When selling your home there are basically three things you can do with the contents, give it away, throw it away, or sell it. I did all three of these and I think throwing it away worked the best. Giving it away did get rid of some stuff and selling it was okay for some things but it takes a lot of time. Where I'm living in Colorado it appears that used furniture is not worth much, I tried selling it on Craigslist, but very very few people were interested. I tried giving it away and pretty much had the same response. So a lot of it ended up at Goodwill. The odds and ends around the house like dust collectors, pictures, decorations, and such did a little better than the furniture but not by much. Now you're probably saying to yourself, But Boondork how about yard sales, moving sales, garage sales? Well the truth is I refuse to spend my weekends sitting outside schlepping my goods to people who show up with a five dollar bill in their pocket and expect to leave with a car load of stuff and enough still in their pocket to take all six of there kids to McDonalds. No offense to you yard salers out there I just didn't have the time or the patience. Unlike the household stuff, the hobby stuff did great. Most of it was sold to friends and friends of friends or on Craigslist and eBay. EBay did especially well for me, I sold a lot of my hobby stuff for more than I paid for it 20 years ago. I'm not kidding I sold some things that were 10 years old, had been used and went for more than you could buy a new one for today! The problem with eBay is it takes a lot of time and packing up and shipping the stuff is not fun, but the money is great. What I learned from this is, if you have a choice between buying a Randall knife or a sofa,--- sit on the floor.
0 Comments
Your comment will be posted after it is approved.
Leave a Reply. |
|