Where can I sell items that are not clothes in NYC?

December 21, 2018 10:47 AM

Where can I sell items that are not clothes in NYC? Do they exist?

I'd rather not use online methods of selling because I don't want to ship things or hang on to things until someone feels like picking it up. I just want to drop them off and be done with it. I know there are thrift stores that will buy clothes, but what about kitchen appliances, inflatable mattresses, DVD's and other such things?

posted by fantasticness to Home & Garden (5 answers total)

The good news: if it's nice or vintage stuff, your local thrift store will buy it off of you. Otherwise, you pretty much need to either brave craigslist or donate the lot. I've also taken stuff to Stop And Swaps run by the Green markets, but that's more of an exchange than cash in hand.
posted by larthegreat at 10:56 AM on December 21, 2018 [1 favorite]

Pawn Shops will often take DVDs and might take appliances. They will probably not give you a good price, though.
posted by soelo at 11:03 AM on December 21, 2018 [1 favorite]

I sold some nice art and music books to the Strand a while back
posted by bunderful at 11:37 AM on December 21, 2018

Pawn shops were my first thought too. They'll take just about anything with resale value, although naturally they'll need to price it low enough (to you) to allow them to make a profit and to cover the chance of some items just not selling at all.
posted by Anticipation Of A New Lover's Arrival, The at 12:02 PM on December 21, 2018 [1 favorite]

Facebook Marketplace is meant for stuff like what you have. There will be too many groups with combinations of 212-718-sell-nyc-NewYork-sales etc etc etc in their names, and you can join 1 or all of them, and cross post. If you do not use Facebook for whatever reason, you can set up an account just for this purpose.
posted by Neeuq Nus at 7:41 PM on December 21, 2018