Use it or lose it 2015

Kittycat1981

Ive been on ebay pretty much most of yesterday too. 60 listings on there now and a few on facebook selling pages for local pick up. Tomorrow i will be delivering a load of stuff i am giving away to someone who puts them on a freecycle type page on facebook.

Ive decluttered a lot of stuff- now the ebay items are cluttering up my living room ready to be posted out (if) when they sell over the next week.

I have thinned out my wardrobe, the kids wardrobes and toys. I would like to declutter a lot of my hubby's fishing items but i have no chance of him agreeing to that. (we need a bigger shed just for his "junk")

sazaccount

Hi svb53 and everyone else,

Just to give you a bit of encouragement... earlier this year my mum decided to have a clear out of bits at home, it started as helping me fund raise for a project but just seemed to spiral. Bits from all over the house, not big bits either small odds and ends. Selling only on the local facebook selling sites, they have bidding sites so you put items on starting at 1p, 50p £1 etc so like ebay but no selling fees or postage as the buyer picks it up from you.

The aim was by nov to have made enough for 3 of us to have a spa treatment for christmas.

by the 1st nov she had made a grand total of £970 as well as personal bits where we got the money direct, up until christmas she had sold some other bits all in all it totaled over £1100 in around 6 months!!!!

Good Luck

peatles_2

I'm with you, want to tackle the top of the wardrobe on the landing, it still has new baby balloons on top of it, my DS who they were for is now 2 and a half good luck fellow clutter bugs x

Newme2014

Reading all these posts about clearing out and I have to admit I'm really in the mood to get on with it, only problem is all my stuff is well and truly jammed into storage so hoping the good intentions hang around. I'm actually jealous of people doing their cleaning! Lol

AppleDap

svb53 wrote: »

Thanks for joining in. I think de cluttering is similar to losing weight or stopping smoking. You can only do it when it clicks in your brain, and not when others are telling you. I'm realising i'm going to be having an intimate relationship with ebay shortly.

I agree, I've been a bit of a hoarder over the years. I've just managed to part with a craft book that I had for 22 years, I've never used it and now realise I will never use it as it's very dated now.

svb53

laurag89 wrote: »

Hahaha I like that excuse it is brilliant.

I have the flu so I'm feeling sorry for myself, no work for me tomorrow I had to call in sick

As soon as I'm better I will be hitting eBay hard x

I hope you're feeling a bit better lovely. Take care xx

svb53

angelicious wrote: »

Can I join this challenge please? Have so much stuff to get rid of, it's scary lol!!!!!!

of course you can, welcome aboard.

svb53

hermum wrote: »

Count me in please.
Like you SVB53 I've let lif overwhelm me.
Need to try & clear my debts & my house.
100 free listings on ebay up to 6th January so I plan on using them all, hopefully get some xtra cash to pay off debts..

Thanks for that, I didn't know when the free listings ended so that's useful. I've still got loads to get on there.
One day at a time with being overwhelmed. It's all scary at times, but we're doing something about it now.


SVB xx

svb53

Kittycat1981 wrote: »

Ive been on ebay pretty much most of yesterday too. 60 listings on there now and a few on facebook selling pages for local pick up. Tomorrow i will be delivering a load of stuff i am giving away to someone who puts them on a freecycle type page on facebook.

Ive decluttered a lot of stuff- now the ebay items are cluttering up my living room ready to be posted out (if) when they sell over the next week.

I have thinned out my wardrobe, the kids wardrobes and toys. I would like to declutter a lot of my hubby's fishing items but i have no chance of him agreeing to that. (we need a bigger shed just for his "junk")

Wow, you're doing brilliantly!! How long has 60 listings taken you to do? I normally get bored after 20!

svb53

sazaccount wrote: »

Hi svb53 and everyone else,

Just to give you a bit of encouragement... earlier this year my mum decided to have a clear out of bits at home, it started as helping me fund raise for a project but just seemed to spiral. Bits from all over the house, not big bits either small odds and ends. Selling only on the local facebook selling sites, they have bidding sites so you put items on starting at 1p, 50p £1 etc so like ebay but no selling fees or postage as the buyer picks it up from you.

The aim was by nov to have made enough for 3 of us to have a spa treatment for christmas.

by the 1st nov she had made a grand total of £970 as well as personal bits where we got the money direct, up until christmas she had sold some other bits all in all it totaled over £1100 in around 6 months!!!!

Good Luck

Hi lovely,


That's an amazing amount!! One of my friends is a firefighter. She has always told me that when people have a housefire, they have to try to guess the value of what's been damaged for the insurance. And people are tens of thousands out.
It's just amazing how much we all have lying around the house and what it all adds up to without us even realising!