This didn't even get one look on Marketplace

debodun said:
I guess we all have our hobbies. Some may think gluing plastic model planes together from a kit is a waste of time, but it keeps some people occupied.
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Most people's hobbies don't make them unhappy.

If attempting to sell these items brings you more joy than disappointment and distress, you aren't sharing that part of it with us.
 

I'm not having another sale for a while. At my old house I could leave much of it set up inside and only had to bring out the items for the front porch and tables on the lawn. Now I have to bring it all up from the cellar, then move it back down afterward. It's a lot more work to have a sale here. For this past sale, I only brought up what I thought had the best chance to sell. Sold some, didn't sell a lot. What seemed to be a healthy seller this time around were kitchen tools. What doesn't move is Victorian furniture. People remark it is very beautiful and probably worth the prices I'm asking, but they either don't have room for it or it doesn't go with their decor. I have a large Eastlake style wall mirror. The silvering is worn. People won't buy it in that condition, yet if I have a new mirror put in, I could never recoup my investment.

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Deb, you have a double garage. Why not set up tables & your items along the inside walls. Pull the car out and set up more tables inside if needed.

(I should have my fingers slapped for encouraging Deb to find other ways of having sales).
 

I found one active listing for your cookie jar on eBay (listed for $13.00 + $10.00 shipping). I also found one sold listing for the same cookie jar. Sold for $45.00 + $14.33 shipping. It looks like the same one but of course, I can't be positive. This is what they wrote about it:

Vintage “ Cookie Barn” Cookie Jar. I think this is a McCoy brand design from the 1970’s or 80’s— not sure found at estate sale. In excellent condition, one small chip on back ( please see pics). . Nice size measures 14” x 8”
Great detail and Rare.
 
Some people collect cookie jars. I have a Shawnee Pottery "Corn King" cookie jar. I don't want to sell it since it is sentimental, but a local dealer saw it once when he came to my sale (this was at the old house). He wants it very badly, but won't pay a fair price. He said he'd give me $20 and that was his final offer. If you really want to know what it's worth, Google it.

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How did you accumulate so much stuff? I'm being nice by using the word, 'stuff'. I can't do this accumulating; I would feel so overwhelmed. Try to give some up to Goodwill, etc. I donate quite often and feel good about it.

Now I'm getting morbid.... I don't want anyone to have to acquire my stuff when I pass who will not appreciate it. I have one sister who loves anything and everything I give her. She's got one heck of a surprise coming up on our next visit! :oops:😚🤪
 
My mom was a hoarder collector and I inherited it. I told her once, half in jest, that when I got home from her funeral, I was going to have the biggest estate sale in the county. She said, "You better not. I'll come back and haunt you!"

I just can't hold onto everything, sentimental as it is.
 
@debodun If that stuff is just in the basement, get rid of it. I'm sorry you had to haul all that down there and I'm equally sorry you bought a house with a basement. I think you would have been better without one. But they are probably common in your area and admittedly, I don't like basements.

I'm with Jules, if you really wanted to, you could find a way to have that sale at your place. And PamfromTx's advice, do some donating. Even if you'd have to drive a bit. Once it's gone, it's gone at least.

Signed, someone who has too much stuff themselves.
 
The SA and Goodwill closest to me aren't accepting donations at the moment - they are probably overstocked.

Still getting flakes on Marketplace. The last several that responded to my ads have what I call "blank" FB profiles - that is no photos or anything else - nothing on their timelines and they usually have just a one name identity like Rhianna. They al say the same thing - "I'd like to pick this up today. Please text me at (and give a number who's area code I don't recognize)." When I try to look up the number on caller ID websites it says "NO RECORD FOUND". I wonder what would happed if I called the number they give?

I had three captain's chairs and sold two that were in pretty rough shape. I have another one that's in good condition, but it didn't sell. The only thing I can attribute that to is the chair is on rollers. To me, that makes it more desirable, but then, I can never figure people out.

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I recently sold on Craigslist a hutch (picture attached) for $100. I was lucky selling that one. Since we're renovating 3 rooms, we've had things that we didn't want because they were old so the contractor set the dishwasher and stove out at the curb and they were picked up that night. I'm assuming they get them to sell for scrap.

My point is...the old stuff just needs to go. I have a lot of books that I haven't unpacked from our move but after the renovations are done, most of the books will go to Goodwill. I'm not having any yard sales. Sometimes, Deb, you just need to let it go.100_2812.JPG
 
@debodun Find out when they are taking donations. Any smaller thrift stores in your area? Like Vincent St. Paul etc. What you have isn't junk and dealing with these flakes on facebook would drive me nuts.

When I got my cats from Craigs List, I spoke to the woman twice with questions and met her at a Walmart in another town in my county. Had she given me any flake feelings, I wouldn't have gone. I was a little early, she was a little late but I got my bad kittens!

If you want, you can find a way to have that garage sale. Advertise on Craig's list and facebook. Perhaps have 3 a month apart through the summer. Anything you don't want to donate, pack back up for a sale next year. Or I think a flea market has been mentioned but you said you didn't want to pack and transport the stuff. But you have done tons of that already.
 
I looked up Cookie Jars on Marketplace here in central Florida. There were 107 for sale within 10 miles. Prices from $4 to $65, but most were in the $10 to $15 range.

Didn't see any that I needed...
 
Colleen said:
I've been a quilter for many years and have quite a "collection". Unfortunately, the kids aren't interested in them and they will probably end up at Goodwill or in a yard sale when I'm gone. I won't know it or care at that point but when I think of the time and money I invested in making them, it makes me sad to think of their outcome. Yes..I made them for the enjoyment but I know no one appreciates them. I think I'm going to start giving them to nursing homes, etc. At least they'll be used :) I've posted them for sale but they are pricey and people would rather go to WalMart and get a cheap one for their bed for $25.
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It is sad. And like you I would want them to be appreciated. I would give them to nursing, and independent/assisted living homes. Those folks will appreciated what they are and what went into making them.
Some of those locations also have bazars and other events where items from creative/skilled arts, like quilting, are sold.
Some community and senior centers also have arts and craft sales. Often, but not always, just before xmas.
This time of year some places allow such items to be sold at open air farmers markets. Ours here has a beading booth, a yarn booth and others.
You might not get a lot for them, depending where you live, but some to offset your investment. I paid $40 dollars decades ago at a craft show when that was a lot of money for an apron. It was perfectly made. An excellent skilled seamstress. I just now am having to replace it
 
I have moved cross country a few times with a family and recently divorced and had to empty a house in a month. I had garage sales, listed items online, put stuff on the curb for free, took 2 trailers full to the dump and had a thrift store bring their truck. The one thing I never did was bring the items with me. Moving is a great time to downsize.

I helped my mom and a few friends do the same and you have to be brutal. Many beautiful items have been given away or sold very cheap. They are just things and after a reasonable effort to sell it’s time to just let go. When someone close to me dies I only keep a few things to remember them by.

My move last year was my smallest ever having just 33 plastic bins not including my clothes or furniture. Everything I kept I love or it serves a purpose. I feel much calmer without clutter. I am not a minimalist but have reached the point of just enough.
 
At my last sale, I had a lot of people that drive ever so slowly by or they stop at the end of the driveway but never get out of their cars, then zoom off a minute later. I always wondered about them. You can't see everything by doing that. There are a lot of small items on tables or inside the garage that aren't visible to those kind of shoppers.
 

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