Junk from the cellar

debodun said:
The older people that were collectors are dying off and most young people just aren't interested in antiques and collectibles. I shudder to think of how many things are put in dumpsters by people cleaning out their parents homes because they don't know the value or simply don't want to be bothered having an estate sale.
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Deb, that's just it! Younger people aren't interested. Older people already have more stuff than they know what to do with and can't convince their families to take it.

It really doesn't matter what it's advertised for on eBay or valued at on any other site. There's a lot of it that should be valuable but isn't. It's called supply and demand. Big supply. No demand.

It's a sad fact, but a fact nevertheless.

In any case, maybe September 19 will be the day that your buyer(s) will turn up. I hope so!
 

debodun said:
I did contact an estate seller a few years ago. She had too many rules - I can't be in the house when the sale is going on (I've been to estate sale and saw many 5-finger discounts happening), have to have access to a clean working bathroom, the house must be clean and odor-free, etc. When I do it myself, I don't care if the toilet looks like this:

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OMG! Please tell us that it's just a random picture and not really your toilet! Ew.
 
That IS my toilet. It isn't dirty even though it looks that way. It is the iron in our hard water and mineral deposits. I've tried bleach, CLR, KABOOM!, Lysol, pine cleaner and vinegar. That brown just will not come off.
 

GeorgiaXplant said:
Deb, that's just it! Younger people aren't interested. Older people already have more stuff than they know what to do with and can't convince their families to take it.

It really doesn't matter what it's advertised for on eBay or valued at on any other site. There's a lot of it that should be valuable but isn't. It's called supply and demand. Big supply. No demand.

It's a sad fact, but a fact nevertheless.

In any case, maybe September 19 will be the day that your buyer(s) will turn up. I hope so!
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Another thing is that so many people are unemployed due to the virus they don't have the money to spend. :cry:
 
debodun said:
That IS my toilet. It isn't dirty even though it looks that way. It is the iron in our hard water and mineral deposits. I've tried bleach, CLR, KABOOM!, Lysol, pine cleaner and vinegar. That brown just will not come off.
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Get a pumice stone and use it with a lot of elbow grease. The pumice won't scratch the bowl, trust me. Once it's clean, pour CLR or bleach (not both!) in the tank so the mix will be half water/half CLR or bleach. Never, ever mix cleaning agents. Never.
 
debodun said:
That IS my toilet. It isn't dirty even though it looks that way. It is the iron in our hard water and mineral deposits. I've tried bleach, CLR, KABOOM!, Lysol, pine cleaner and vinegar. That brown just will not come off.
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I'd have replaced that toilet years ago. It might not be "dirty," but ugh... it would gross me out to look at that every day.

Yeah, it'd be a tough sell for a realtor to show a house with a toilet like that.
 
debodun said:
I though that, also. People need money for necessities right now, but there were a lot of people stopping when my neighbor had a sale.
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You can tell yourself that from now until the cows come home, but people who have money to spend will spend it if it's for something they want. Make a sign "Sorry, no baby or children's clothes" in front of your displays.
 
GeorgiaXplant said:
Get a pumice stone and use it with a lot of elbow grease. The pumice won't scratch the bowl, trust me. Once it's clean, pour CLR or bleach (not both!) in the tank so the mix will be half water/half CLR or bleach. Never, ever mix cleaning agents. Never.
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Yes, a pumice stone with "elbow grease" will take it off. I have hard water and it leaves a "ring around the toilet". When it does, I pull my pumice stone out, wet it and then I start scrubbing and it takes it off every time.
 
debodun said:
I did contact an estate seller a few years ago. She had too many rules - I can't be in the house when the sale is going on (I've been to estate sale and saw many 5-finger discounts happening), have to have access to a clean working bathroom, the house must be clean and odor-free, etc. When I do it myself, I don't care if the toilet looks like this:

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Does your toilet look like that? If so, you might get a used toilet brush for 10 cents and put it to good use.
 
debodun said:
That IS my toilet. It isn't dirty even though it looks that way. It is the iron in our hard water and mineral deposits. I've tried bleach, CLR, KABOOM!, Lysol, pine cleaner and vinegar. That brown just will not come off.
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ugh
 
GeorgiaXplant said:
Get a pumice stone and use it with a lot of elbow grease. The pumice won't scratch the bowl, trust me. Once it's clean, pour CLR or bleach (not both!) in the tank so the mix will be half water/half CLR or bleach. Never, ever mix cleaning agents. Never.
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Yup, we lived where we had to use a pumice stone to clean a small ring in the toilet from minerals, but I think there is no hope for this toilet.
 
debodun said:
You probably don't have the hard water that we have here. I have to get a new P-traps for the sinks every few years because the water eats through them.
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We have hard water. We live off very hard well water. Use CLR to clean hard water stains and salt .
It works but I have to use it often.; like once a week.
Use bleach spray in between to disinfect if needed.

I wouldn’t want to change that toilet either but if the toilet is working then shut the toilet water off so the bowl drains completely and use that CLR until you get it all. By the looks of your toilet you might need to do this 2 or 3 times to get it clean but it’s better than putting in a new one on your own.

If that doesn’t work then hire someone to do it.
THIS would be one of those areas where parting with some of your money is necessary.
 
Exactly. No it won’t. The trick is to use the right product regularly OR get a salt water softener. Then you won’t have hard water problems.

And please don’t give me this ‘I’m picking on her chit.’ Its getting old.😏
 
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