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So I'm gonna be moving into a new apartment in a couple of months, and since my new place doesn't have as much space as where I'm living now, I need to sell or otherwise get rid of a bunch of things before I move. I'd like to avoid taking stuff to the dump as much as possible, so I'm wondering what my best options are as far as selling stuff goes. I've never really done this before so I'm hoping A/T might be able to help me out. I know there's a lot of options out there for people selling their old stuff, but I'd like to know which one(s) people have the most success with. Craigslist? eBay? Letgo? Some other app? I also haven't ruled out donating some of it, but since I need money to cover moving costs I'd like to save that as a second-to-last resort before taking things to the dump. Here's a few of the things I'm trying to get rid of: - A vacuum cleaner - A set of kitchen knives - A Brinkmann grill/smoker - A glass TV table I bought at Walmart - A full-size memory foam mattress (this one might be kinda tough since used mattresses can be hard to sell) - A full-size "low profile" boxspring (unopened in its original plastic wrapping, but, still, mattress-related so might be hard to unload) - A huge ceramic planter pot - A dip/pull-up station - There's more, but it's in storage so I can't list it all right now Again, I only have about two months to unload as much stuff as possible. Any help would be greatly appreciated! EDIT: I forgot to mention I live in an apartment now, so I can't really do a garage sale. I. M. Gei fucked around with this message at 05:40 on Jun 1, 2017 |
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Jun 1, 2017 03:22
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Garage sale or craigslist are probably your best options, since it sounds like most of the stuff you're trying to get rid of is heavy/bulky and probably not worth trying to ship. Or take it all to Goodwill and just write it off on your taxes (except the mattress, pretty sure they don't take those.)
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Jun 1, 2017 05:36
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If you use Facebook, absolutely flood it with links to your craigslist ads, make sure they're set to "friends of friends" visibility and ask people to share the links and that you'll make a deal with people you know. Reshare them every day. I know this sounds annoying in theory but I've see whole garage sales worth of poo poo get sold just off Facebook from peoples acquaintances.
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Jun 1, 2017 13:17
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Has anybody at all used Letgo? I brought that up in the OP because it seemed like it might be easier to use than Craigslist.
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Jun 1, 2017 20:23
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Amazon also has a "trade-in" section that you can check out, and it accepts all sorts of things. You won't get great money for stuff, but it's really easy to use.
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Jun 4, 2017 00:00
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If you're on Facebook there's probably a local buy/sell/trade group you can join. Potentially safer and less skeevy than Craigslist too since there's some vestige of a profile attached. Take some decent pictures, throw some prices up and get ready for haggles and probably weird trade offers. If you haven't gotten rid of everything from that, take it to a thrift store or Goodwill and write it off on your taxes if you think it's worth it. Goodwill does take mattresses from what I've seen (although I'd have to be pretty hard up to buy one from there, I'm terrified of bedbugs after having a neighbor deal with them from a bad hotel).
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Jun 4, 2017 01:12
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Stanos posted:Goodwill does take mattresses from what I've seen (although I'd have to be pretty hard up to buy one from there, I'm terrified of bedbugs after having a neighbor deal with them from a bad hotel).
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Jun 6, 2017 17:40
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Actually I was wrong and goodwill doesn't take mattresses at all, I just spaced and forgot that it was the thrift store across the street from my closest goodwill that has them. Probably from people who attempted to drop them off and got told no.
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Jun 6, 2017 19:16
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Stanos posted:Actually I was wrong and goodwill doesn't take mattresses at all, I just spaced and forgot that it was the thrift store across the street from my closest goodwill that has them. Probably from people who attempted to drop them off and got told no. Search around for a local mattress recycler. There is one near my house that will take them for free.
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Jun 7, 2017 01:29
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