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10-28-2009, 05:39 AM
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Sell Unwanted/Unused Items
I live in a masterplanned community. Someone here started a group for our community on Yahoo groups. It has turned into a great resource for all kinds of community information, practical information, (like recommendations for service oriented businesses, like HVAC issues, roofs, etc.) and also a forum to have a "virtual garage sale".
If you live in a community with a name, be it a subdivision, apt complex, master planned, your local town, check out Yahoo groups to see if anyone has started a group there. If there isn't already a group, consider starting one. It may take a while for the word to get out, but once it becomes established, it's such a great resource. Also, if you live near a community that is more likely to have a group, look for theirs. I'm clearing out items that I have been keeping in the hopes that they might be useful someday. They haven't been useful for over 3 years, so I figure, they aren't worth the space in my house. While you may not get a huge income, you can definitely put the money towards another goal. I'm hoping to fund Christmas this year with the results of my house clearance.  
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10-28-2009, 07:06 AM
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That is a great idea and way to be connected. I bet it leads to more people meeting one another and building better community connections.
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10-29-2009, 05:23 AM
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12-06-2009, 02:30 PM
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I have sold many of my unused items on Ebay. There is no shortage of people who buy stuff on Ebay.
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12-13-2009, 09:53 PM
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Thats a great idea its also a good way to organize multi family garage sales. I still really like craigslist for selling stuff especially furniture. Collectibles and more rare items seem to work better on ebay.
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12-16-2009, 01:03 AM
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Good idea to stay connected....
I have cleared the old stuff and bought some new things for Christmas....
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02-09-2010, 06:54 AM
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You have to weigh up the ease of sending something you are selling, especially a large item, to someone close-by, compared to the more money you might get for the item on eBay. There's also deliver fees that might eat into your profit.
Personally I use eBay for most items and local tools like Gumtree (which I imagine is similar to the local area Yahoo Groups) for when I want to give things away for free, like furniture that's too old to sell and too tricky to package.
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02-09-2010, 09:13 AM
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Yep, eBay is really good for things that ship easily. I sold a little glass ornament thingy on there and the fellow who bought it swore it would break, but I swaddled that thing in bubblewrap and everything I could find and it made it through the mail. But I really like the idea of having a group to do this locally. Better than Craig's list if the people are truly neighbors, because you're less apt to get the um, interesting, people who sometimes want to come take a look at things, LOL! But I've had lots of luck with Craig's list too. There's Freecycle, also, for things that you can't sell but don't want to just throw away, if you have a group in your city.
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02-09-2010, 07:18 PM
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