I have come to the point where I absolutely have to cleanse some "stuff" that I have hung onto over the years. Most all of it has value so I just don't want to throw it away or take it to a donation center (plus I could use the money right now). Outside of listing everything one by one on Facebook market place or a garage sale, are there any other options?
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If you have things of actual value have an estate sale. With that said you will need it to be valuables and not just stuff. I just went from a 4000 sq foot house to a small storage shed so I know how to get rid of alot. I sold things that had true value ( firearms, large ticket items etc, and donated all the stuff). It feels good. I have my fishing gear in storage and wife has some things in storage and other than that we are down to 2 bags each and a dog kennel.
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Originally posted by glen View PostIf you have things of actual value have an estate sale. With that said you will need it to be valuables and not just stuff. I just went from a 4000 sq foot house to a small storage shed so I know how to get rid of alot. I sold things that had true value ( firearms, large ticket items etc, and donated all the stuff). It feels good. I have my fishing gear in storage and wife has some things in storage and other than that we are down to 2 bags each and a dog kennel.
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I just went through this as well. It became too much of a headache to deal with craiglists. Tire kickers, no shows, hagglers, no followups. So I ended up with something like this.
$<20 donation, trash
$>$20-$40 ...free on curb
$>$40-$60 Nextdoor App marked at $10
$>$60 Nextdoor App for ~$20
I found the best thing in my case with most of my stuff....was just throw it away. Something about hearing the garbage truck drive away and a whole corner of the house/garage freed back up was really energizing. Just take note of all the stuff you collected/purchased that was useless so you don't fall back into the same situation.
“The things you own end up owning you.”
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Originally posted by Man View PostI just went through this as well. It became too much of a headache to deal with craiglists. Tire kickers, no shows, hagglers, no followups. So I ended up with something like this.
$<20 donation, trash
$>$20-$40 ...free on curb
$>$40-$60 Nextdoor App marked at $10
$>$60 Nextdoor App for ~$20
I found the best thing in my case with most of my stuff....was just throw it away. Something about hearing the garbage truck drive away and a whole corner of the house/garage freed back up was really energizing. Just take note of all the stuff you collected/purchased that was useless so you don't fall back into the same situation.
“The things you own end up owning you.”
I also think some people in general put too much value on their stuff. I'm not talking about big ticket items that hold value like firearms, I'm talking about stuff that ends up being clutter in a house. Things like old electronics, furniture, used workout equipment, clothing, etc.
If you live in a populated area, a garage sale is a good option. You need to advertise the sale as much as you can and put out signs, etc. Lots of folks flock to these sales. However, unless you are realistic and are pricing to get rid of stuff, you aren't going to sell much.
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i went through a clean / purge myself, had alot of stuff/junk in an old barn i wanted to demolish, i told the guy that was going to do it to not show me anything anything he wanted was his..... man, that was the hardest thing to do.... as i seen some things he had laid out in the back of his truck, but so glad i did it, it is such a pain doing the FB market place, so now i just set it on on the side of the road and its gone.....
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Originally posted by Man View PostI just went through this as well. It became too much of a headache to deal with craiglists. Tire kickers, no shows, hagglers, no followups. So I ended up with something like this.
$<20 donation, trash
$>$20-$40 ...free on curb
$>$40-$60 Nextdoor App marked at $10
$>$60 Nextdoor App for ~$20
I found the best thing in my case with most of my stuff....was just throw it away. Something about hearing the garbage truck drive away and a whole corner of the house/garage freed back up was really energizing. Just take note of all the stuff you collected/purchased that was useless so you don't fall back into the same situation.
“The things you own end up owning you.”
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