The Monkey Cage...A Kid’s Consignment Boutique

Not a real consignment shop. It’s apparently owned by the Paddock Mall, or so said the employee I spoke to. Apparently this is why they cannot carry or consign any of the good brands you may actually want to buy. For instance $ 65 Disney outfits… nope. Garanimals… nope. Beautiful formal gowns from Macy’s and Belk… nope.
We just moved down from Chicago. Most of the clothes were purchased down on State Street or Michigan Ave. A lot of Disney brand! The only thing they WOULD take was some of our old worn out bibs, some socks and a few well used onesies. So if our mostly name-​brand and very high end clothing isn’t taken, don’t expect to find anything good there. What I saw was mostly worn out off brand stuff I’d never heard of.
IMHO if they really are owned by a mall, then this is just a way to drive people back to the mall for their bigger, high dollar purchases by only offering garbage at the consignment shop. Don’t believe the BS about «only taking name brand.» It has nothing to do with quality; it’s all about not competing with the mall. I would rather donate every drop of our stuff to Goodwill than help a mall pretend to operate a consignment shop! There are plenty of people in the area who can’t afford to buy Disney or Macy’s clothing. They ought to have a real option. Shame on them.

The employees are VERY rude. I would not suggest or return to the store. I would rather take a 10% hit and work with the other consignment shops, they r a lot friendlier and have a lot more class. I was first insulted as a consigner and now as a customer. I will never do business with them again on both ends of the spectrum.

Going to The Monkey Cage is about as fun as burning yourself with some distant Uncles lit cigar butts.
The help is a statement in contradictions. You’re lucky if someone greets you when you come in. You’re even luckier if anyone offers to help you find something, check out, get the mate to the shoe you’re walking around with aimlessly, or any other ‘helpful’ gesture. I have literally walked out of the store because of lack of service before.
When I asked about selling items to said boutique, I was told «not to be offended, but they only accept name brand items.» I obviously wasn’t dressed in the manner expected of someone who afford and sell anything name brand.
Their appointments to turn in clothes are booked at least a month in advanced — and yet I never see anyone turning in items. And I was told I was lucky I got my January appointment in December, because they weren’t accepting appointments in January yet, it was an error. Yet two days later I overhear them telling another customer they’ll be accepting February appointments in January. Doesn’t make sense to me, but maybe I demand some kind of logic and reasoning for things to make sense to me?
And sadly, the quality and adorable-​ness factor of the clothes and shoes and other baby items sold in no way shape or form justifies the ill-​treatment of the employees.
Alas, it’s the only consignment store within 40 miles of me that has semi-​quality items. Although, truthfully, I prefer driving up north of Gainesville to the City of Alachua (not to be confused with the pronunciation of the county of Alachua) to Wee-​Cycle.