friar1610
Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
- Joined
- Jun 27, 2002
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We’ve been cleaning out our basement and have a lot of “stuff” that’s too good to toss out but not worth the hassle of trying to sell or donate. We’ve found that posting items for free (both for us to advertise and the “customers” to obtain) on Craig’s list has helped us get rid of a lot of stuff easily without paying the company that “makes stuff disappear” to haul it away. We don’t have to shlep it to a donation center - people come to your house and get the items. We’ve taken a few sensible security steps (such as not allowing anyone in the house and telling people that the barking coming from the house is our pit bull (he’s not). We’ve had takers on over 75% the items we’ve listed so far, mostly in less than 24 hours from posting. We even had one lady who’s picked up a few items for the farm house she’s restoring bring us freshly laid eggs from her chickens and invite us to come and pick blueberries. The only disadvantage I can see is that you don’t get the charity receipt for tax purposes but we no longer itemize anyway. I might have made a few bucks selling the items but this is sooo much easier.