Do You Give Stuff Away?

[fairy74]

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I sell books or items that I think will bring a substantial return. Everything else I just give away. If I know someone is in need of something I will mention it to all my friends as well and usually someone has something to fill the need that they were going to have to take a Goodwill trip to donate. I prefer to give things to people I know.

[KellyJef]

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I read somewhere on this forum about someone who was taking some extra toilet paper with her from public bathrooms so she/he (?) could use it at home and thus buy less TP.

That's not being frugal -- that's stealing

That toilet paper is put there for the user's consumption -- not for them to take home.

Geez.

[Ima saver]

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We give lots of stuff away, we gave away 2 bicycles, dish washer that leaked a little, lots of items. I take books to the library We are going to have a garage sale someday and what is left over will be free. I think it is great to give things away!

[kimiko]

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I only sell school text books, everything else go to Goodwill.

[titi]

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I also often give stuff away. Most often it is clothes and shoes and generally it is unused ones. I very often buy things that are just not comfortable to wear and because of this I don't wear them but instead I give them to friends and relatives. Otherwise, I might have acquired by now the largest collection of one-time shoes and clothes.

I also give away new bags (again, when they are not the right ones for me), which I don't happen to buy as frequently as shoes but still it happens from time to time. Also PCs, mobiles and different sorts of electronics I don't need any more. I gave my oldest comp to my cousin, my old mobile to my mother, a pair of speakers to a neighbor, and so on. All of them are happy with what they have got and although I could still use the PC, the mobile and the speakers, I am also happy with what I did.

[JanH]

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I am a firm believer that generosity returns back to you. I give away, not expecting anything in return. (not patting myself on the back, but an outlook I am trying to cultivate.) But then good things come back to me in other forms. I, too, am decluttering and I think that giving stuff away has helped me "find" so much I didn't realize I still had. That in itself, is frugal, cos you don't buy them again!

[BCHGRL]

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Yes, I offer it to family first. If family doesn't want it either goes to goodwill, consignment, or yard sale.

Many of the things in my mom's closet were once in mine. Sometimes she take something and will not tell until she gets back to her house. It is cute, not stealing, because she always takes things that I would never know are missing if she didn't tell me. If I don't use something, she considers it is fair game.

[lrjohnson]

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I am a firm believer that generosity returns back to you.

I absolutely agree. I bring things to work all the time to "give away", from extra wooden spoons to magazines to jewelry I don't want. And, often I get hand me downs from folks thye same way. There's no tally or scorecard or hidden intent, we are all just happy that for all the items, there is a satisfied owner!

[kealina]

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yep... first i check with family and good friends, then i try to sell it. if neither works, then i find somebody to give it to... i think it's not too bad frugal-wise either... i love getting stuff passed on to me and passing stuff on to others...

[shelbylovesmelby]

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I was going to do a rummage this past spring, but then dh was like.... lets do it in summer then he said fall would be ok. So I'm sitting on all this stuff I'd like to make a few pennies on rather than donate to goodwill (yes I know about freecycle but I don't like the idea of strangers comming to my home or taking things they shouldn't -- there's been a few issues in our area w/ that). But I'm pretty po'd right now & I need to get the basment cleaned out & i'm tired of looking @ the stuff. So if I mention it to dh I bet he'll say........ "what about the rummage you wanted to do" & I'll say it was only something I wanted to do & because you don't want to do it, it's not going to happen & I can't do the rummage & watch two toddlers on my own @ the same pete pick'n time.

(sorry bout the rant)

[vishenda]

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Every valentine season, the whole morning of Feb 14, my friends and I have this "hearts for the children" day where we would go to the streetchildren's area and play with them, give them stuffs and things that they can use and wear (our belongings). We give them things that are of more value than money. This is our way of giving stuff.

[Joan.of.the.Arch]

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Could there really be a person who _never_ gives anything away? That would seem like some sort of mental illness to me.