Every year, for Black Friday, we put on a Bring & Buy sale with a charity fundraising twist!
It’s a chance for you to sell your old tabletop related goodies, at a price you choose, for credit that you can use in The Games Table, AND help raise money for charity in the process!
Two years ago, we ran our first Black Friday Bring & Buy Bonanza. We set out to run a Black Friday event that would provide a playful and positive challenge to the rampant consumerism that Black Friday is known for.
We set out to create a way for our customers to:
- clear some unwanted tabletop games from their collection
- raise some funds to buy new tabletop game goodies in the future
- give them a chance to buy some preloved tabletop games before buying new ones
- AND raise some money for charity
Each year has been a huge success, with hundreds of your products being sold, and thousands of pounds being raised for local charities!
This year, 20% of the value of each thing we sell will be donated to our chosen charity. You will still get 100% as store credit as well! So, if we sell one of your board games for £100, you’d get £100 of store credit and our chosen charity would get £20. This year our chosen charity is:
“… the mental health charity that believes no one should have to face a mental health problem alone.”
With everything going on in the world at the moment, all the worries, fears, and stresses, we believe there is never a better time than now than to support such an organisation. Click the logo above to find out more about Mind.
So, if you’d like to get involved this is what you’ll need to do (very important!):
Before the event:
- Only tabletop game related products are to be brought along; board games, miniature games, roleplaying games, card games.
- Label all products clearly using a white sticker, or similar. The sticker should contain your full name, email address, and the price you want for it. (Please note this sticker will be visible to all customers).
- Any loose items (such as miniature game sprues) should be placed into clear bags (such as ziplock bags) and marked as above.
- Bring them to The Games Table once all of the above has been done. This should be done during our normal opening hours from Wednesday 22nd.
During the event:
- Sit back, relax, and have a browse of the other goodies. You do not need to be on hand for the sales, we cover that bit.
After the event:
- All remaining items must be collected by the end of Wednesday 29th November, you will not be notified if you have any remaining products so please plan to attend to check.
- You will be notified about how much store credit you have received as soon as we possibly can.
What could you sell, and what could you use the proceeds for? Here are some of our suggestions (some more serious than others):
Treat you and your partner to a date night at ours.
Take you and your friends on a D&D adventure, with the Dungeon Master supplied by us.
Buy your favourite team member a drink for our next Team Board Games night! (don’t be creepy)
Treat your work Secret Santa to one of our range of smaller board games from Big Potato Games.
Treat you and your friends to a round of drinks (depending on how good a painter you are!).
Become a shareholder in the business (not! 😅).
Some other important points:
- This sale will commence on Friday 24th November and last for the weekend.
- Loyalty points, store credit, and gift cards, cannot be used to purchase these items.
- Items are left at your own risk.
- An important distinction to make this year is that our goal from the start of the year has been to move further away from retail and more into the venue side. This means that your ‘store credit’ will be useable for things like table use, drinks, vouchers, food, events, products in stock, and also pre-orders.
