Getting rid of stuff!!!

lookstraightahead

Pok3mon said:

I was selling a tredmill once on facebook we got fed the can you do it cheap sob story I even delivered it! within 2 hours it was relisted with a £100 markup! To me they are scalpers some stuff I am selling very cheap as I want to shift it and people still offer 50% less its heartbreaking as some stuff I would keep if I wasn't downsizing especially the furniture.
Then factor in timewasters like the one that was supposed to be coming today.
And can someone explain why people ask if something is still available you reply yes and the never reply again???? Whats that about?

 Why didn't you put your treadmill on for £100 more then? 

daivid

Car boot sales are back on in Wales (as a whole) so if your local ones are not on you could make a trip to one that is.

Greymug

can you not make a charity donation?

coffeehound

lookstraightahead said:
Why? They're doing you a favour by getting rid of your stuff and recycling it for you. 

I can never understand this - they might make a few quid but someone else will be getting something cheaply as well. And you're not having to pay the council to pick up things you don't want.

theoretica said:

I am mainly happy for things to be gone and not to the dump - don't see the logic that it is a 'genuine' person who wants my stuff but 'non genuine' to want the money from selling the stuff. If things seem fairly easy to sell I usually give them to charity.

If you are happy to dispose of items for free to people who intend to profit from you, then that's absolutely your business of course.  Call me old fashioned but when a business is set up just to milk a goodwill non-profit org like freecycle, I find that ugly.  If the stuff someone is giving away is so low-value that it were only otherwise good for the tip, then I doubt the freeloaders would be interested.  

Pok3mon

lookstraightahead said:

Pok3mon said:

I was selling a tredmill once on facebook we got fed the can you do it cheap sob story I even delivered it! within 2 hours it was relisted with a £100 markup! To me they are scalpers some stuff I am selling very cheap as I want to shift it and people still offer 50% less its heartbreaking as some stuff I would keep if I wasn't downsizing especially the furniture.
Then factor in timewasters like the one that was supposed to be coming today.
And can someone explain why people ask if something is still available you reply yes and the never reply again???? Whats that about?

 Why didn't you put your treadmill on for £100 more then? 

We had it up for a good price the person lied saying it was for there sister to help with her rehab after a car accident and could we do it cheap we sold it half the listing price for £50 thinking we was helping somebody out. All they did was took it home and listed it for £150. How many people do this?

pixiebel81

If you can't be bothered to sell and don't want to give away you really don't have a lot of options. All I can think of is do you have a friend or family member who has time on their hands and would like to make some extra cash? Get them to list them on eBay or wherever for you and pay them a percentage of the profits.

Pok3mon

Just a update, managed to do / find a carboot and borrowed a transit from work, between Facebook market place and the carboot made over 3k and cleared loads out. Did a dump run yesterday and packing other eBay stuff as most is small collectables and waiting for £1 listing this can be done in new house.

Amazing how it all adds up! 

Just waiting for a exchange/completion dates.

Titus_Wadd

OP  Thank you for reporting back and I'm glad you found a car boot sale and made a few ££!  Enjoy your freed-up space.

Here's the lesson I took from my "collecting" stuff that "might come in one day"...it probably won't!  We up-sized 3 years ago and our next move in 10-15 years time will be to finally down-size in retirement.  Moving house really opened my eyes to the amount of stuff I had amassed in 20 years at our old house.  So I'm ebaying stuff now and do a car boot once a year for the rest with a view to thinning out my belongings ahead of the down-size, so that it's less of a task when we're ready to sell this house.  Plus we can enjoy more free space in the home in which we're living.

My grown up kids want to choose their own furniture, but there will be someone out there who would use my cast offs.  I think it's best not to worry about someone turning a profit on an item I sell or give away.  Still better than landfill.

lookstraightahead

coffeehound said:

lookstraightahead said:
Why? They're doing you a favour by getting rid of your stuff and recycling it for you. 

I can never understand this - they might make a few quid but someone else will be getting something cheaply as well. And you're not having to pay the council to pick up things you don't want.

theoretica said:

I am mainly happy for things to be gone and not to the dump - don't see the logic that it is a 'genuine' person who wants my stuff but 'non genuine' to want the money from selling the stuff. If things seem fairly easy to sell I usually give them to charity.

If you are happy to dispose of items for free to people who intend to profit from you, then that's absolutely your business of course.  Call me old fashioned but when a business is set up just to milk a goodwill non-profit org like freecycle, I find that ugly.  If the stuff someone is giving away is so low-value that it were only otherwise good for the tip, then I doubt the freeloaders would be interested.  

Do you not buy anything where people profit from you? 

Just because it's second hand makes exactly what difference? In fact, there's less carbon footprint, it's recycled, and it's a win win.

Look at the whole picture. There might be someone making a profit that is actually putting food on the table, meaning they don't need to rely on charitable donations. A much nicer life for them.