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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Born2it, post: 10665136, member: 59977&quot;]I so very feel your pain!&nbsp; I had to clear out a densely packed house a couple years ago, and it almost broke me. I couldn’t bear the thought of perfectly usable things going to a landfill.&nbsp; I filled a container of stuff to keep, had a huge estate sale, and spent months trying to find homes for the rest.&nbsp; Here’s a couple of things I learned:</p><p>- If you have to donate, pack sets together in their own box, clearly labeled as such. </p><p>- Selling individual items online is time consuming, and the profit margin can be small, but adding a few at a time is more manageable.</p><p>- A yard sale can be a great way to get a lot of stuff into new homes without having things drag on for months.&nbsp; It helps if you can join a neighborhood sale, have a mix of things available, and/or convince a neighbor or two to join you.&nbsp; I won’t go to a sale that only has stuff I want but don’t need, but if I go to a sale looking for something I need and see some blue glass, I’m probably leaving with what I want.&nbsp; And I’m not alone.&nbsp; </p><p>- Even giving stuff away for free via an online portal can be time consuming, but having even just a few people do happy dances, get teary-eyed, or clasp the items to their chest like a teddy bear can be extremely rewarding. Even knowing someone is reselling to an established market reduces the odds of something going directly to trash.</p><p>- Organizations that help refugees,&nbsp; domestic violence escapees, and formerly homeless people set up new homes are usually more grateful for sets of nice things even if they have to be hand washed and/or aren’t currently fashionable.&nbsp; They get a lot of mismatched junk donated.</p><p><br /></p><p>Giving estimates of value isn’t generally something that this group does, in part because the value in the Midwest US is often very different from the value in the UK which may also be different from the value in Georgia or the other dozen places folks here live.&nbsp; We’re pretty good at pointing people at places to look to get values, but we’re definitely not in the business of giving appraisals.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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