Today, I got rid of...yay!

[Blaze]

Today, I cleaned out 3 of my back packs; Sooo there are my pens I have been looking for about 7 months now, I went out and bought more
I cleaned out my closet; Who would have known that I had 2 sets of the same snickers because I didn't know I bought the ones earlier

I found a bunch of scrub hats that I couldn't find for Christmas that I wanted to wear <~ and a cowboy hat lol.

I have 2 bags of clothes that no longer fit me cause I lost weight because of the pesky crohn's/celiac that cut my diet in half. I guess that's a plus for me, still not sure.

And I am donating all the umbrella's I knew I just had to have incase it friggin rained to which I think I never used one of them cause I forgot them at home!
SO I know that Salvation Army will thank me, as someone else will be able to use these true treasures I once (thought) I needed

[Sam]

great thread

getting ready to move, i have been giving to freecycle alot

clothes
computer stuff
pots

then i burned trash today, love living in the country. BUT miss the beach

[Words]

Originally Posted by Sam

getting ready to move, i have been giving to freecycle alot.

I love Freecycle.

I tried donating a table to a local charity that collects on behalf of low income families. Problem was, they only collect every few weeks and I was in a hurry to get rid of the table. So, I stuck in on Freecycle. Ten minutes later? An e-mail from a young girl moving into a new apartment but with a long list of basic items she simply couldn't afford to buy (but with a friend willing to collect). Fantastic. (W/we got the TV I'm watching right now off of Freecycle. So okay, it's huge, but it works!)

Words

[Words]

Originally Posted by Blaze

I cleaned out my closet; Who would have known that I had 2 sets of the same snickers because I didn't know I bought the ones earlier

Ooooooooooooh, naughty!

[christie]

Its been office purging the last week or so...

Today, I watched as two gaylords of paper went to recycling. These were just out of a file room upstairs in our offices. 27 contractor bags went to trash - nothing in them was worth freecycling, etc. Who the hell still has thermal fax paper?? We did - two cases. Printers that didn't work - no sense in sending those to a thrift shop. I stood in the file room last week, expletives abounding, wondering how in the hell does a business become a hoarder?!?!? Obviously, it was the employees. We have a history of when someone leaves the company, we never clean out the old offices unless the position is being rehired. I also cleaned those out.

2003 files will be destroyed today. YAY.

Today I have tasked my DP (that's data processing, you pervs ) department with finding ways we can become more paper-less through technology. Once we have the tools in place, I may be getting rid of personnel who can't seem to navigate change LOL
(joke, people - I love my staff)

On the homefront, I will be cleaning out my closet this weekend. With the significant weight loss, I have so many suits and such that no longer fit. I will probably "lot" them and place them on Queerbay with the proceeds being donated to the Reunion Scholarship fund. (Yep, Honey, its in writing. You have proof that I WILL do it this weekend)

SOMEONE (who is probably thread stalking me) needs to continue to purge the workshop so that Hys tools can go live in the shop rather than in what is to become my exercise room.

[Jess]

Originally Posted by christie0918

On the homefront, I will be cleaning out my closet this weekend. With the significant weight loss, I have so many suits and such that no longer fit. I will probably "lot" them and place them on Queerbay with the proceeds being donated to the Reunion Scholarship fund. (Yep, Honey, its in writing. You have proof that I WILL do it this weekend)

SOMEONE (who is probably thread stalking me) needs to continue to purge the workshop so that Hys tools can go live in the shop rather than in what is to become my exercise room.

[Rufusboi]

Has anyone used freecycle? I signed up for the local freecycle thread. I haven't offered or taken anything but it is interesting to see all the stuff people give away. Also, if you have furniture you want to get rid of call your local domestic violence shelter. They often have women who are moving into apartments and have nothing who need the basics - tables, chairs, couches etc. If you have a working refrigerator call your local food bank. They often need these items.

Rufus

[Diva]

Today, I got rid of a big ol' box o' stuff to send to my daughter in Michigan!! I usually put a box out and start filling it up with stuff for 2-3 weeks, then send it. She appreciates a Care Pkg. from Mom like nobody's bees wax!

And Spaghetti~O's travel well.

[Words]

I just sorted out my part of O/our medicine box. OMG. Vitamic C, calcium, and Primrose Oil pills, all of which I'm supposed to take - I hate pills - but don't. So, I figured, too expensive to just flush down the loo, no choice but to take them. So I did. Starting 5 minutes ago. One, because I can't stand waste or stuff hanging around and not being used and two - and more importantly - because, being the unhealthy person that I am, I need to. (My Daddy thanks me.)

I guess that means I also have to start using that cream - the one for hot flashes - that's been sitting on my bedside cabinet, unused, for the past, what, year and a half? (My Daddy will definitely thank me for that. Hy spends more time covering me up every night after I've flung off the duvet and fallen asleep again than Hy does sleeping Hymself.)

So what did I get rid of today? B's nagging about my not taking my pills. Yay! LOL...

Words

[iamkeri1]

[QUOTE=Blaze;36478]
I cleaned out my closet; Who would have known that I had 2 sets of the same snickers because I didn't know I bought the ones earlier

I hate to be obtuse, but what the heck are snickers? The only kind of snickers that I know of that you could store in a closet are the candy bar type snickers. It is beyond my chocolate addict's brain to be able to imagine that anyone could stick them in a closet and forget that they were there. So are we talking about some other kind of snickers? Sorry if this is an embasrrassing question.
Smooches,
Keri

[Rufusboi]

[quote=iamkeri1;37172]

Originally Posted by Blaze

I cleaned out my closet; Who would have known that I had 2 sets of the same snickers because I didn't know I bought the ones earlier

I hate to be obtuse, but what the heck are snickers? The only kind of snickers that I know of that you could store in a closet are the candy bar type snickers. It is beyond my chocolate addict's brain to be able to imagine that anyone could stick them in a closet and forget that they were there. So are we talking about some other kind of snickers? Sorry if this is an embasrrassing question.
Smooches,
Keri

Sneakers, maybe?? If not, then I'm clueless. But whatever they are they come as a set.

Rufus

[Logicaly]

So those magazines I talked about getting rid of are finally gone. Some lucky freecycler came and picked them up today. Now I have to get rid of my advocate and out travel magazines as well.

I was going to do the textbooks thing next, but there is alot of rain outside, and their in the storage, so maybe what I will do now is condense down my clothes a bit more. I know I have stuff that im keeping, that I dont really wear, or that is too big for me now.

Oh, and im also getting rid of some stuff that we don't really need, I put our Grateful Dead Opoly collectors monopoly unopened board game up in Queerbay, and im going to put some of my other game stuff up there too that I do not want.

[Jet]

Memories that needed to go.

[Random]

one hefty bag of clothes...

*Gulp*

Inside that hefty bag is a hoody with skulls and stars on it that my long term ex gave me...

It's the first piece of clothing that I've parted with... It's a start..

[Blaze]

[quote=iamkeri1;37172]

Originally Posted by Blaze

I cleaned out my closet; Who would have known that I had 2 sets of the same snickers because I didn't know I bought the ones earlier

I hate to be obtuse, but what the heck are snickers? The only kind of snickers that I know of that you could store in a closet are the candy bar type snickers. It is beyond my chocolate addict's brain to be able to imagine that anyone could stick them in a closet and forget that they were there. So are we talking about some other kind of snickers? Sorry if this is an embasrrassing question.
Smooches,
Keri

Lol, so I can't spell... Actually, my ferret is name is Snickers and he was snooping around, so I can't recall if I put his name or I was just being lame and didn't double check my spelling. Does that answer your question?
I don't think, that is I definitely wouldn't' leave a candy bar let alone two of them in my closet... Besides, I don't use scholar words, I'm not the encyclopedia type, book smart is not my forte, Im just a street smart child with dyslexia...

[Words]

I'm loving all the decluttering stories - thank you!

I've been a naughty, naughty girl today. I was planning to pack up some stuff this morning and take it to a local auction - bits and pieces that I couldn't be bothered to list individually on eBay - but it's cold, and raining, so although W/we'll be still be going to the auction this evening (to buy in order to re-sell), I never got around to taking the bits I planned on putting in. Good news, is, however, that I've listed a few odds and ends on eBay this morning - including a set of 6 really nice espresso coffe duos (W/we don't have an espresso machine, and besides, B's switched from coffee to tea so, well, not much point in keeping them, right?) - so it's not all bad.

Which reminds me. To those of you who don't do eBay/Queerbay, you should. You'd be amazed at what people will buy and how the amounts mount up. Plus, if you're selling fragile items, crumpled up magazine pages make wonderful packing material and empty shoe boxes, etc., great containers. (I usually turn them inside out so they look a bit more 'professional'. Seems kind of cheeky to send someone a rare crystal glass costing $50 in a box with 'Spaghetti-Os' written all over the front. Green with class - yep, that's me. LOL.)

Anyway, please keep on posting and inspiring....

Words

[Pixie]

A box of clothes and books

and

The guilt of moving...

[Logicaly]

Originally Posted by Words

I'm loving all the decluttering stories - thank you!

I've been a naughty, naughty girl today. I was planning to pack up some stuff this morning and take it to a local auction - bits and pieces that I couldn't be bothered to list individually on eBay - but it's cold, and raining, so although W/we'll be still be going to the auction this evening (to buy in order to re-sell), I never got around to taking the bits I planned on putting in. Good news, is, however, that I've listed a few odds and ends on eBay this morning - including a set of 6 really nice espresso coffe duos (W/we don't have an espresso machine, and besides, B's switched from coffee to tea so, well, not much point in keeping them, right?) - so it's not all bad.

Which reminds me. To those of you who don't do eBay/Queerbay, you should. You'd be amazed at what people will buy and how the amounts mount up. Plus, if you're selling fragile items, crumpled up magazine pages make wonderful packing material and empty shoe boxes, etc., great containers. (I usually turn them inside out so they look a bit more 'professional'. Seems kind of cheeky to send someone a rare crystal glass costing $50 in a box with 'Spaghetti-Os' written all over the front. Green with class - yep, that's me. LOL.)

Anyway, please keep on posting and inspiring....

Words

You know, I love E-bay, but its very hard to get into it it seems. I have a ton of stuff that I want to sell, but theres always that doubt of, well what if I take the time to list it, and no one buys it, then I just wasted however much money it cost me to list it and my time. Or maybe thats me just making excuses.

Do you actually find that your able to sell a majority of your stuff on ebay?

[Words]

Logicaly,

I think the key to eBay is to research. Before you list something, look for similar items that are currently listed and see if they're selling. Better still, look at completed listings and see how many of the same item sold and how much they sold for. The long and short of it is, you need to be realistic. If something is priced too high, it's simply not going to sell, same applies to shipping, so if the price you want for something is significantly more than what similar items usually sell for, then no, there's not much point in listing it.

As to whether or not most of my items sell, it depends. I do eBay as a 'job', which means in most cases, I buy to re-sell, so I tend to adapt to suit the season. In December, for example, I focused on crystal glasses (ready for the Christmas season) and practically every single set I put on sold. Now? I'd be lucky to sell one or two a week, so I focus on something else. Truth is, the listing fees are much lower than they used to be - as a private seller, you'd probably be able to take advantage of the free listing days as well - so, unless you're listing a particularly expensive item, we're talking pennies as opposed to pounds. Selling fees, on the other hand, are higher than they used to be but, as long as you take into account when you list that you're going to be paying about 10% if an item sells (plus PayPal fees) to eBay, you should be okay. Plus, I don't know about you, when it comes to personal items, things that I no longer want or need but that are too good to just give away/trash, any money they fetch is a bonus. Right?

Anyway, why not start small and give Queerbay a try? Obviously you won't reach the same audience but at least it'll be a first step.

Good luck!

Words

[Gemme]

Originally Posted by Blaze

Lol, so I can't spell... Actually, my ferret is name is Snickers and he was snooping around, so I can't recall if I put his name or I was just being lame and didn't double check my spelling. Does that answer your question?
I don't think, that is I definitely wouldn't' leave a candy bar let alone two of them in my closet... Besides, I don't use scholar words, I'm not the encyclopedia type, book smart is not my forte, Im just a street smart child with dyslexia...

Um, no. It wasn't your ferret, at least I HOPE not!

You had said you bought a new (pair of?) snickers and then found snickers in your closet. I'm betting on sneakers or nickers, but you don't seem the type to call your pants nickers. lol

Originally Posted by Logicaly

You know, I love E-bay, but its very hard to get into it it seems. I have a ton of stuff that I want to sell, but theres always that doubt of, well what if I take the time to list it, and no one buys it, then I just wasted however much money it cost me to list it and my time. Or maybe thats me just making excuses.

Do you actually find that your able to sell a majority of your stuff on ebay?

Try local avenues first, like a consignment shop or CL. No cost to you!