Cheapest ways to clear a hoarded house?

adindas

getmore4less wrote: »

There are quite a few around that collect old computer equipment to recycle and repair machines for reuse.

Some parts(memory) can start increasing in values as they are no longer made and supplies dwindle as they break.

We have one in our area that does it as a hobby and give them away to worthy causes and people that need basic systems.

For such the item you describe, you could easily sell it on eBay as they are small and easily sent by post. Collection agent is not needed. But that is normally about 5 years old PC.

But definitely not for 1970 Computers, PC. Who need a 128MB, 256MB Ram (memory) nowadays ??

Section106

adindas wrote: »

But definitely not for 1970 Computers, PC. Who need a 256MB Ram (memory) nowadays ??

People who want to fix a computer that only works with memory modules of that size?


A few years ago London Underground were buying up old electronic components via a well-known online auction site because they needed things which were no longer made to keep their signalling systems and trains working.


When the Flying Scotsman was being restored it was possible for the restoration team to fabricate any components necessary. In years to come, people restoring/preserving modern trains/cars/buses etc will find themselves needing parts it is impossible to re-create. Although there will be work arounds, there will be be a demand for a great many parts (e.g. memory modules) salvaged from other equipment.


I don't consider that a justification for people to hoard stuff in their homes, but it is something to bear in mind when considering whether something is 'junk', or possibly of value to someone else.

AdrianC

Another use for older computers - running diagnostic software for older computerised-era cars. Quite often, it simply won't play on more recent OS and more recent hardware, so 1990s/early 00s laptops can be in some demand. This is going to be an ever-bigger issue.

adindas

Section106 wrote: »

People who want to fix a computer that only works with memory modules of that size?


A few years ago London Underground were buying up old electronic components via a well-known online auction site because they needed things which were no longer made to keep their signalling systems and trains working.


When the Flying Scotsman was being restored it was possible for the restoration team to fabricate any components necessary. In years to come, people restoring/preserving modern trains/cars/buses etc will find themselves needing parts it is impossible to re-create. Although there will be work arounds, there will be be a demand for a great many parts (e.g. memory modules) salvaged from other equipment.


I don't consider that a justification for people to hoard stuff in their homes, but it is something to bear in mind when considering whether something is 'junk', or possibly of value to someone else.

Yes for few people who are lucky enough you have the item who normally not needed and suddenly someone need it. It is the same thing when you see an old collection, clothes, gadget needed for making documentary movie.

But that opportunity is very rare. You might be keeping this stuffs for a decade and never find someone who want it. Let alone, the face value of it when sold comparing to the cost of storing it. But people do win lottery nowadays. But from money perspective is it not better to buy the lottery it self ??

If you go to car booth sale you might still see that non-technical people have 256MB ram on display, and if you go there regularly you will observe that they already keep it for over a year.

FreeBear

adindas wrote: »

Who need a 128MB, 256MB Ram (memory) nowadays ??

I would kill for a 128MB module for one of my (old) computers, and there was a time when 16KB RAM packs were to die for... As for the old cameras, I collect (hoard ?) photographic equipment, much of it from the 70s & 80s.

adindas

FreeBear wrote: »

I would kill for a 128MB module for one of my (old) computers, and there was a time when 16KB RAM packs were to die for... As for the old cameras, I collect (hoard ?) photographic equipment, much of it from the 70s & 80s.

Well, I am not saying do not collect it. If you are professional collectors, have an antique shop. know the value of the items, know that there is very high chance people might need it in the future, then that stuffs will definitely have potential value in it and therefore it is worthy and justifiable to keep it.

It is the same thing when people in the entertainment industries are looking for an old collection of clothes, gadget, furnitures needed for making documentary movie, opera, etc. You might be lucky enough that you have that sort of stuff in your attic and therefore will make good money out of it. But if you are not a professional collectors, you are not lucky enough you might be finding that those stuffs are already in the attic for a few decades and nobody want it. It might even cost you money to get rid of them.

You might be finding someone looking for the story in the newspaper, and you remember that you have that news paper in the attic. So you will be making a very good money out of it. But is it justifiable taking the chance to collect the newspaper, magazine for that purpose.

Davesnave

adindas wrote: »

But definitely not for 1970 Computers, PC. Who need a 128MB, 256MB Ram (memory) nowadays ??

NASA? After all, they got to the Moon with that sort of gear, but now they have to re-invent everything, because they 'destroyed the technology.'
Don Petit: not the brightest button on the control panel.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ac6Is89txnU

NaughtiusMaximus

Davesnave wrote: »

NASA? After all, they got to the Moon with that sort of gear, but now they have to re-invent everything, because they 'destroyed the technology.'
Don Petit: not the brightest button on the control panel.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ac6Is89txnU

I read a couple of years ago that the computers controlling the US nuclear weapons systems date from the 1970s and make use of 8 inch floppies, a technology which would have been considered obsolete 35 years ago.

adindas

NaughtiusMaximus wrote: »

I read a couple of years ago that the computers controlling the US nuclear weapons systems date from the 1970s and make use of 8 inch floppies, a technology which would have been considered obsolete 35 years ago.

People might start stockpiling CD-ROM, 1GB USB 2.0 memory stick, 512 GB DDR2 RAM from now then. You could get this for £2 nowadays

You will never know this will be worthy a few thousand pounds in 35 years time from now.

Say you have stockpiled 1000 of them in 35 years you will become a millionaire. It is much better then any other investment product than you could see sometimes here pop up on MSE.

halogen

I'm a hoarder, I come from a long line of hoarders, and I dread the thought of someone coming along after me and seeing it as 'rubbish'. I plan to try and force my executor to get rid of it all to good homes where it will be used.


As for help being available to hoarder? yeah right, in my dreams.