The Great 'De-junk your house the MoneySaving way' Hunt

loulabelle44_2

Does anyone have any advice on what to do with old magazines?

I have a large collection of teen magazines from the late 80s/early 90s - titles like Big!, Number One, Fast Forward, Look-In.

They are in pretty good condition and it seems a shame to dump them in the recyc box.

I've looked on eBay, and there doesn't really seem to be a market for them. I'm at a loss, so they are still piled up all over my house. I'm not looking for big money for them. I just hate the thought of all that history being pulped.

Any suggestions?

cazbarfeatures

loulabelle44 wrote:

Does anyone have any advice on what to do with old magazines?

I have a large collection of teen magazines from the late 80s/early 90s - titles like Big!, Number One, Fast Forward, Look-In.

They are in pretty good condition and it seems a shame to dump them in the recyc box.

I've looked on eBay, and there doesn't really seem to be a market for them. I'm at a loss, so they are still piled up all over my house. I'm not looking for big money for them. I just hate the thought of all that history being pulped.

Any suggestions?

You could try the 'Want it Now' section of Ebay (as a seller) and type in your magazines as the search. Sorry if this is no good to you and you've already tried it! Good Luck anyway.

Laura_Ashtree

My big problem is lack of wardrobe space.
When I need a cleanout I take my unwanted clothing to a local dress agency and receive 40% cash back when items are sold.
This seems to be a regular type of store in the USA, sometimes called designer resale or consignment store, but a rarity here in the UK, unless you know otherwise.
I am fortunate to live near to one such store in Sunderland called Kasimba, but they only take in clothes with a designer label. The best part, and crazy part I know, is that as well as raising cash, you can find replacement designer clothing here at low prices, so you can start all over again. Their web site gives you a good idea of what they will accept.
Items which don’t sell within 3 months can be taken back by you, or they can donate it to the Great North Air Ambulance Charity on your behalf. They collect every week from the shop.
Does anyone know of other stores like this one?

Eddi_2

Hi everyone.... I've lurked around a bit on the forum for a while now and it's a fantastic resource. I never seem to find enough time to get through all the old threads :sad: Anyway, I keep thinking of things to add to threads but the first few posts are always a bit difficult to put fingers to keyboard so here goes....

I've been thinking for a while about clearing out stuff from the house and trying to make a bit of money from it as I'm another one of those "it may come in useful one day" people, and it rarely does. Usually when you do find a use for it, you can't find it and it turns up weeks afterwards! :rolleyes:
My first idea was to start selling some of my clothes that I never wear anymore (if they've even been worn at all) and blimey there's a lot, but I've also got loads of books, old videos since we bought the DVD player etc etc - I suppose it's all the same sort of stuff we've all got hanging around. I also used to collect stamps when I was at school so there's another big bag of stuff that needs to go.

I came across another thread on here the other day in the debt free wannabee board and found it fascinating and it kind of goes hand in hand with this one - so just in case you haven't seen it I've added the link just below .... there's all sorts of things that are lying round the house that you wouldn't think that other people would actually want. I was quite surprised at some.
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=343625

We have a big book cupboard at work that we get employees to donate their old paperbacks to when they've finished with them. We loan them out at 50p a go and at the end of the year the money goes to charity. If we never see the book again at least we've got a bit of money for charity and with a big office building it builds up quite well. You only need a few notices up around the building.

MushyPeas

Eddi wrote:

Anyway, I keep thinking of things to add to threads but the first few posts are always a bit difficult to put fingers to keyboard so here goes....

Hi Eddi

Great first post, welcome MPx

greywagtail

I have tried selling my daughter's old baby clothes on ebay but have barely made any profit for all the time it takes to list and photograph them. I am going to try selling them at my local NCT nearly new sale (see below) and hopefully I will free up a bit of space in my tiny house.

http://www.nct.org.uk/involve/fundraising/local
Nearly New Sales

Do you have an eye for a bargain? The NCT knows how expensive it is to buy brand new items for your young ones. Our Nearly New Sales are a great way to get hold of nearly new items for you and your growing family.

You can visit to browse and buy items. Alternatively, if you have good quality items, such as toys, clothes or baby equipment (there are some rules about what we can sell), you could sell them at a Nearly New Sale and earn some money for yourself and the NCT. You can also donate items that you no longer need.

Almost all NCT branches organise Nearly New Sales. If you would like to attend or sell items at a Nearly New Sale then visit your nearest branch for more information.

Spendless

I often see posts on this forum about doing a car-boot in the summer when they start again, but my town holds car-boot sales all year round. So worth checking if a nearby town does too, if you want rid of your junk ASAP without having to hang on till summer.

I live in a large market town and I know my MIL uses a 2nd hand book stall and will knock something off the price of the books she buys by trading in one of her books as long as it's clean and in good condition.

There was also an independant baby shop here, that would sell baby equipment for you taking a % of the price. Though I'm not sure if this service is still offerred, but worth looking around your town to see.

My sons school does a Rags R Us collection, so many times a year. They will take old clothes, paired shoes, bags and belts. They pay the school so much per tonne of what they receive. You don't make any money individually but it helps with the school funds.

sexymouse

loulabelle44 wrote:

Does anyone have any advice on what to do with old magazines?

I have a large collection of teen magazines from the late 80s/early 90s - titles like Big!, Number One, Fast Forward, Look-In.

They are in pretty good condition and it seems a shame to dump them in the recyc box.

I've looked on eBay, and there doesn't really seem to be a market for them. I'm at a loss, so they are still piled up all over my house. I'm not looking for big money for them. I just hate the thought of all that history being pulped.

Any suggestions?

If you don't have any luck with the selling route, you could ask if your local animal rescue centre would like them. I know my one takes newspapers, don't know if magazines would count though.

sue.b_2

loulabelle44 wrote:

Does anyone have any advice on what to do with old magazines?

I have a large collection of teen magazines from the late 80s/early 90s - titles like Big!, Number One, Fast Forward, Look-In.

They are in pretty good condition and it seems a shame to dump them in the recyc box.

I've looked on eBay, and there doesn't really seem to be a market for them. I'm at a loss, so they are still piled up all over my house. I'm not looking for big money for them. I just hate the thought of all that history being pulped.

Any suggestions?

There is a designer second-hand shop in Ponteland (near Newcastle for those outside the north east of England). It has been here for years and appears to be doing well. I agree that it is a good way of getting some money back for unwanted clothes. They do have to be in very good condition but not necessarily designer. I have seem M&S in there, for example.

Munkeepye

We moved to our present house six years ago from two properties. We couldn't fit all our 'stuff' in, so I arranged for it all to be taken into storage. Five and a half years went by and I paid £80 per month by direct debit. We only intended to be here a short while, but are still here. Finally a light went on in my head and I decided that I needed to deal with the storage and asked the storage company to 'bring it on'. It took three men, 40 minutes to unload everything.

What a load of crap from my former life! I have moved on, my tastes have changed, and I have everything I need, functionally and aestheticly. I made numerous trips to the tip, ebayed some things, local free ads other things, charity shop and car boot faired other stuff. Some even crept back into the loft where it will probably remain for years.

If you don't use it, you don't need it. Don't treat storage as a solution - it is a problem that will come back to haunt you and cost you dearly. Only use storage if the items are of high monetary or sentimental value. Always look for alternatives - pay an old person £200 per year for use of their garage. Whatever you do, don't pay good money for a storage company to look after your junk until you are ready to dispose of it.