Her space must be a fortune trove. Donating the purses filled with products is a great idea. Many thanks for sharing this very diverse opinion post where each expert has no doubt shared his best knowledge on the topic. Have more success in your journey. Becker, thank you for your continued advice, support, and weekend reads. Every bit of money earned is good. Thank you for helping me to be brave enough to just let go of these things, donate them, and continue moving forward.
Someone else might feel differently, and that is ok. Just like you Mr. Have a good weekend! If you do ever acquire China and want to sell it it will not be worth it.
You get nothing for it. Hopefully you can just keep it and enjoy it. Sure you can! How long do you expect to live? How long do you think it will take you to dispose of things? Get a friend or two to help you! Even in North America, there are many things that charity shops cannot or will not handle. The shop I volunteer at cannot accept certain kinds of baby gear and other things with potential safety issues.
My experience of off-loading my possessions was a real surprise. First, you segregate all the obviously valuable stuff and put it on an auction site. No problems. The financial transaction provides some solidity to the agreement. Then you select the junk and advertise it on Freecycle groups. My advice is to put a very short deadline on collection. Anyone who fails to collect within the allotted time e. Third, you look at the gizmos and gadgets you have and you think they must be useful to someone.
Phone chargers, USB cables, memory sticks, old phones, etc. So you go to a charity shop, and… whoa!!! They tell you to take it away! Bu… bu… but… Surely? No thank you. European laws say that everything electrical has to be inspected before a charity shop can sell it. And that process is not cost effective, so they refuse to do it. Even the rechargeable batteries can be sold.
Find a skip and chuck it away. What a waste. Not sure where you live but UK civic amenity tips have to provide disposal for electric goods. Or as someone above says use freecycle.
Some charities do take electrics. I just sold a printer for peanuts but he is going to USE it! I live in Germany and a guy of the german equivalent of Goodwill told me, that tvey throw a lot of perfectly good stuff away.
You can ask in front what they need. Hello, I am an artist who is downsizing from one home to a much smaller one — Great chance to minimize!
But as a multi media artist my two biggest problems are what to do about my art supplies and what to do with my older artwork. Can anyone help with ideas about this? Check with local schools, elder care homes, or boys and girls clubs to see if they can use the art supplies. If in the US, search for Head Start programs and see if they can use the art supplies.
Oh goodness, I found donating to be so much easier with most of our stuff! When we were emptying out our house, to move onto the boat, we took daily trips to Goodwill. However, there is one caveat. Thrift stores put donated garbage in the garbage, where it belongs.
The story on the clothes was such an inspiration! I just quit my corporate America job earlier this year to start a work from home business. I did a closet clean out before quitting, and I had a fantastic business capsule wardrobe. However, I no longer need the suit jackets and nice clothes I used to wear every day. While I could sell them, it is so much time and effort, and the money is not an issue. Some of the jackets are fun colors.
I hope they make a woman smile and feel special, just as they did me. I have joined a Buy Nothing local Facebook group Buy Nothing g is an international movement…and have been giving things away to my community. There is another good reason to sell items rather than just donate which is to teach your children the value of money and how items are valued worthy. These sales teach children that if they look after their toys and clothes, they will be valuable to others.
Blogs are so much better than the backyard fence when you only got advice from two or three neighbours. Bring it on. Like how much generally did you bring, how much did they pay, and did you walk out happy or frustrated? What sort of payment can someone expect based on real life examples, also knowing that each individual case is going to be different?
I am too lazy to do anything but the simplest approach! We have 2 charities that call every couple of months and ask if we have any items to donate. We put everything on the porch before and they come and take it away. When we have done a big purge in the past, we have called them directly and arranged a truck to come get everything. The ubiquity of cheap clothing and the ease of the Internet has meant that second hand selling can be difficult. Same with books. If you know the stuff is sought after it can be worth trying to sell it through consignment.
I suspect kids clothes may work there. I would take the kid stuff to a consignment store and the adult clothes to the charity. A little bit of both and minimal effort. I have had good experiences buying and selling kids stuff with a store. In general, low income people will be better off consigning and high income people will be better off donating. You can find how much clothing items are worth for charitable purposes online— the salvation army I think puts out a guide.
I would go the donation route for that much stuff. You will probably get more of a tax deduction than you would from consigning. Most consignment shops require you to make an appointment where you bring all your stuff and they look over ever piece. Generally, they only take things that are for the season they are getting ready to stock, and ask you to hold onto other items and bring back during the appropriate season.
Once they quote you a price for each piece, you only get half that amount right away, and the other half when the item sells. So it can be a very time consuming process. Never heard of ThredUp. I did try to take some clothes to a consignment store once, but she would only take stuff that was in season, and the onus was on me to keep checking to see what if anything had sold and come to claim my cheque.
So I am all for donations. As Andy said, there are organizations that will come pick up your donations, but there are also lots of drop-off boxes around here, and a Salvation Army Thrift Store where we can take stuff. Those are way too much work. Props to Colleen and Brooke for doing so much work in just one day! Glad you liked the article. I appreciate the word on the links.
Best wishes! The real value of consignment to me is participation. By being a team member, I shop earlier, therefore getting some incredible values. For example, every consignor prices their own goods, so on drop off day, I see three radio flyer wagons. Identical, except for price. I buy and sell my sons wardrobe every sale, and never have I ever lost money, nor have a ever NOT made a profit.
SO worth it! Making the best use of our resources through consignment, and giving things another life, is a wonderful tool available to many of us! I always donate rather than sell and wondered if I was missing out. Your article really put things into perspective.
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