Getting rid of "stuff"..

[dropdeded 0]

Your extra "stuff". Donate, sell, trash...All that decent but unecessary crap laying around the house, what do you do with it?

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[skymama 37]

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Donate, sell, trash...

Yes.

She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man,
because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon

[LisaH 0]

Donate it to a shelter/mission/church so it goes directly to people who need it!! Not to a place that sells it.

Be yourself!
MooOOooOoo

[wmw999 2,537]

Mostly donate. I'm too lazy to have garage sales any more.

Some stuff I put on the front lawn with a "free" sign on it; it's generally gone very soon. Things like the broken weedeater, rusted shelving, etc.

I try to make trash things that really can't be re-used.

Wendy W.

There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown)

[DrewEckhardt 0]

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Your extra "stuff". Donate, sell, trash...All that decent but unecessary crap laying around the house, what do you do with it?

Put it in storage if it'll be used again or free cycle it.

With just my wife, small cat, and I living together we don't need much space and have down-sized to a one bedroom apartment. There isn't enough room for stuff to accumulate. It's also great for having guests, since with just a day bed in the living room they're unlikely to overstay their welcome.

[Orchid 0]

I've donated stuff to Children's Homes & Salvation Army.

"Love is doing small things with great love."

Lacrosse: Legally beating men with sticks since 1492

[LisaH 0]

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I've donated stuff to Children's Homes & Salvation Army.

Unfortunately, the Salvation Army puts it in their stores for sale. I refuse to donate there.

My clothes go to women's shelters and the other stuff to churches and missions.

Be yourself!
MooOOooOoo

[wmw999 2,537]

I used to be on the board of a church; sometimes it's hard to place stuff that was donated. All those people who figure that out at the church are volunteers. We ended up with some of the stuff in our attic.

I generally take my stuff to the local charity second hand store. There are two -- one run by the women's shelter, and one by a local interfaith ministries (they do food, shelter, clothing, etc). As their clients need stuff, it's made available from the stock at the store, but other than that, the charity gets much-needed money.

Once I give it away, it's not mine any more to decide about.

Wendy W.

There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown)

[Orchid 0]

Yeah..I didn't know about that until after I donated to them which was about 4 or so years ago. Now most of my children's stuff goes to Children's Homes.

"Love is doing small things with great love."

Lacrosse: Legally beating men with sticks since 1492

[NWFlyer 2]

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Unfortunately, the Salvation Army puts it in their stores for sale. I refuse to donate there.

I'm confused as to why that's necessarily a bad thing. The money that organizations like Salvation Army and Goodwill (among others) make in their stores funds their programs. If you don't agree with their programs, that's one thing, but just because it's being sold doesn't necessarily make it a bad choice for donations. It's a more indirect way to get assistance to those in need, but it's not going to profits for profit's sake, either.

When I moved from Seattle a lot of my donations went to Goodwill for a couple reasons 1) it was ridiculously convenient (about a mile from my house) and 2) I think their job training programs are a great thing. When getting rid of more formal business clothes I'd take those to Dress for Success, and other things would get sold on craigslist or passed on through freecycle.

I'm due for another round of purging stuff as there's some stuff I just didn't get to before the move that's been sitting in my extra room waiting to find a new home.

"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke

[kj126 0]

Donate and keep up with what you get rid of, cause its tax deductible at the years end.

I Am Sofa King We Todd Did!!

[chiquita24 0]

Depends on what it is...I try to sell a lot of my old clothes, and other things on ebay first. If after a few times they don't sell, I either give it to friends if they want it, or I donate it to Goodwill.

[LisaH 0]

Yes, the money does go to good programs.

I would just rather see things go directly to people that need it right away.

Be yourself!
MooOOooOoo

[skybytch 273]

I freecycle it.