Live and learn.

Never again will I buy inventory from someone else.

I bought twenty pieces of inventory from Laurie. I paid $60 for 20 pieces, so $3/apiece. It finally came today, after my having bought it five weeks ago.

Not only is most of it stuff I would not have paid $3 for at the thrift, it all REEKS of cigarette smoke.

There is only one piece I am very enthused about, and that is the Quacker Factory 1X pants. They have the tags on, but I have to wash them to get the smoke smell out, so I won't be able to sell them as NWT. There are a couple of other pieces with the tags that need washing.

Most of the stuff she included is nice, but not stuff I have any luck selling - like a Venezia dress in size 14, a Sweet Jessie dress & jacket, a banana republic skirt in size 4, a Talbots jumper in size 14, etc.

Two things went directly into the donation bag - a very frumpy Elisabeth shorts set, and a hideously dated Adrienne Vittadini quilted dress with a big bow on the back.

Another set she sent is very cute, but the brand does nothing on eBay. That one, and several other items, are going to the consignment store.

She only pays 25 or 50 cents per piece, so for those prices I probably would have bought some of this stuff, but definitely not $3/piece. Especially since I have to try to get the smoke smell out. :-(