Baby & Me

I love Baby and Me! I have been consigning and shopping here for 9 years now. The owners are so great, super friendly and knowledgeable. I live in SE Portland but it’s not a pain to get here at all, it’s right off 26 and quick to get to.
They have a HUGE selection of clothes and toys. One of the greatest thing is the selection of boys’ clothes. I have two boys and most smaller consignment stores have practically nothing for them, especially older boys. Baby and me always has a ton of boys stuff, and even clothes and shoes for my 12 year old! Love it. It’s never hard to find girls’ clothing, but finding a good selection of gently used boys clothing is really hard.
I love that you can just drop your stuff with them and they will send a postcard when its ready. I usually forget I have credit so it’s a pleasant surprise when I come back.
I have gone to pretty much every consignment store in Portland, and I think the prices here are definitely comparable and most of the time lower. There’s also a much better selection than most of the stores. The owners here are selective about what they take, and so everything is in really good or like-​new condition. I have purchased so much baby and kids stuff here, and I am pretty picky about what my kids wear. They have great stuff.

Very expensive! As others have mentioned, a Gap baby sweater for &17.95?! Carters clothes for $ 15?! So crazy. These are USED/​washed, not looking new anymore. We all know that Gap/​Carters and everywhere else gets SO cheap with the 40% off all the time and 50% off sale prices.
There were two employees working and talking to each other not 5 feet away from me and never said a word or acknowledged that I was in there looking at clothes and shoes.
So many great re sale shops around Portland, this is def. a pass!

Wow. Really high prices for resale especially on shoes. I found great brands, but literally everything I liked was $ 3 – 10 higher than I expected based on adorable and well curated Portland shops like Bella Stella and Small Fry. They do have a lot available and it is pretty well organized, to their credit.
What sealed the sour look on my face, and prompted me to put in earplugs, was an employee at the front desk loudly proclaiming her personal opinions and dumping her emotional bucket to another employee in another room. No thank you.

SELLER BEWARE!
I usually take my stuff to Spanky’s Consignment but I thought I’d try out Baby & Me since it was closer. Bad move, never again. I dropped my stuff off on a Sunday assuming that they would sort it and get back to me within 5 days. That is what the employee working there insinuated. All I needed to do is fill out the postcard with my address and they would mail it notifying me of when it was sorted. A week goes by, no card. I call the store, my account hasn’t even been set up yet! The employee advises me that it will be another week before they send it then 10 days for the postcard to get to me. I replied, «10 days? I only live 5 mins away.»
After I hung up the phone, I realized how completely unacceptable that timeline was compared to my previous experiences with other resale shops and decided to drive down and collect my things. The worker attempted to look for my bag in their completely cluttered, disorganized store room. She gave up looking after only 5 minutes, considering there was no one else in the store at the time, that seemed pretty lacking in effort and care to customer service to me. She then advised me that it was probably in the very back where she couldn’t reach it and once they got to that pile to sort, they could call me and I could pick it up. I asked her what that timeline would be and now have been given a time of TWO to THREE WEEKS!!!
So now, during back to school time, prime time to sell my designer jeans and shoes, I am not going to get my things back till September. Shame on you, Baby & Me!
Beware, sellers! Don’t let this happen to you!

I marked this review with 4 $$$$ signs as I truly believe this is ultra high-​end prices for USED clothing, toys and everything else.
OK, I get that your store is in a trendier and wealthy part of PDX — but your prices are extremely HIGH for used clothes, toys and accessories!
I felt afraid to look…
USED BARBIE DREAM HOUSE: $ 90 (new @ Wal-​Mart $ 159 with ALL THE PIECES)
USED WOODEN STEP-​STOOL: $ 25 (new $ 15 — @ IKEA)
USED TEA DRESS: $ 15 ($ 4 at another used clothing store in SE PDX — that I just bought!!!)
USED KEEN WATER SHOES: $ 25 ($ 32 — BRAND NEW @ Sierra Trading Post)
USED GYMBOREE SWEATER $ 13 ($ 4 at another PDX used clothing store — SAME EXACT ONE, too!)
The list goes on and on and on…
There was a lady buying Hannah Anderson WINTER PJ’s (used!) for $ 13…I just bought 3 sets of BRAND NEW PJ’s at MACY’S (this week!) for $ 14! Yeah — 3 sets!!!
I could never afford to shop 2^nd-​hand in this store… Especially since there are better 2^nd stores AND prices where I live! I have a budget and buying one item in this store is equivalent to buying 3 items at my go-​to 2^nd-​hand places!
Honestly, I don’t know how this person stays in business… but I guess there are crazy people with lots of money who think they are getting a good deal here…
This store is not for me — but good luck to those who shop here and have the means to do so.

This place is expensive. The women’s clothing consignment is even worse. Used pair of jeans for $ 39.95? Sorry. No. I left and went to Old Navy.

Super great staff, the manager walked me around and helped me pick out the cutest outfits ever for Christmas and Thanksgiving. Brand name clothes with great prices. There is a huge variety, the store is clean with no smell and best of all my kids were entertained by some of the toys they had for sale. I would recommend this to anyone who is looking for cute coordinating outfits and especially if you are getting ready for portraits. One more bonus, they have a women’s clothing store next door with adorable and name brand clothing.

Good selection for a small shop. All the items I looked at were clean and in good condition. The prices were really high, but with everything 50% off the tagged price it was more reasonable. The staff was very friendly and welcoming. I’ll be a repeat customer.

3 – 4 stars.
This store could be awesome. The clothes are clean, well organized and have a wonderful selection. The staff is super nice. It’s in a great location. They carry in season stuff and it’s all good brands.
Here is why it’s just ok and not awesome.
The PRICES! What? This is consignment. Read — USED clothing! Yes, Gymboree and Baby Gap and other mall stores are expensive when purchasing brand new, in season clothing. However, as most parents know, after a few weeks, those clothes go on sale. Gap always has coupon codes for new items. Once they hit the sale racks, the clothes are discounted at least 40%. The prices here were comparable to what those clothes would be on sale and brand new at their respective stores, not used and at a secondhand store. They also have Circo and Carters — cute stuff on the cheap. They aren’t that cheap at Baby and Me.
Their equipment was outrageously priced. Search Craiglist first. Or go to one of the big convention center consignment sales where it’s priced by the owner.
They give 40% to consigners.
Bottom line — I used to work at a wonderful consignment store in Seattle. I know kids consignment. I’m still looking for something like that in Portland and Baby and Me is just NOT that store. Wish it was.

So I used to really enjoy this store. Although you are not getting much of a discount it is still nice to save a little. Today I went in and bought a few things. When I got home I took of the price tags and below them were the original tags from the stores the items were bought at. I was shocked to see that the items were discounted five cents from the original price. I was extremely disappointed. I am hoping my next experience is better and the owners take better care in pricing items.

I buy my kid a lot of her clothes here, and in the other two (Tigard, HIllsboro).
They have a lot of gently used Hanna’s and Gymboree (she goes for soft cotton with no zippers or snaps, they tend to fit the bill).
The clothes are typically clean and in good condition, and generally inexpensive compared to the real deal (I shop them new, too, so I know what they cost on sale or not).
I like these stores and the people who work here, they are nice. Friendly.
I also often find a good selection of used books, too. Which makes me AND the kid happy.
Amen.