2018 Decluttering Thread

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Sold an apron to a neighbor. I have an eBay auction ending tomorrow so that item will be leaving soon. I also tossed out quite a few old batteries that weren't working!

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I'm hearing the garbage trucks in our neighborhood this morning and remembered that I tossed out a metal pole from a yard game, a damaged boogie board, a broken bookshelf and a broken hole reel last time they came by. I was concerned they wouldn't take it, but to my relief they did. No point in holding on to old things that don't work, let alone move them!

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Shipped an ebay order this morning and took a bag of clothes and a box of assorted stuff to Goodwill which is in the same center as the post office.

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Sold two items on eBay that will go out in the mail tomorrow. I ended several auctions, after they automatically relisted (this seems new to me), and will donate the items. They didn't sell in two weeks, so it's time to give up. I tossed out some old lotion and a pillow.

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I ended several auctions, after they automatically relisted (this seems new to me)

Yeah, they do that now. There’s also the pricing feature where they’ll automatically lower the price 5% for you.

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Yeah, they do that now. There’s also the pricing feature where they’ll automatically lower the price 5% for you.

I don't like that feature either, but I can see where I can opt out of that. It's really amazing all the changes that have occurred on eBay over time. I think I've been selling since late 2001, mostly selling items our kids outgrew or items we no longer wanted.

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I don't like that feature either, but I can see where I can opt out of that. It's really amazing all the changes that have occurred on eBay over time. I think I've been selling since late 2001, mostly selling items our kids outgrew or items we no longer wanted.

I started in early 1997. I've seen tons of changes as well, some positive, some extremely negative or at the very least extremely annoying as a seller. But it's still the best game in town by far.

One thing I've really enjoyed recently is the ease of starting auctions straight from my phone. That is perfect for me because my ebay stock is in the basement but my computer is on the 2nd floor so I'm always running back and forth. I've listed a few items lately without every having to leave the basement.

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I sold a set of collectible puppets on ebay, so I'll ship those out this week. However, postage was higher than I thought so after that and fees, my profit will be minimal. I have 6 more identical sets and now realize they just aren't worth selling. There is almost no demand for them so I'm going to be donating the whole box to Goodwill. That will be one more carton of stuff leaving the basement and the house.

[MooseBucks]

DW did go through our chest freezer today and our one thats connected to the fridge. She got rid of a few items and also took inventory of everything. I ended up spending several hours down in the finished part of our basement and got it probably 75% cleaned up. The problem is I moved a lot of the items to the unfinished storage area which means I will be seeing in October (or sooner if I can keep up the pace). Kept the kitchen island clear which is a constant battle since it's our habit to use it as a landing zone for everything. Having a beer now before bed so I helped declutter the fridge a bit tonight as well.

Goals for tomorrow: Finish basement & continue to keep kitchen clean
Stretch Goal: Clean dining room & get DD to clean her room

Got the basement finished up, dining room and DD’s room. Went through all her clothes and moved the items the are too small to dd2’s room. Cleaned our room and reorganized our furniture for the first time in 7 years. Emptied a bookshelf that we had in our room so we will be getting rid of that ASAP.

We’ve gotten all the clutter put away so now it’s time to start going through dressers and closets and getting rid of items we no longer use.

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I can never decide if I should post this stuff here because it is part of our decluttering efforts or on the Post Your Wins thread. I had an ebay auction end a few minutes ago. I really didn't know how much to expect it to sell for but it ended up bringing just under $47 which I'm very happy with - and it's already paid for and will be shipped in the morning. So that's one more thing out of the house plus some extra money in my pocket.

[MooseBucks]

Had yesterday off and the kids had school so DW and I tackled our walk in closet and another bedroom closet. Took us a good 5 hours and we probably have another 3-5 hrs left for these two closets but we’ve filled another large donate box and went through all the items we’ve saved over the year. Filled two boxes with recycling and two small rubbish bins. Also donated 4 additional boxes of books and other items.

Where is the best place to sell old textbooks now? Amazon let me list two but let me list some others.

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Where is the best place to sell old textbooks now? Amazon let me list two but let me list some others.

Older textbooks can be hard to sell. I have actually just recycled ones that weren't worth anything. I would sell them for cash and try a site like this to determine who can pay you the most for them.

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Older textbooks can be hard to sell. I have actually just recycled ones that weren't worth anything. I would sell them for cash and try a site like [url=https://bookscouter.com/] to determine who can pay you the most for them.

They’re newer from graduate courses and are selling for 70-100 on amazon. Weird they let me list two but not the others.

I’ll check out that site.

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They’re newer from graduate courses and are selling for 70-100 on amazon. Weird they let me list two but not the others.

I’ll check out that site.

Were the books that you couldn't list on Amazon currently listed there? I've run into that problem where I have a book that just doesn't appear on Amazon so there's no way to list it.

In addition to BookScouter, I would also list on Ebay. Selling books on Amazon is tough anyway because their fee structure is outrageously bad. Ebay takes 10% plus 5% for PayPal but Amazon fees sometimes exceed the income from the sale resulting in a loss on a lower priced book.

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Were the books that you couldn't list on Amazon currently listed there? I've run into that problem where I have a book that just doesn't appear on Amazon so there's no way to list it.

In addition to BookScouter, I would also list on Ebay. Selling books on Amazon is tough anyway because their fee structure is outrageously bad. Ebay takes 10% plus 5% for PayPal but Amazon fees sometimes exceed the income from the sale resulting in a loss on a lower priced book.

They were all listed there with one still selling for $100+. Work paid for my classes and books so it’s free money for me if I get anything out of them.