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

mad-mum_3

samcat wrote:

I wanted to release some books of my own into the wild this week starting with a bench in the local shopping centre. I was looking forward to seeing where in the country or world the books would end up. I think it's a wonderful idea, but had trouble finding labels, which you need to register the books/be an effective BookCrosser? The labels on the book crossing website seem quite pricey ...$19.95 for 25 sticky labels seems very steep, especially when all you want to do is give something away.

http://secure.bookcrossing.com/store/product.asp?recorprod=1&product=95&cat=15&ph=&keywords=&recor=1&SearchFor=&PT_ID=1

Harlequeen did you get a release pack and if so where from?

You can create and print your own labels :T you do not have to use the bopok crossing ones just as long as the information is clear. Don't forget the book ID:o

Maid_of_Kent_3

beckiwynn wrote:

Thanks to whoever said about greenmetropolis, I've just listed about 5 books that I know I'll never read again!
But does anyone know if there's any hidden charges? Like on ebay its about 30p to list something, and then paypal charge a silly amount too... is there anything like that for greenmetropolis?

There are no hidden charges except the postage which you have to pay for from what you are selling the book for. I always go into the Post office and tell them to send it for the cheapest price possible. If you have a hardback or large paperback, you can add additional postage.

They pay direct into your bank account. No deductions. All they ask is that you don't draw out (iirc) more than once a month if you have only a small amount to withdraw.

In my experience, non-fiction books sell better than fiction. I have sold management text books, travel guides and alternative therapy books with no problems at all

Brilliant and easy way to make money by decluttering

cazbarfeatures

across wrote:

i know how you feel but you have to let go or else everything piles up my girls are now 3 and 5 yr old and what i do is give any good clothes to a friend or charity shop and the toys go to my local hospital the girls love going along and giving it all to the childrens ward and it brings a lump to your throat when you see a very sick child playing with the toys you've given, we dont have loads of money to give to charity so this is our way of giving and the girls are learning to give what they can to others who need it which is really nice plus they help choose what we give and dont mind parting with it this way, last night we took four bags and on the way home the littlest of them said "orrr,we'vd still got our mermaids at home havent we!" and the eldest said she'd be telling her friends at school to go to the hospital with toys!
hope you might do this and enjoy!
i have also sold many bigger things on loot including my dishwasher and pram.

I think that is a lovely and noble thing to do, you have inspired me.

My son is 2, nearly 3 but I know he won't understand yet and will throw a paddy if I give anything of his away but I will bear it in mind for future years.

Good luck to you.

across

cazbarfeatures wrote:

I think that is a lovely and noble thing to do, you have inspired me.

My son is 2, nearly 3 but I know he won't understand yet and will throw a paddy if I give anything of his away but I will bear it in mind for future years.

Good luck to you.

lovely! once they see the little children on the ward they cant wait to give the toys believe me and it is really cute of them it brings a lump to my throat when we take the toys it is well worth the trip!!

toblerone_2

Ken68 wrote:

Get all my books cheap anyway...10p..20pence and when finished with them leave 'em on a bus.

i buy books cheap from charity shops then pass them on to my mum,she goes caravanning regular all year round to sites that have bring a book and swap it library for the campers.she swaps the books i gave her to read first,,reads her new book,then passes it back to me.when i finish with the one she gave me,i give it to our doctors surgery who sells them to make money for the patients benefit.good news all round if a little complicated,plus no clutter and a double read for the price of one book!!.:beer:

Weirs70

I've sold paperbacks successfully through https://www.greenmetropolis.com where you get a fixed price of £3 which includes the seller's payment for P&P. Most paperbacks can go under 'large letter' around 65pence, so at least you get a small profit. You can either cash in amounts of £10 or use as credit towards buying books on their website. They give you an allowance towards P&P if the book is larger than normal. Profit isn't a lot, but it's something and it's free to place your books on its site and easy to use.

Weirs70

Sorry - I've just posted info about greenmetropolis without realising it had already been mentioned. I'm a new user, and will pay more attention in future. At least paying more attention is free.

NeetaMD

jap200 wrote:

Scanning is certainly an excellent idea to free up space. You might be able to avoid it altogether - and save some paper too - by seeing if your bank, utilities companies etc. can send electronic versions of your bills - instead of paper ones. I know for a fact that BT can do this as I get my bills that way. You just need to set up a little filing system on the computer and move the bills into it when they come by email. You will need to think about making a back-up every now and then (eg burn to CD).

I don't usually post but just read others but I just wanted to endorse the idea of scanning instead of saving paper info. However if you decide to have all bills and bank statements sent online this will leave you with very little to produce if needed for ID.
Financial institutions will often only accept an original paper document as proof of address, I was recently caught out by this so my husband and I now maintain at least one of these paper documents in each of our names to produce as ID if needed.

rubix_76

NeetaMD wrote:

I don't usually post but just read others but I just wanted to endorse the idea of scanning instead of saving paper info. However if you decide to have all bills and bank statements sent online this will leave you with very little to produce if needed for ID.
Financial institutions will often only accept an original paper document as proof of address, I was recently caught out by this so my husband and I now maintain at least one of these paper documents in each of our names to produce as ID if needed.

I suppose you could scan and archive all but say 12 months worth or bills, staments etc. Saves space, but eliviates this problem.