ReSale 360 Owner Begins to Return Property

Some residents have retrieved their property from the now closed in Fenton.

After the store closed last week, many people were would not be returned

Owner Donna Hitz said she has begun to call consignors and return the items in the store. She said on Sunday she met with a consignor and gathered 115 items. Hitz said she will continue to meet with consignors, starting with those who have the most items.

“It’s a tedious process. It’s going to take the rest of the week,” Hitz said. “It’s hard to do, there is so much here.”

Consignment shop owners and consignors, who bring in items they want to sell, usually split the proceeds from their item sales 50/50 with the store.

Hitz said meeting with people from out of town who have items in the store has proved to be difficult. Hitz said she will only let a couple of people in the store at once. She said she is afraid for her safety because she has received multiple threatening messages along with .

“People are banging on the window, but if I let someone else in when we are focusing on someone, we get distracted and nothing gets done,” Hitz said.

Chief Rick Aro visited the store Monday to help makes sure things stay peaceful.

“The owners stated that all the property that is in the store will be returned to owners, not removed, which was rumored to have occurred,” Aro said in a statement. “They are asking that property owners continue to be patient while they work through this process.”     

Hitz declined to comment in response to customers saying they were owed money.

Many Fenton Patch readers commented on a previous story.

Skyler Johnson posted “It's not just the stuff left in the store, it's all the money they owe people. How could this business be broke? They don't have to buy product, they keep half of everything that's sold. There is more to this story.

“That woman has almost $800 of my money. I trusted Donna and Tom and they betrayed that trust. Shame on them.”

Hitz said there were no “conspiracies” as far as the way she closed the store.

“We were just trying to keep the store going,” she said.

Hitz said she closed the doors to the Fenton store Sunday because of financial reasons. She said the store has been for sale for a long time and for the last five weeks she believed she had a buyer. When that deal fell through, however, she said she was forced to close the doors, which didn't sit well with several area residents.

Sandy Brandt commented, “There are better ways to close a store. It would have been nice if they had called their customers to give us an opportunity to pick up our money or items. It sounds to me like they panicked when the sale of the Fenton store didn't happen. I'm disappointed they are closed. I enjoyed buying and selling with them."

“People are upset and they want their money and things back. I understand that,” Hitz said. “I’m doing everything I can do.”