Alligator Purse Consignments

I have consigned at several shops for many years and I would not recommend this place. My things all sell but the owner is so difficult and has such poor communication skills that it is not worth it.

Alligator Purse is a wonderful consignment shop which always has a great variety of quality clothing and other items. The employees are very friendly and the owner, Michelle, is caring and truly a joy! The shop itself is set up nicely inside, making it easy to browse. It has a very comfortable feel to it as well. I have consigned at other shops, and this is my favorite. I am moving and will still continue to consign and shop here!

I should have heeded the advice of Debbie J and others below. This is a hideously awful place to consign your clothes. Michelle, the owner, is the most inflexible person I have ever worked with. And she’s downright combative.
NOTE: When the store moved, the owner moved her Unilocal account, too. I can see why. She has some bad reviews on her old Unilocal listing. But it’s still on Unilocal,just with a different physical address for the store.
I have consigned for years in Kirkland, Ballard, and most often at Mia Bella in the U-​District — all very positive experiences.
Here are examples of Michelle’s utter inflexibility from a single consignment with her:
1. She does not give you an itemized list of clothes she consigns. You can’t match what sold with what she owes you. (All other consignment stores provide list with sales prices, from my experience.)
2. She does not give out checks on the weekend. If you can’t get there during the week you cannot get paid for your clothes she sells.
3. When she forgets to bring her calendar to work — as she did when I called to set up the consignment appointment — she won’t give you an appointment. The onus is on you to call her back and hope she has her calendar with her.
4. She extends no graces. My clothing pull date was Saturday. I came to get my clothes three days later on Monday, per the contract, but got stuck in I-​5 traffic (viaduct was closed) and she was closed when I got there.
So I went back the next night. She would not give me my clothes back, saying I had missed the pull date. By a day! Technically I had, but I had also called the previous week to say I’d come get them. I stupidly thought she’d give me a day’s grace. Stupid, on my part.
5. At this point, we exchanged words. I told her she was being inflexible. She grabbed her phone and came from behind the counter, advancing angrily toward me. She told me to leave. I did.
6. I called when I got home hoping to find if she had donated the clothes. (There was a jacket I wanted back.) She would not talk. She simply hung up.
7. I called a second time. She had one of the young girls who works for her answer the phone. I asked to leave a message, and the girl said «we can’t take messages.»
Grace seems to be lost on this woman. I’d rather donate my clothes to charity. And there are plenty of reputable consignment stores around.
I certainly will never shop there either.

I work in Bothell and pop in to browse their new selections about once a week. The owner Michelle is wonderful and is always a joy to see! They are very fair with their consignment pay out as well! Love this place!

Great finds! Prices vary but mostly good, there’s always the dollar rack!
Owner is sweet to me and my son, empolyees are not always as engaging or helpful, seem distracted but not everyone.
Awesome for hidden gems, discount shoes and bags and accessories, up to date with fashion and great sales.
I always leave with something!

What a great little store! Wandered into this store and found some great stuff at amazing prices. Some consignment stores have very used looking clothing, but the stuff at this one looks almost new.

I have had more than two bad experiences consigning with this business. They are happy to take your clothing items but they do not itemize what they keep of your stuff. They send you off with a piece of paper with date to retrieve clothes or «payment».
I have yet to get any money from them as it is either the wrong day to get a check, owner not there to write it or too late and money went back to store. Herein lies the scam. Seller beware!
I will not be consigning with them again. They hold your money hostage and it goes into the owners pocket. Their plan all along.