Happy Birthday!!!

Stuff Etc turns 24 this month!!! To celebrate our 24th year in business we are having a Celebration Weekend! This weekend (April 17-19) we will run 24% off store-wide at ALL 4 locations!!! Saturday April 18th, we will have cookies, refreshments and door prize drawings throughout the day.



Here is a glimpse through time...

Original Stuff Etc location was located behind a bar (now Grizzly's) and occupied just 750 sq. ft.

2nd Iowa City location, moved to Keokuk St. in 1986, occupied 3,300 sq. ft.


3rd Iowa City location, moved to Pepperwood Ln in 1997, occupied 15,000 sq. ft.

Cedar Rapids West location opened in 2003, occupies 22,000 sq. ft.

Coralville current location moved here in 2003, occupies 36,000 sq. ft.



Iowa City store current location moved there in 2006, occupies 24,000 sq. ft.

Cedar Rapids East location added in 2006, occupies 33,000 sq. ft.

***Coralville location will have a catering company grilling out in front of their building all 3 days!

Make us #1!

It's A-List contest time!!! KCRG is running the A-List competition for best in the area. Each year KCRG holds a contest to discover the best local businesses. Voters can log onto www.kcrg.com and click on the A-List tab. Voters can only vote once in each category. The contest runs until May 17th.


Last year Stuff Etc won for best Vintage and Resale store (Fashion category). Thanks to all who voted for us and we hope to get your vote again this year. Don't forget to log on and vote for Stuff Etc for best Vintage and Resale store.


Be sure to check us out for all your Spring and Summer needs. Let us make your vote an easy one...all stores currently featuring hot spring items including, camping equipment, outdoor furniture, pool accessories, beach items, and as always your favorite brands for less!

Don't forget now is the best time to consign those items. Spring is the time of year for cleaning and you may be considering a garage sale, let Stuff Etc do the work for you, make an appointment today and spend your free time outdoors. Just bring your items to us and we will turn your stuff into CA$H!!!

Earth Month

April is Earth Month and Stuff Etc considers our business a local recycling specialist that can turn anyone's unwanted items into cash. We are excited for a whole month to be dedicated to such an awesome concept. We have really started introducing more ways to make our own business "green".

In researching this we have come across some mind-blowing statistics we would like to share:

• Every year more than 450 trillion plastic bags are manufactured.
  
• Plastic bags account for 10% of the debris that washes up along the coast line.
• It takes fewer resources to manufacture plastic bags, but it costs more in cleanup efforts.
• If instead of plastic bags, we used cloth bags we could save 6 plastic bags a week; 24 bags a month; 288 bags a year; 22,176 bags in an average lifetime.
• If 1 out of every 5 people used cloth bags we could save 1,330,560,000,000 plastic bags over our lifetime.
  

Stuff Etc offers coupons for people who recycle their plastic bags with us. Stuff Etc offers eco-friendly shopping bags at all locations for $4.99 for our shoppers and consignors to help avoid the usage of plastic bags. These bags can also be used to consign without an appointment, whatever you can fit in the bag.

• The average ink cartridge takes approximately 450 years to decompose.
• Each year there are approximately 200 million pounds of ink cartridge waste. Placed end-to-end that would stretch from Washington D.C. to California and back again.

Stuff Etc recycles ink cartridges at every location. Coupons are given to individuals who recycle cell phones through our stores. Ink cartridges can be refurbished and refilled, cutting costs of ink cartridges up to 75%.

• The metal used in cell phones can be toxic to the environment.
• Approximately 60% of old phones have resale value and can be refurbished. The other 40% is refined or melted down and returned to its original state and then can be reused.

Stuff Etc recycles cell phones at every location. Coupons are given to individuals who recycle cell phones through our stores. American Cell Phone Drive is a program used to get working phones and 911 service to senior citizens.

• Americans throw away more than 68 pounds of clothing and textiles per person per year.
• Clothing and textiles represent 4% of the municipal solid waste stream.
• The 12 to 15 percent of people who shopped at consignment and thrift stores in 2006 saved 2.5 billion pounds of clothes from re-entering the waste stream.

Stuff Etc takes in 1500-2000 items per day. We are a viable option for people to recycle their unwanted clothing and other items. All you have to do is make an appointment (or buy the eco-friendly bag to consign w/out an appt.), bring in your items, and we do ALL THE REST!

For more information on our operation please visit www.stuffetconline.com