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<blockquote data-quote="Nomad" data-source="post: 745234" data-attributes="member: 4152"><p>I am not all that familiar with ebay.</p><p>We took the attitude with our last garage sale that we would take just about anything for items. And, you might consider doing the same thing with ebay if that is the route you take. I had a garage sale a good five years ago and another right before we moved perhaps 18 months ago.</p><p>I was pretty lenient five years ago and extremely lenient 18 months ago.</p><p>I recall five years ago, I had hard back books in perfect shape that I spent $25 for and I sold them for 25 cents. Hysterical. Who ever bought them, got the deal of the century. What I didn't sell, I took to Goodwill. I thought to myself...hmmm.... I should limit buying so many books, try to buy them used and so forth. In the pile were books that I read one chapter and decided I hated the book.</p><p>I digress...</p><p>The sale from 18 months ago was when we moved and to make matters worse, the buyers closing was moved up due to their loan restrictions. The stuff had to GO.</p><p>So, my husband and I did not make a huge announcement , but the truth was we took ANY offer. I sold a wine cooler that we barely used for $3.00. IT was seriously crazy. BUT, that was $3.00 more than I had the day before and less "stuff" that I needed to put on the moving truck. IN fact, we filled the moving truck to capacity. I fI had to get a bigger truck or two trucks from this mover, I would have been charged a lot more.</p><p>These are crazy hard decisions.</p><p>But, if you have made the hard decision (although some things are not as hard as others) that certain things need to GO, I think MOST things one has to accept you might get VERY VERY little money for and a decent amount of things, you might get NO money for. This includes broken items....probably needs to go to Goodwill or even the dump. You might call a computer repair place to ask them if there is a place that buys such computers for parts...maybe ones that are very new are a possibility.</p><p>Anything of potential decent value I put an add in the paper separately.</p><p>But, by and large, the great majority of items I sold for ridiculously small amounts of money.</p><p>It was a shame, but STILL worth it big time.</p><p>I will never ever let my house get cluttered again. Loving the freedom a decluttered home provides. I do think a bit longer before purchasing now. I have my Goodwill box n the car ready to go OUT as we speak.</p><p>Hang in there.</p><p>Remember...this stuff can be brutal...but sooo worth it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nomad, post: 745234, member: 4152"] I am not all that familiar with ebay. We took the attitude with our last garage sale that we would take just about anything for items. And, you might consider doing the same thing with ebay if that is the route you take. I had a garage sale a good five years ago and another right before we moved perhaps 18 months ago. I was pretty lenient five years ago and extremely lenient 18 months ago. I recall five years ago, I had hard back books in perfect shape that I spent $25 for and I sold them for 25 cents. Hysterical. Who ever bought them, got the deal of the century. What I didn't sell, I took to Goodwill. I thought to myself...hmmm.... I should limit buying so many books, try to buy them used and so forth. In the pile were books that I read one chapter and decided I hated the book. I digress... The sale from 18 months ago was when we moved and to make matters worse, the buyers closing was moved up due to their loan restrictions. The stuff had to GO. So, my husband and I did not make a huge announcement , but the truth was we took ANY offer. I sold a wine cooler that we barely used for $3.00. IT was seriously crazy. BUT, that was $3.00 more than I had the day before and less "stuff" that I needed to put on the moving truck. IN fact, we filled the moving truck to capacity. I fI had to get a bigger truck or two trucks from this mover, I would have been charged a lot more. These are crazy hard decisions. But, if you have made the hard decision (although some things are not as hard as others) that certain things need to GO, I think MOST things one has to accept you might get VERY VERY little money for and a decent amount of things, you might get NO money for. This includes broken items....probably needs to go to Goodwill or even the dump. You might call a computer repair place to ask them if there is a place that buys such computers for parts...maybe ones that are very new are a possibility. Anything of potential decent value I put an add in the paper separately. But, by and large, the great majority of items I sold for ridiculously small amounts of money. It was a shame, but STILL worth it big time. I will never ever let my house get cluttered again. Loving the freedom a decluttered home provides. I do think a bit longer before purchasing now. I have my Goodwill box n the car ready to go OUT as we speak. Hang in there. Remember...this stuff can be brutal...but sooo worth it. [/QUOTE]
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