Country Dance and Song Society

Running a CDSS Consignment

Want to have books, CDs, videos, DVDs, note cards, morris bells, etc. from the CDSS Store for sale at your event?
Run a Consignment!!

To find out what is available through the CDSS Store, please visit our full sales catalog.

CDSS Consignment Policy:

The Basics: Here's how a standard CDSS consignment works:

The person or group running the consignment does not need to be a CDSS member - anyone can run a consignment.
You (the "Consignee") choose the materials you want by placing an order with us (see "How to Order" below).
You make an initial deposit of $200 or provide a credit card # in lieu of deposit.
You select someone to run the consignment at your event and to make whatever arrangement you want with that person
All customer payments (checks/credit cards, etc) are paid to your event or organization. We do not handle any transactions for consignments.
CDSS does not provide CDSS membership discounts for sales at consignments. The calculation of the amount due to CDSS is based upon full CDSS retail prices. The Consignee may choose to offer an on site discount for CDSS Members but it is up to you.
After your event you return all unsold items and payment for all sold items less the standard 15% commission fee. This must be done within 2 weeks of the end of the event.

The Consignee is responsible for:

on site sales
shipping and insurance costs both ways
(we ship order to you and list the charges on the summary form. You ship all unsold items back to us.)
any loss of or damage to products
payment of your own state sales tax, if any, to your state's Dept. of Revenue.
returning unsold materials, completed forms, and payment to CDSS within two weeks of the end of event.

How Do I place a consignment order?

Call us at (413) 268-7426 ext. 2, or email us at sales@cdss.org.

We will email you an order form in Excel spreadsheet which lists our entire inventory. Put in the quantities of whichever titles you want and email it back to us. It is set up to calculate everything for you. At the time the order is shipped to you, we email the completed list, which you will then use to calculate your sales after the event. A summary form is also sent to you, which is to be completed and sent back to CDSS after the event.

Please place your order about six weeks BEFORE you want to receive the materials. We need to allow this much time for ordering items that might be out of stock and for shipping the consignment to you.