Gather

Those who complain about what Gather will not sell are clearly not interested in shopping there. I appreciate that the owner maintains high standards for what she puts in the store. Saves me time, and I still make make money consigning with her.
Anything she doesn’t sell, she donates, unless you want her to pull them from the racks to give back to you. A gem for the neighborhood, and if you’re nice, the store attendant may even hold your baby while you try on things.
Go see for yourself. Some of my favorite dresses came to me from Gather.

Where do I start Gather is AMAZING, I am new to the area and literally within the first few weeks for living here almost everyone I spoke to told me to check this place out. Finally once I did I was so pleased with what I had come across. This is not like other Consignment shops, at lest not that I’ve been to. Right when I walked in I was greeted and told the sale colors (they are always having a sale!) Right away I knew I was in trouble. I started at the dresses and the next thing I knew I had 6+ to try on. One of the girls that works there offered to help me start a fitting room. While trying on my items I was unsure of a few, a little hesitant I asked the young lady I believe her name was Cheyanne if the dress was to tight and she agreed it was. I was so happy to learn that for them its not about making the sale its about making sure the costumer leaves happy and feeling good about the purchase. An I did! I will say the prices are a little high but given the fact that you can tell the owner (I believe her name is Megan) really takes her time in selecting each item and caring for the store I was more then happy to support them. Also, whats better then supporting a local small business owned by people that live in the area themself. I later learned the young lady Cheyanne is the niece of the owners (HOW COOL). I will be back, and I will also be telling everyone about this truly great shop!

HORRIBLE Experience DON’T even waste your time!
I have consigned at many places over the years and have never had such a hard time OR been ripped off!
FIRST– good luck even dropping your items off with the owner, who is the only person that will accept consigned items! Her working hours are horrible unless you want to drop in on a Saturday in which case GOOD LUCK finding parking!!!
SECOND– The owner is hardly knowledgable on high-​end designer items and seems to price things by guessing. I took in a $ 598 purse that was sold by Megan for $ 45!!! I made a whopping $ 18 on my bag that had NEVER been carried! WHAT A RIP OFF! It could have sat in my closet for that! Hell I would have rather donated it!
I will never be consigning here again. AWEFUL PLACE I can’t even say it enough times! I wish Unilocal would let me leave NO STARS!

I was in a few weeks ago to consign a bag of clothes, accessories, and shoes. The woman did not take one item. Her clear, pointed critique indicated that she only took «really nice items.» Boom. She pushed hard that I should donate to charity. Um, thanks? Ignoring this snobby advice, I sent the exact same items to Thread Up. Imagine my surprise when I logged on and found a $ 63.24 credit from her online competition. Ok, an almost new pair of Coach shoes helped. Perhaps my «really nice things» were at the bottom of my bag — Gather’s proprietor didn’t bother to look through everything I brought (thankfully!).
After receiving no love for my goods, I hung out at the store for a bit to shop around. Sadly, the goods were way, way overpriced. Ugh. Although I do give them a star for having «really nice clothes» (then again, Unilocal does required a star).
Typically, I like to buy local, but I’m consoling myself that I’m not supporting gentrification by shopping or consigning at Gather. It is a waste of time.

This truly is a wonderful place to shop and consign. I’ve scored quite a few pieces of higher end designer and international labels. Megan, the owner, is fair and a great curator of fashion and accessories. This is a place to find unique pieces so definitely don’t expect thrift shop quality and prices.

I was referred here by a friend and had high hopes. I’ve consigned and sold clothes many times over the years. I have a pretty thick skin when it comes to rejected stuff. It’s their business/​job and they know what people will pay for and what they won’t, fair enough to me. This place was exceptional though.
I brought in about 20 items. After spending 10 – 15 minutes looking through my stuff she calls me to go over the consignment policy. She says, «First, we sell nice things here. Try taking these (referring to the rejects) to Playtos Closet and maybe they can give you $ 5 a piece, but our customers typically like higher end items. That being said we’ll accept these items for consignment (referring to the nine items that subsequently sold).» The items I brought in ranged from Merrill leather boots and designer silk blouses to dresses and jeans from Old Navy and Walmart. Virtually all of the rejects were the Old Navy items. Now ordinarily I wouldn’t have thought anything of the items taken vs rejected except this lady had to be super rude for no reason to describe their desired merchandise.
Now the irony. This lady was clearly being snooty and isn’t as familiar with brands as she wants to brow-​beat her customers into thinking she is. One of the items they took for consignment was a dress I purchased from Walmart two years ago for $ 7 that was subsequently purchased by some naïve hipster for $ 16 the first week on the rack. I wasn’t necessarily opposed to shopping there until I saw the settlement sheet showing how much they mark up the merchandise. How could I not feel preyed upon seeing what they do to other less savvy customers?
They do provide good consignment rates (40% cash or 50% store credit), so if you have the time, and patience to shop carefully to avoid being another unsuspecting stooge you could find a quality piece or two. Otherwise, expect to get taken and have them put you down for the privilege. If you’re just looking to let someone else sell your used stuff at inflated prices for some hobby money, then this is definitely the place to go. Just be sure to wear a granola hipster disguise like horned rimmed glasses and Danskos to spare yourself a dose of condescension.

I have made several trips to gather now and always have fun shuffling through all the different styles they have there. All the items they sell are in good quality and clean. The only issue I have with this place are their prices. Some of the clothing is more expensive there then if you just went out and bought it brand new. So beware of the prices and make sure it’s worth it.

worth the trip… cute and one of a kind finds.

Gather is a lovely neighborhood shop that I admire not only for their variety of new & vintage pieces, but also the creativity and style with which they display their inventory — especially in their shop windows!
Their consignment policies are fair and I have enjoyed doing business with the owner, Megan.
Gather is a great addition to Columbia City business district; I am so glad they are in ma neighborhood!

This place is super cool.
I always look at the scarves, hats and purses!
I have found treasures almost every time!
They are chatty and helpful when you consign, and if you need a tailor, they recommend that too!

Why it took me so long to try women’s consignment, I don’t know. But this place rocks! Every time I go in I find something — a Theory skirt for $ 35! — was my last purchase. Love, love, love.

OK place to shop but I’ve had far better consignment experiences.
They pulled my unsold stuff off the floor a week before they said they would (as in, put it in some pile that presumably goes to Goodwill). So when I called to collect my goods – on the date they told me to call – they told me I’d have to wait for them to get back to me because they needed to go digging around for everything. If you’re going to do this, why not give me a call so I can go pick everything up instead of making me wait around with my fingers crossed that it all didn’t end up at Goodwill? It’s a small place… calling someone and leaving a voicemail doesn’t seem too unreasonable. Very unprofessional and NOT a good way to treat your suppliers.
I guess I’ll stick to Ebay from now on.

I absolutely LOVE Gather! This is my favorite consignment store in Seattle. Megan and Dan have an excellent eye for great clothes, remember their customers, and run a very friendly, high-​class store. All my favorite pieces in my closet have come from Gather, and I have sold enough of my own good-​quality cast-​offs to have earned hundreds of dollars’ worth of store credit.
I love that Gather will offer you either credit or a check. Their consignment rates are in line with others in the area, yet because their standards are so high and their eye for quality so sharp, I make more off my used clothing at Gather than anywhere else. If you treat your clothing well and have good taste, you will get way more bang for your consigned buck at Gather, because all the savvy consignment shoppers know that this is the place go. High-​end labels and luxe fabrics that have been well cared for fly off the racks because Gather has so many regular customers (of which I am one!) who peruse for deals regularly.
There are discounts every day (check the color of the tag!) Their jewelry selection is just as good as their clothing selection — I’ve found some amazing pieces there.
This store is well worth the trip to Columbia City, as if Bob’s Quality Meats and Columbia City Bakery (on the same block and same side of the street) weren’t reason enough to visit CC regularly. Gather is primo!

Worth a trip to Columbia City! Really can’t add more than the previous Unilocalers. The owners do a fantastic job of editing the items as there were several great pieces in awesome shape. The racks aren’t stuffed with discards, as it is so often in consignment shops. I could have easily spent close to an hour in there working my way through the jewelry, scarves, and seasonal items, then making my way to the circular racks.
I heart the owners for having a bright pink garden bucket with toys! They even played with her for a few minutes, showing her the xylophone. This bought me time while I was shopping with the little bug– in fact I was ready to leave before she was. This rarely happens in stores and only because hubby and lunch was waiting next door. They mentioned that it is quite commonplace for kiddos to play there while the moms shop. Kudos to a store that is chill enough to provide such a great environment.

I was so excited to go here based on the amazing reviews but I was really let down. I do thrift/​consignment shopping a lot and I know that most of the time it’s hit or miss whether or not the store will have great duds. This could possibly have just been a ‘miss’ visit but I really wasn’t impressed.
I’ll agree with a lot of the other reviews that the place is VERY organized and clean. I might stop by in the future if I am ever in the area, but as for now this place isn’t worth the hype.

(Gather) Consignment; Women’s Clothing and Home Décor
4863 Rainier Ave., S
Seattle, WA 98 118
206−760−0674
Retro-​chic signage
Most of you don’t live in Seattle and perhaps are wondering why you should care about a consignment shop review that is not about a store in your vicinity.
Here is a handy list of reasons:
#1. You might actually GO to the place where this shop is and have an opportunity to stop in. Otherwise you will find yourself at the dumb, stupid mall and never know this cool place exists.
#2. You might need an excuse for a day trip with a girlfriend.
#3. You might want to encourage «green» shopping and go out of your way to support those folks making it possible.
#4. You can learn the criteria of a really good consignment shop, look around your hometown and see if anyone is doing it properly. If they aren’t, maybe you should.
#5 What is more fun than treasure hunting?
If you are convinced, read on…
Gather has been on my list of shops to review for a while and last week I finally got there. The drive went through a part of Seattle that I had never seen before, really having no idea where I was or where I was going. Upon arrival, the street was cute, so was the sign and the window displays made me salivate. So far, so good. Several items caught my eye immediately upon entering: gorgeous coat, spankin’ hot boots and a jewelry case. I was trying on coats right over my clothes within 10 seconds.
The shop is fairly small but extremely organized with plenty of room to move around. The rounders have the standard separation by type of garment (rack for shirts, rack for skirts, pants on the wall, etc.) Rifling through the racks I found a complete absence of crap. EVERYTHING was well selected, clean and clearly separated by size (XS-​XL, no plus sizes). This shop had the best selection of any shop in Seattle that I have seen. There was plenty of I.N.C.- higher end department store stuff, designer items and high quality garments with unfamiliar names. That unusual, well-​crafted, slightly different designer-​y stuff that you get at boutiques is my favorite kind of thing and they had lots of it. Who cares about Gap t-​shirts? Just go to the outlet.
Ok, so lots of great stuff including shoes, boots, handbags, and hats, all displayed in interesting ways. Not bargain basement prices but certainly reasonable, especially for the quality and the fact that it’s in Seattle. A high shelf runs around the whole shop displaying home décor, all very cool. Turns out that the owners, Megan and Dan, opened the shop together about 1 ½ years ago, which was surprising because the shop really has a flow and an evolved sense of design, something that takes most people more time to develop. Megan and Dan clearly know what they are doing, so much so, that they were turning consignors away due to having too much fabulous inventory. But they were very nice about it.
This is how nice these people are.
There was an irresistible coat in the window on a mannequin. Now EVERYBODY knows if you want something off of a mannequin that is behind a curtain in the window, you ASK FOR HELP, for goodness sakes. But no, Miss Experienced Shopper decided to just slip that coat right off of the mannequin all by herself. With the coat halfway off, it got stuck and as I tried to ease the sweater-​like fabric of the coat off of the canvas mannequin, the entire mannequin body fell off the stand with a resounding THUD and poor Megan came running.
They will never forget me.
At this point I would have purchased the coat out of obligation. Fortunately, it was perfect. They agreed to sell me the coat very quickly, probably hoping that I would get the hell out of their store.
I will return if they will let me.
The criteria for a great shop goes something like this:
Great location
Superb organization
Shop design that flows from the outside in
Clear contract for consignors
Know what you want to sell and stick with it
Eye-​catching displays
Cleanliness
Friendliness of staff
Invest in little signs that say, «Please ask for assistance before undressing mannequins.» Or something along those lines.

Oooo. lala! An organized consignment shop, with a great selection and local feel. It’s one of my favorites in Seattle. The other reviewers are right — you won’t find a complete steal, but then again you won’t find any low quality items either. They also stock some handmade jewelry and new hats which I love.
Hours are somewhat limiting on the weekdays– They close at 6 so rarely can I make it in time after lightrailing it back to Columbia City. At least I can look in the display windows and see the newest items until I can pop in on the weekend.
As with any consignment store, selection is hit or miss. When I have found items here, I have been very happy.
I’ve also sold my clothes here– a great benefit although I always end up spending more here than I make. As you would guess, Megan is very selective about accepting items. But that benefts everyone involved!

This place is fan-​tastic.
The owners are so friendly, their lovely daughter entertaining mine as I shopped through the vast selection of luscious clothes, sumptuous purses, stylish shoes & top notch house accoutrement.
Prices aren’t rock bottom but there’s no junk here, I’ve never walked out empty handed and I’m a hard to please/​hard to fit kinda gal.
Take it from a vintage/​resale pro– this place is worth a regular stop on your hunt for a new treasure for your closet or living room.

I love it when you find that perfect fit… you look to the right, left, sideview and then dead on! BANG!!! This shop is what I call «a bit of paradise»!
«come in, come in» coaxes the cool colors and clean vibes of this space. I am in a trance as I sigh at the beautiful calming decorations of this shope. Decorations that not only hang on the walls, but on the racks, display cases and cool lighting… even the bathroom is fabulous… no joke… the owners chuckled when I admired their decorated space!
I found all their items for sale in very great shape and a nice selection of sizes in clothing.
I will definitely be back again not only to shope, but also to admire the shop’s style! =D

The art gallery is gone…
Consignment is HERE!
Stopped in yesterday for soft opening and it is beautiful inside.
I purchased to QUALITY items for a STEAL, a pair of pants and a top BOTH under $ 30.
I saw jewelry, and home décor items in there too!
I am excited!