some delicious holiday cookies, win some AWESOME door prizes, and check out the new gift display. Open 9am-5pm, Saturday, November 6th at all four locations!

Monday, October 4, 2010

P. Buckley Moss & Denim Days Collectors

NOW TAKING BIDS!
We have a wealth of P. Buckley Moss collector ornaments and Denim Days figurines featured in our Coralville Silent Auction. Stop in TODAY and place your bids. Bids start at $30 for the P. Buckley Moss items. Bids start at $10 for the Denim Days pieces. The auction ends this Sunday, Oct. 10th. Highest bidder wins!

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

VOTE NOW for BEST OF THE AREA Consignment Store


Click here TODAY to vote for Stuff Etc as the best consignment store in the area. Your vote helped us nail the title spot two years in a row! Our continued success is owed to our awesome customers, fans and employees. We wouldn't be here without YOU!

Heads up voters! There are 5 pages of categories to vote for in the first round. It is mandatory to fill in all the categories on the first page in order to advance to the next page. Once you pass the first page, it is not necessary to fill in all the categories (just the ones you chose to vote for) in order to move on. The category of "Consignment Store" is on page three. You may, and we encourage you, to vote once a day until the voting ends.

Per the Iowa City Press-Citizen: The initial voting period runs from Sept. 11-26, and the runoff vote will be Oct. 11-17. Users can vote only once per day. Illegal votes will be removed by a canvass of the votes that will take place from Sept. 27-30 and from Oct. 18-19. Winners will be announced Nov. 1.

Go Team Stuff Etc!!!

Friday, September 17, 2010

Let's Get Spooky Together!




All four of our locations have everything you need to make your HALLOWEEN a success! Costumes for every member of your family and every possible taste. We have decorations and lots of scary items flowing out of every corner to fill a haunted house or Halloween party. Stop by today! And anytime you mention you read about it on the blog, we'll give you 20% off your entire full-priced Halloween purchase. (psst...tell your friends too)