White Elephant Rules (WET)

White Elephant Table (WET) Rules (revised Mar 2022)

1. All sellers must be a member of the NMRA and the Tidewater Division in good standing with the current MER Membership roster in order to sell items at the White Elephant sale.
2. Set up will occur between 9 am and 10 am prior to the meeting starting.
3. Sales will be conducted at the conclusion of the meeting until 12 noon.
4. Please utilize the tablespace efficiently, as there are limitations to the number of tables available.
5. The Tidewater Division will keep 10% of the sales income.
6. Each item for sale must have a completed sales slip. A group of items sold as a set may have one sales slip.
7. Payout for the sellers will be done only after the end of the sales day.
8. Each seller is responsible for retrieving their unsold items at the end of the sale.
9. Items must be priced in whole dollar amounts only.

Sales Slip Instructions

1. Each sales slip must have your Seller #. This number can be obtained from John Fallon if you don’t have one. Email him at: zzoxdoc@yahoo.com or during setup.
2. Item #. Please assign a consecutive number to each slip starting with #1.
3. Write a concise description of the item.
4. Seller: You must put your name in this space.
5. Price: Enter the sales price of this item.

The Clerk and Paymaster will enter this information into a database program in order to track sales and payout information and produce a sales receipt for the seller.