Consignment sale offers local shoppers ways to save during holiday season

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Second Blessings Consignment is holding its sale as families look for ways to save amid the rising cost of living, and some shoppers have already started holiday shopping.The sale includes clothes, shoes, toys and furniture.Owner Melissa Cates said some families are getting a head start on holiday shopping.“So yes, this is a big, a good time right now for Christmas,” Cates said.Cates said parents shopping at the sale have asked to have purchases put in the car so their children do not see their Christmas presents.How the sale worksSecond Blessings Consignment opens three times a year for a winter, spring and summer sale. Everything in the sale comes from people selling items they no longer need.Consignors price their own items and drop them off. They earn 60% of what sells. Consignors who volunteer at the sale earn 70%.“So it’s basically where you get it ready, but you’re in the background and don’t have to deal with the setup or dealing with the customers or