Trying To Sell Stuff Arrrrgggg!!!!!

[friskinator]

The reality is that so many of the items we've decided have value simply don't. My parents hang on to so much because they've decided that because it's old, it has financial value. I've told them explicitly that if they don't get rid of it, I will when the time comes. But I really don't want that headache.

 

[MJ5150]

The reality is that so many of the items we've decided have value simply don't. My parents hang on to so much because they've decided that because it's old, it has financial value. I've told them explicitly that if they don't get rid of it, I will when the time comes. But I really don't want that headache.

I've watched enough Pawn Stars to come to this conclusion as well. That helped me greatly when we downsized. All kinds of stuff went right in the garbage instead of wasting hours trying to get paid for it. Easy peezy.

-Mike

 

[lark_z]

I've had very good success getting rid of all kinds of stuff by posting them FREE on FB marketplace. One post re- 160 pavers, I had 40 people wanting them within 30 minutes.

 

[dwm74]

Over the years I've bought and sold over 100 items on craigslist. Very few issues, almost all good experiences. But these past couple of years, it has become much more difficult. Mostly because 90% of the inquiries are scammers, the other 10% want it for pennies on the dollar.

But my wife and I (in our 60s) have reached the point where we have accumulated so much stuff that our house needs a major decluttering. Unfortunately, our very expensive (and large) furniture pieces have no place to go. Not only does nobody want these classic pieces, but they often don't have the room for them. (I can understand in a way...I would never want my grandparents' furnishings, either.)

Today, it seems most people aren't looking for solid, higher quality furniture as much as they are content with Ikea-type semi-disposable stuff that cost a fraction of the well-made stuff. Even consignment stores we called weren't interested as they said it wasn't what their customers are looking for.

 

[friskinator]

Over the years I've bought and sold over 100 items on craigslist. Very few issues, almost all good experiences. But these past couple of years, it has become much more difficult. Mostly because 90% of the inquiries are scammers, the other 10% want it for pennies on the dollar.

But my wife and I (in our 60s) have reached the point where we have accumulated so much stuff that our house needs a major decluttering. Unfortunately, our very expensive (and large) furniture pieces have no place to go. Not only does nobody want these classic pieces, but they often don't have the room for them. (I can understand in a way...I would never want my grandparents' furnishings, either.)

Today, it seems most people aren't looking for solid, higher quality furniture as much as they are content with Ikea-type semi-disposable stuff that cost a fraction of the well-made stuff. Even consignment stores we called weren't interested as they said it wasn't what their customers are looking for.

High quality furniture made by people is expensive. Yes, it's worth it in the long run, but most people don't have the budget for it. It's easier to spend a little money every few years than a lot of money right now.

 

[gln1955]

High quality furniture made by people is expensive. Yes, it's worth it in the long run, but most people don't have the budget for it. It's easier to spend a little money every few years than a lot of money right now.

There's that, plus a lot of the good old solid used furniture is of a style that is unappealing to young folks who don't want grandmas furniture. I'm an old fart and I don't want it either.

 

[turf3]

Here in a large Texas city, you set it on the curb and the people who drive around looking for stuff to pick up, pick it up.

 

[turf3]

There's that, plus a lot of the good old solid used furniture is of a style that is unappealing to young folks who don't want grandmas furniture. I'm an old fart and I don't want it either.

I have heard a lot of "Ick! I don't want something that looks like grandma's stuff!" which I don't understand because when I was in my 20s everyone DID want grandma's stuff.

Of course, the furniture my grandmother bought when she was a young married woman would have dated to the late 1920s, while today's 20something's grandma's furniture would date to 1975. Maybe I CAN understand it.

 

[devnulljp]

Can you not do anything online anymore????

Nope.

 

[sunbeast]

The main demographic who would have seen value in something like that is your demographic, and most are no longer in the point of their lives that they are looking to take in more heavy and impractical furniture (my dad/stepmom for example are the sorts of people who used to buy up all sorts of unique antique pieces like that when building out their old house, now they are both over 70 and trying to figure out how to get rid of most of it). Younger generations will have either never heard of a dry sink or if they have will probably only know of it because of internet project content about repurposing cheap old antiques (in which case it only has value because it can be found for free or next to nothing).

 

[shadowtippy]

The reality is that so many of the items we've decided have value simply don't. My parents hang on to so much because they've decided that because it's old, it has financial value. I've told them explicitly that if they don't get rid of it, I will when the time comes. But I really don't want that headache.

I work at an antique/resell store. Just because something is old does not mean it is valuable. If no one wants it, it has no value. We get a lot of people in the store trying to sell "family heirlooms". I don't know how many times I have heard, "I know this is old, it was my grandma's". Dude, it's got a Dollar General sticker on it

 

[Jeff Scott]

I work at an antique/resell store.

We think of antiques stores as recycling centers.

Just because something is old does not mean it is valuable. If no one wants it, it has no value. We get a lot of people in the store trying to sell "family heirlooms". I don't know how many times I have heard, "I know this is old, it was my grandma's". Dude, it's got a Dollar General sticker on it

I hope that our vintage Stickley (1903-1917 range, by all five brothers) will be desired by someone when it comes time for us to let them go.

 

[shadowtippy]

I got a prosthetic arm at a second hand store.