Comments on: Help me de-stuff my life!

Question: Help me de-stuff my life!

pantone292 — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 10:30:06 -0800

Like you, I've got a lot of unused stuff. Also like you, I could do with some extra money. Do you have any tips or experiences to share with regard to selling specific types of items?

Most of my superfluous stuff comes in one of the following flavours:

-Books
-Furniture
-Electronics (computer and other)
-Audio and music gear

FYI:

this is in or around Europe (so localised services etc. are of limited usefulness)

yes -- it IS ok to contact this poster with personal anecdotes or other useful stories

By: Salvatorparadise

Salvatorparadise — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 10:35:12 -0800

audio and music gear will do well on ebay

electronics too, as long as its not too weighty

books (antique) will but probably not newer books

def not furniture (unless it's the super expensive sort)

By: Carnage Asada

Carnage Asada — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 10:35:38 -0800

Craigslist.
I've made about $100 so far selling off crap in my garage.
Make sure you provide pictures for everything via a digital camera.

Good luck!

By: cloudgazer

cloudgazer — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 10:50:05 -0800

photos are a MUST.
also give lots of descriptions...measurements, any flaws, model, etc.

By: hazyjane

hazyjane — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 11:42:06 -0800

For cheap crap, try to get involved in whatever your neighborhood equivalent of a jumble sale or group garage sale is. You state that you're somewhere in Europe but I don't know where. In Paris, there are "vide greniers" where people on a certain street or district sign up to have a stand, and you drag your stuff out there on the appointed morning, set up, and start selling. I've done two this year with friends and it's very fun, as well as being profitable.

By: bcnarc

bcnarc — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 11:54:22 -0800

I don't know if amazon.com offers their marketplace service in europe, but I recently cleaned my place and had a giant stack of books, cds and dvds to either donate or recycle. On a lark I listed them on amazon and within a week got rid of the entire pile and made almost $800 with virtually no effort. Their commission is more reasonable than ebay, you don't pay to list items and they stay listed for 90 days.

By: neuron

neuron — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 12:04:47 -0800

I sell a lot of stuff on Amazon (in the United States). It's easy and I like having Amazon be responsible for the moneyhandling.

By: Aidan Kehoe

Aidan Kehoe — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 12:21:21 -0800

Maybe Craigslist is workable in some big cities in the UK, but in Europe in general it's useless, IME. I'm not sure what European city SFO is (heh) but Ebay has a huge presence in Germany, at least, so if you're here I'd look into that. Kijiji.de is also pretty successful in .de. Or you could open a stand at a flea market; ask around for when and where they're on, and be prepared to haggle.

By: IndigoRain

IndigoRain — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 17:16:52 -0800

You might take at least one item to Freecycle... although you won't get money for that item, most Freecycle groups ask you to post one item for giveaway before posting requests. You could set yourself up for free stuff in the future.

UK Freecycle