The Great Declutter - 18 months on

zarazara

Have a great party tomorrow pigpen

morganlefay

I have lurked on this thread for a while, but have had depression and for quite a long whiile couldn't even bear to read it because my house is such a tip and I couldn't be bothered to do anything about it. But I feel a bit better now and am going to try to make some money and clear the clutter by selling some of my many, many, far too many books. They range from cheap and trashy thrillers to heavy academic books - can anyone on here tell me where the best place to sell them is ? I assumed Amazon was, but is it ? Might I be better selling the novels etc through Amazon and the adacemic stuff through Abebooks, or even perhaps a book dealer? You see it's all too complicated - no wonder I can't be bothered, but I have a bit of energy now and really want to try......

pigpen

I would suggest just listing a few for sale at a time so you don't become overwhelmed and demotivated and stressed about it..

Personally I wouldn't use amazon.. you do not get anything to cover postage, their fees are huge and you end up losing money. I have sold books on ebay for a reasonable amount. There was a place mentioned on the flylady tread a whie back about a great place to buy/sell used books... I'll go ask and edit it into here for you in a second

Academic books may go well at the end of summer when the new student inake are organised and looking for specific books.. (I'm doing bio med in Sept so if they may be useful you may have a buyer right here! )

Well done for finally making the decision to clear some space! It is very rewarding

found it... http://www.greenmetropolis.com/

morganlefay

Thankyou so much Pigpen, Greenmetropolis looks good for a lot of the books, and I think you are right about just doing a few. I'm afraid they're all Eng Lit so probably no good for bio med. I've been a bit scared of selling on e bay, but I know that's silly so I think I'll try to do that. Then think how motivated I'll feel if I succeed !
many thanks,
M

zarazara

Hi morganlefay, welcome to the great declutterr. its adictive,great fun and purposeful. I echo Pigpen, just list a few books. there isnt a right or wrong place to sell. Just pick one of the options and go with it. Do keep us updated about how you are doing,how many listed and sold. Personally I dont list more than 5 things at a time when I'm selling as I get confused otherwise. If things dont sell after a month I put in a box and when theres a few items in there i either freecycle or give to a charity shop.
Best Wishes with the decluttering and dont forget to post your progress

zarazara

I've just looked on Greenmetropolis web site. I like the idea. In fact I think I mightjust list a few books.................

greent

pigpen wrote: »

And some who have thrown out so much carp they should be living in a completely empty house by now!!

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:


IN:
New school uniform for DD's new school (1 blazer, 2 skirts, 4 shirts, 1 jumper, 1 sports shirt, 1 sports sweatshirt, sports skort, hockey socks) (And I still need to buy more stuff!!)
New trainers for DS1 (bottomw worn out on old ones) - Clarks, ouch!
lots of groceries!
new 2 part duvet for us (ours is 18 years old!!)
1 spice jar(!)
4 books bought by DD


OUT:
DS1's old trainers (recycled)
old socks of OHs (recycled)
2 raincoats & 1 fleece - freecycled

PENDING:
old duvet to go on f/c for pets (otherwise will be tipped)
some of DDs current uniform sorted ready to give to friend

EBAY:
7/15 with bids
12/15 with watchers
all ending tomorrow

NCT:
63 items sorted - awaiting labels in post - have chased, but no response


Hmm - not so good:p

greent

Janae

Yesterday I tidied my half of the study. OH was so impressed he wants me to help him sort all his stuff now!

Out
Lots of old paperwork

In
Envelopes
4 plastic containers

Pending for car boot sale
21 books
5 items china/glassware
umbrella
office chair
lampshade
dessert forks
mobile phone cover

Today's plan - re-organize the kitchen.

Rummer

I am having a huge declutter! So far I have cleared:

Out

• 4 binbags of clothing (charity shop)
• 3 huge bags of stuff (charity shop)
• Lots of bags of rubbish

Pending

• Small mountain of books to list online!

It is very theraputic although I do think things are looking going to get worse before they get better!

angelavdavis

Am well and truly back on the decluttering band wagon.

OH and I have cleared out the side lean-to utility area and managed to get rid of:

A carful of rubbish to dump
Steam Floor Cleaner to freecycler
Cool Box to freecycler
old back door to freecycler
Curtain Rails to freecycler
Stainless steel bin to freecycler

We can now get the new gas BBQ into the lean-to and can walk through minus the obstacle course now!

Plus, have also found a home at last for the old sofa bed to a freecycler (after two others let me down!) - thus freeing up space for my new industrial sewing machine.