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<p>[QUOTE="mirana, post: 9775404, member: 79705"]Hmm... I did go through a trim of backed-up e bay sold photos on my computer this week and even just looking at 2021 I surprised myself with the things I let go that had been in my life a long time. Stuff I grew up with. The kinds of things that become fixtures so long you can't believe you don't have the physical thing with you still.</p><p><br /></p><p>But it's not really a regret because I have the photos and the memories. They feel the same to me sold as they would have in a box somewhere that I never go into. The brain is funny like that. And this way, someone else is getting a chance to make memories with those items.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am also pretty content to sit on listings until I get a price that feels right to me so I haven't sold anything for less than it should be worth...and quite a lot of things at much more. A decade ago I was reselling a lot of free stuff I got from various jobs and making sooo much money. Sometimes off of actual trash just because it had a nerd logo on a plastic spoon from SD Comic Con or whatever. Collectors are insane if you find the right current to the wave.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="mirana, post: 9775404, member: 79705"]Hmm... I did go through a trim of backed-up e bay sold photos on my computer this week and even just looking at 2021 I surprised myself with the things I let go that had been in my life a long time. Stuff I grew up with. The kinds of things that become fixtures so long you can't believe you don't have the physical thing with you still. But it's not really a regret because I have the photos and the memories. They feel the same to me sold as they would have in a box somewhere that I never go into. The brain is funny like that. And this way, someone else is getting a chance to make memories with those items. I am also pretty content to sit on listings until I get a price that feels right to me so I haven't sold anything for less than it should be worth...and quite a lot of things at much more. A decade ago I was reselling a lot of free stuff I got from various jobs and making sooo much money. Sometimes off of actual trash just because it had a nerd logo on a plastic spoon from SD Comic Con or whatever. Collectors are insane if you find the right current to the wave.[/QUOTE]
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