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Selling off stuff?

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absent Fri 05-Feb-16 22:44:52

I have sold some collectibles, silver and jewellery at auction and some less valuable stuff at a car boot sale. Other unwanted bits and pieces have been donated to charity shops.

merlotgran Fri 05-Feb-16 22:36:07

I found it very difficult to sell furniture when we downsized. We ended up donating our piano to EMMAUS and a large dresser is still in the garage. I sent photos of vintage china to local auction rooms but there was only one piece they were interested in. I'm not talking junk but nobody is interested.

I've had better luck selling chairs and small tables that I've upcycled. That seems to be all the rage now but it's finding the time to do it, especially as gardening season will soon be upon us.

Jalima Fri 05-Feb-16 22:30:37

Good luck if you decide to go for it rubylady

Jalima Fri 05-Feb-16 22:29:19

No, but we keep saying we should. I have bought a few things from ebay but never sold anything. I have put something on gumtree but no takers. In fact, I just dislike the whole process and would rather send it all to the charity shop but then I wonder if some of it could be worth a lot of money Probably not though.

rubylady Fri 05-Feb-16 21:40:31

I have been sorting out my stuff from the old house today which was put under the bed and I hadn't got round to doing. I now have five bags of rubbish, need some new storage boxes for what I want to keep which is personal and intend to sell other stuff. I could do with the extra money and my offspring will not be interested in my things or will just cash them in themselves in time. If they did want them for sentimental reasons then of course I would keep them, but they don't.

Have other people sold stuff that their children/grandchildren will not want passed down to them or that they think they could use the money for themselves?