EEEKKK - More rage and frustration

debodun said:
I advertised the curtains and drapes on Marketplace and FB Online Garage Sale, Craig's List and want AdDigest. Didn't get any nibbles. Called a few consignment and thrift shops, they don't want them, either.
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You never of their existance until you stumbled over them. As it happens, nobody needs or wants them. Not you, not anyone.

It's time to clear a room and put a sign on it: "Everything in here goes into the dumpster as soon as I rent it." Those curtains and drapes belong in there.
 

debodun said:
Especially those huge drapes. I notice windows in more modern homes are much smaller. They could make 4 drape sets out of one of mine - like that set that has 6 x 8 foot panels.
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what about a crafting website... near you, people might want the material...

however I'm with @StarSong..just forget about them, throw them out like you've never seen them before nor want to keep them...
 

hollydolly said:
what about a crafting website... near you, people might want the material...
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I wouldn't begin to know where to look for one. If anyone was interested, they would have contacted me from all the advertising I've done. I have a huge box of cloth scraps I have at my sale and no one even looks at it. Nobody around here, it seems, is into cloth crafts. Only one woman looked at the box, but she said she only wanted full bolts of cloth. Now I know everyone has those laying around their house.

I think a huge problem is that people don't want to get my "cooties" from fabrics.
 
@debodun I wouldn't contact a thrift store, just drop them off at Salvation Army or Goodwill. Anything usable they will sort through and put out for sale. I do see people buying that stuff. Especially lace curtains. Curtains can be cut down and resewn by industrious and thrifty people.
 
Remy said:
@debodun I wouldn't contact a thrift store, just drop them off at Salvation Army or Goodwill. Anything usable they will sort through and put out for sale. I do see people buying that stuff. Especially lace curtains. Curtains can be cut down and resewn by industrious and thrifty people.
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Yep that's also a good idea. Bag them up.. and drop them at the charity shop... preferably when they're closed. leave them outside, and if the shop thinks they can't sell them in store, they'll sell them on to be used as rags in manufacturing... they get a a certain amount of money per ton of rags...
 
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debodun said:
I wouldn't begin to know where to look for one. If anyone was interested, they would have contacted me from all the advertising I've done. I have a huge box of cloth scraps I have at my sale and no one even looks at it. Nobody around here, it seems, is into cloth crafts. Only one woman looked at the box, but she said she only wanted full bolts of cloth. Now I know everyone has those laying around their house.

I think a huge problem is that people don't want to get my "cooties" from fabrics.
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<------- starts scratching herself.
 
Just thinking about the number of people who don’t go online, do you have any physical bulletin boards that you could post an offer for someone to come and take everything away?

The quilt shop probably sell new material and won’t be interested in your ‘competition’ products. You need a Quilters Guild.
 
Jules said:
Please don’t do that. The scavengers tear through things left outside and then the charity has a mess to clean up, worse if the weather is inclement.

@debodun Search for a quilters group. They might be interested.
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don't you have donation bins outside your charity shops for when they're closed...or clothing bins in supermarket car parks..etc...


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There aren’t any bins outside the shops. There used to be a bin at a few malls but most of the goods were ruined by vandals throwing garbage in them. Then there was the occasional death after someone tried to climb in to steal goods.
 
hollydolly said:
don't you have donation bins outside your charity shops for when they're closed...or clothing bins in supermarket car parks..etc...


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We have those bins all over. In fact, the Goodwill nearest to my home was just about to close and this worker came out and said for me to put it in their bin behind the store because they had already closed. Lazy little man was my first thought. He could have easily taken my bags inside.
 
PamfromTx said:
We have those bins all over. In fact, the Goodwill nearest to my home was just about to close and this worker came out and said for me to put it in their bin behind the store because they had already closed. Lazy little man was my first thought. He could have easily taken my bags inside.
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Thanks Pam.... yes well that was my point about leaving the curtains outside the charity shop when they were closed...by doing that also, it means that they won't turn away clothing or materials, that they can't sell...
 
debodun said:
When I cleaned out my uncle's apartment, he had boxes and boxes of books. I took them to one of those bins and couldn't stuff one in it - the bin was full right to the top. Most around here are surrounded by things people just dumped in front of them.
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This seems a good clue as to why you're having difficulty selling things. Most people are overloaded with possessions and are more interested in purging than acquiring.
 
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