The beginning of the year—time to clear the clutter and clean out the closet. Local 6 found you can turn your old clothes into cash.
Local 6 visited three consignment stores each specializing and catering to a certain customer.
First up: Classic Consignment in Altamonte Springs. Here you can find men's fashions, bridal and even maternity.
Karen Knapp says they only take gently worn items.
"We do ask that our designs be two years or newer just to keep things current with the fashion, cleaned and pressed and on hangers," Knapp said.
Here's how it works. For 90 days your items will be for sale. Each month the price goes down, 1st 20 percent then 50 percent. If it doesn't sell, you get your stuff back. If it does, the store takes 60 percent and you get 40 percent.
"Just last month our largest check was $567," she said.
Knapp said the more you consign the more you can make.
"We take everything from 5-6 items to open an account to a car load," she said.
If you have a closet full of high-end designers, Cida's in Winter Park is for you.
Janice Stewart of Cida's says, "Most of our customers are people looking for a bargain on high-end clothing."
Lines like Jimmy Choo, Armani, Hermes and Tory Burch, but Stewart says bring it in and let them be the judge.
"We like to take in unusual things and that's what most of our customers say, I find things here I can't find anywhere else," she said.
Consigners sell full-length furs to gently worn Christian Louboutin shoes.
Items must be in pristine condition or have tags on them. Those items stay on sale for 90 days. Cida's split is 50/50 between the store and consigner. What doesn't sell goes back to you.
For ladies size 14 and up, Pretty Women Consignment in Orlando is a perfect fit.
Barb Teeter says,"We carry everything!"
Dresses, tops, pants, suits and a faux fur coat. But check your items closely before you bring them in to sell.
Teeter only takes items in excellent condition.
"With the lights in here we see spots in here that you don't see at home or a zipper might be broken so there are some things we give back," she said.
Pretty Women Consignment has a 90 day consignment period. Items are reduced 10 percent every 30 days. What doesn't sell you get back.
There is a 50/50 split with store and consigner.
Teeter says the key to cashing in is simple, "The nicer things you bring in the more money you're going to make."