What are you planning for Saturday ~ July 18th?

Check out our (in store) Treasure Hunt

and Win Prizes!

Why Shop Second-Hand FIRST?

• Selection. As it gets harder for “real” stores to turn a profit, they stick more and more with sure bets, things they know will sell. That limits your choices to what they want to sell you…whether you like it or not.
• Style. If this year’s colors, styles, patterns are not your favorite, why kow-tow to someone else’s taste? Put together your own unique style, whether we’re talking wardrobe or domicile, by shopping secondhand.
• Quality. Look like a million on someone else’s million.
• Finding treasures. Haven’t you always dreamed of a rocking chair just like Granpa used to have? Or a string of amber beads that look like they were bought by D.H.Lawrence in some exotic bazaar?
• Putting your money where your mouth is. If a charity you admire runs a thrift shop to earn its operating budget, isn’t it a good thing to patronize that shop? If you like your town’s downtown area, wouldn’t shopping the local merchants instead of the Big Boxes keep the area vibrant and attractive?
• Limited use. Only going to use that ball gown or baseball bat once? Why blow the budget?
• Fickle heart. Not sure if that look is for you? Try it out without stretching the budget. If your best friend insists it makes your butt look big, it hasn’t flattened your wallet. And hey, maybe you can consign it back!
• Fluctuating circumstances. Diet working, or not? Change sizes easily. Temporary quarters? Why buy every pancake flipper and wine glass new? And of course the greatest fluctuations of all: kids. Growing. Or going to camp. Or getting paint all over their “good” clothes.
• Better things to do with your money. Whether it’s groceries or a graduate degree, there’s better places to spend your hard-earned cash than on material goods.
• Better things to do with your planet. It takes over 2 pounds of insecticides and fertilizer to create a single Tshirt and jeans. That’s not counting manufacturing the poisons, transporting them from plant to growing field, someone spreading them on the crop, poison in the air that person’s children must breathe…. and the associated harvest, manufacture, shipping of the finished garment (oh yes, and the chemical finish that’s applied to that garment!)

Why buy new when secondhand will not only “do”…

it’s more imaginative, more fun, and so much MORE?

 2009 FOR THE LOVE OF TEA

Gypsy Tea Party & Fashion Show Raised OVER $600 In It's First Year for Local Breast Cancer Programs and Organizations!

To View Pictures of this event, click HERE

What Makes Us Different?

REINCARNATION promises to operate professionally and to create profitable partnerships that make it easy and fun to do business with us.

Most importantly, REINCARNATION wants you to feel comfortable here, grab a cup of coffee or tea, sit a spell and enjoy the company of other shoppers. People who come in here say they’ve never seen a second-hand shop quite like this. We want it to be different and fun.

REINCARNATION is the PREMIERE place for both consignors and shoppers ~ simply by providing top-notch customer service,  combined with a comfortable shopping experience and GREAT DEALS.

Our consignors benefit from knowledgeable pricing and creatively diverse marketing.

Our customers benefit from a wide selection of unique, name-brand, and one-of-a-kind merchandise, all at reasonable prices.

Our merchandise is campy, trashy, chic or designer — but always impeccably selected. We've enticed many of our customers already with fabulous front window displays.

We'll help you create your individual style, choosing from an awesome variety of name brands, sizes and trends in clothes and household goods.

REINCARNATION has "working assets," by giving back to the community in which it operates.

10% of the store's monthly sales go to a different local charity each month and both shoppers and consignors have a say  as to which local charity gets this money.

July 2009

Charities of Choice:

Co-Op Voucher Program

and

RAP Coalition

 Each time you consign and/or shop, you get a vote. The one with the most votes each month - wins!!!!

REINCARNATION provides a place for people to do good things for other people.

A consignment with us or buying from us — is an investment in someone else's life.

 March 2009 Winning Charity Rutland Humane Society

April 2009 Winning Charity

Rutland Boys & Girls Clubs

May 2009 Charity of Choice

Breast Care Center at Rutland Regional Medical Center

June 2009 Winning Charity

Park Street Health Share

Recycle - Reuse - Reincarnate!

The Fab Finds Diva says . . .

Check Out

The Rutland Herald story

on

"The Queen of Consignment!"

Click Here

  Adopt a way of life that's simultaneously conservatory and decadent!!!!!!

You've probably heard of the three Rs for a cleaner environment: Reducing our impact, Reusing what we can, and Recycling waste.

But have you heard of the two S's? 

SECOND-HAND SHOPPING!!!
 

 Mother Nature always appreciates any attempt to go green—be it efficient water usage, smarter electricity practices, or shopping second-hand. 

  THE STORY OF STUFF

Resale shopping is not just for ‘people in need anymore’,” she says. “It’s for everyone!

Consignment stores have been around for decades, and quite possibly remain one of the best kept secrets when it comes to high-end designer bargain hunting.

These days, when going green is becoming wildly popular, its easy to be ecologically AND economically frugal .  .  .shopping second-hand is a FABULOUS way to recycle, reuse and REINCARNATE,

Show your commitment to using fewer resources and reducing your carbon footprint all while saving money!

  Today, GREEN is the new black!

Affordability is a huge draw for our customers, “With the economy as it is, people want to watch their dollar, irregardless of if they have to or not.

Americans are noticing their consumption and want to reduce what they use and simplify their lifestyle; [consignment] is a great way to do that.” Being able to pay $8 for a name-brand polo as opposed to $70, or spending a mere $20 for a two-piece designer combo, is always a plus.

Britt Beemer, chairman of America's Research Group, a consumer behavior survey research company based in Charleston, S.C. states,

And also, this rise in secondhand shopping may mean that 2009 fashion will be dubbed “Recession Fashion,” a bit thriftier than in past years. Some speculate this will yield a bolder, more audacious style.

Are YOU Going to be a

RECESSIONISTA

this year?