We'll gladly consider purchasing your children's new or gently used clothing, toys & books,  and equipment. There is no appointment necessary and we pay you when we are finished inspecting the items we can accept and choose to carry. We operate on a first-come/first-serve basis. We'll quote you a "wait time" for how long it will take us to process your items. We will gladly call you when done, or Feel free to stay and shop or return to our store prior to close to review your quote.  In some sizes (like newborn to 12 months) we may not choose all your excellent condition items due to the number of these items we receive.  To be fair to all, we take some of everybody's top quality, like new, infant clothing in these sizes.

Here are some tips for getting the most from your selling experience:

Clothing must be in excellent condition, of current style, freshly laundered, no odor, and neatly organized,.  No hangars.  Toys, equipment and furniture items must be assembled in store to verify all parts are present.  Please bring all clothing items laid flat in a laundry basket, tote or a box. (If we open a box and we see mildew or bugs, we will immedaily close the box and not go thru your items)  (Plastic bags tend to wrinkle your clothing and we will not be able to accept those items, as items we choose go directly onto the show floor and will not sell if wrinkled)  Two piece outfits should be placed together (but not pinned or taped). Do not hang your items on hangars.  Here are some of the items we DO NOT process:  Underwear, socks, baby hats, plush toys, blankets, small loose items, toys or games with lots of pieces, softback books, pacifiers or teethers, games that attach to TV, drop-side cribs, glass items, VCR tapes,

At Once Upon A Child, safety and product quality are always our top priorities. For these reasons, there are some items we are unable to buy such as car seats and recalled products.  At this time, we are also not taking any used cribs due to the number of recalls.  Please allow us time to check items you bring in against the national CPSC recall list.  Toys and furniture will be checked for recalls, must include all original parts, be clean, and in good working condition.  This naturally takes a good deal of time, but insures the buying experience of our customers buying items from us.  Please look through your toys and equipment first to make sure everything is clean and working to avoid unloading all these bulky items into the store, only to have them not accepted due to not working or stains and food on your equipment, then having to take them all back in the car.

All your items are processed as quickly as possible; however, on weekends, Once Upon a Child stores tend to get  backed up.  We will process your items and call you just as soon as possible.  We  process in order of your arrival .  Ask us how many are ahead of you when checking in.  It will help others waiting if you do not bring in 10 cases at a time, as this will greatly increase the wait time of your fellow customers behind you, since we thoroughly inspect every item to insure quality items in our store.  We ask that you bring in no more than 3 to 4 containers or large items at a time.  Saturdays are the busiest right now, and we may not get to your items left on Saturday until Sunday. as so many of you have things for us to look at and process into the computer.  We take very good care of your containers and mark each with your arrival number.  We will call you when we are finishing processing and no items may be left for more than 24 hours after we call you that we are ready, due to our storage limitations.  Any items not picked up in that time frame will be removed from our location and donated.