Boomerang Kids: where smart families shop. Why? Canadian. Resale store. Easy. A triple threat in the family shopping world. Let me tell you a bit about the Boomerang Kids shopping experience. WARNING: reading this post may influence you to buy kid gear…
ABOUT BOOMERANG KIDS
Boomerang Kids is a Canadian franchise chain of resale stores. Most of the stores’ inventory is consigned by families in the local communities the stores serve. About 25% of Boomerang Kids stores’ merchandise is new product, or “factory fresh” items. Boomerang Kids stores operate in Ottawa, and are soon to open in the communities of Barrhaven (Ontario), Vaughan (Ontario), Gatineau (Quebec) and Montreal (Quebec). Franchises are available across Canada.
Boomerang Kids shopping experience #1 – You can shop on-line. Search, add to cart, pay and then have the order shipped via Canada Post. As a busy parent, who does shop at consignment stores regularly for kid gear…I think this is a great feature (and it would make me a return customer!).
Boomerang Kids shopping experience #2 – You can shop by category, brand, size, and sale. And then filter from there to boys or girls, condition (I love that they flag things as new, excellent condition or gently used), and price. Also, they have a wide range of name brands to fit every family budget…
Boomerang Kids shopping experience #3 – Shop, strollers. And baby gear. And Toys. Great items and affordable prices. Boomerang Kids states that they inspect everything (which is a safety-must). My first child we bought everything new. By child #2 we realized a lot of our baby gear could easily be bought 2nd hand – in great condition and at half the price as brand new. Plus, it’s good for the environment to give a 2nd life to quality kid stuff – why put it in a landfill?!
Boomerang Kids shopping experience #4 – Shop kids’ clothes. And if you are like me…you know the sizes of your kids. Size 3 jeans are size 3 jeans. I need only look for condition, price, and brand (in that order for me). I shopped during “quiet time”, with a cup of tea in one hand and my laptop mouse in the other. Easy.
Boomerang Kids shopping experience #5 – shop NEW. Boomerang Kids offers “Factory Fresh” i.e. NEW items for sale as well as resale items. I bought 3 brand new, factory fresh, lunch boxes for my kids to use next year.
What I would like to see in the next Boomerang Kids online update: a size category on the shopping cart order. I shopped for shorts for different kids- in different sizes – and when I went to review my order it just said “shorts” and didn’t specify which jeans were which size. It made it hard for reviewing…
Boomerang Kids shopping experience #6 – Fast communication! Within minutes of placing my order, I received a order confirmation email. Then, same day, I received another email letting me know my order had been shipped via Canada Post. I found the communication to be extremely efficient.
I love supporting Canadian business. Especially online businesses (because shopping in my pjs – at home – makes life easier). And resale shops are affordable, environmentally friendly, and good quality.
I will definitely consider selling my boys clothing to Boomerang Kids when they outgrow them. It sounds like a great place to deal with.
I know someone in my family who would love this.
Selling clothes to boomerang has been a less than positve experience for me. They are so picky as to what they accept first of all. You bought something one year from them and the kids didnt wear it so i tried to sell it back and they wouldn’t take it. Increasing pickiness. If its new they will take it but next to that its difficutl. Next you get 40% they get 60. Plus if it doesn’t sell in a short time its reduced so you end up with 1.55 for a pair of pants for example. Money on your account has a one year expiry. Just learned the hard way about that. I was not ever told that but learned today its in the fine print. I find any consignment store is a good way to get next to nothing for your efforts as you choose the best ones, wash press fold the clothes take them there and they accept maybe 2 items. A lot of time wasted. Can always try to sell on kijiji otherwise. Sell as a lot if you can.
Hi Carol, sorry that we just noticed this now. Thanks for taking the time to comment.
What store were you consigning with?
I’d like to address each of your points but it would be helpful to know which store.
Boomerang Kids