Crossroads Trading Company

The only way I justify shopping is by making room in my closet.  I usually pack up a garbage bag full of clothes that have "expired", and drop it off at Goodwill on my lunch break.  Instead I thought, “why don’t I try to get some cash for them?” I filled two grocery bags full of clothes and took them down to Crossroads Trading Co. consignment store.

Crossroads was created in 1991 by Gerald Block and Chip Gerken, in hopes of offering a great selection of merchandise at reasonable prices for fashion-conscious shoppers.  Now with 24 locations all over the West Coast, fashion-junkies (like me) can buy, “new and recycled clothing and to receive cash or trade credit for the high-quality, fashionable items they sell back to the company."

San Francisco is the mecca for individual design, and clothing with personality, so with four Crossroad locations, you are bound to find something that you will love.  Crossroads is open 7 days a week, and for those who are on the go, you can even drop off your clothes to be bartered.  

The stylists will buy clothes that are in season, in style, having some kind of edge and of course intact.  Out of the clothes that I brought into the store, the cashier found a grand total of $100 worth in items so I could receive 50% off in store credit or 35% in cash. You can never go wrong in a consignment store, so I chose store credit.  Consignment stores are great, because of the huge variety and great finds. 

At Cross Roads you can find everything from a killer pair of jeans, to top designer labels.  You will always find something no one else has, and can be uniquely fashionable among you peers.  For everyone that has been holding on to your unused clothes for way to long, go to Crossroads and freshen up your wardrobe.

Comments

[Wendy Garman]

I love Crossroads too. Nice article. BTW, they are not technically a consignment store, because they pay you when you sell your clothes, not after they sell. I think they call it "buy-sell-trade".

[soraya]

Thanks Wendy! Thank you for bringing that to my attention. It is usually understood that the consignee (the seller) pays the consignor (the person who owns the item) a portion of the proceeds from the sale; thus why I considered CrossRoads a consignment store. But generally consignment stores only pay the consignee when the product sells... so I think you are absolutely right :) Buy-sell-trade would be a more appropriate way to describe it.