Too...much....STUFF!!!!

ZTABullwinkle · #1 06-03-2008, 02:40 PM

Along the lines of getting rid of things, we are also moving. I need to get rid of some of the "stuff" I have accumulated in the ten years in this apartment.

Any suggestions as to what to do with hardback fiction books. I tend to share them with my mom, but now I have a bookshelf full of them. Any way I can get some of my money back on them? (IF not, I will probably donate them to the library or a local literacy program.)

RaggedyAnn · #2 06-03-2008, 02:45 PM

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Originally Posted by ZTABullwinkle

Along the lines of getting rid of things, we are also moving. I need to get rid of some of the "stuff" I have accumulated in the ten years in this apartment.

Any suggestions as to what to do with hardback fiction books. I tend to share them with my mom, but now I have a bookshelf full of them. Any way I can get some of my money back on them? (IF not, I will probably donate them to the library or a local literacy program.)

If you have a used book store near where you are moving, they will usually give you a store credit. You could always yard sale it or sell them on ebay. There is an online book exchange also, but I can't remember their website.

KSUViolet06 · #3 06-03-2008, 03:02 PM

My church put me in contact with a local homeless shelter for women and kids. There are tons of women and kids of all ages staying there who don't have anything.

So any clothing that I cannot fit, haven't worn in a year (not counting stuff that's out of season), or just dont want anymore goes there. They also run a program that helps women to prepare for job interviews and get jobs. They provide the women with interview clothes. So I donate all of my old suits that I cannot fit anymore.

The shelter also helps the women find housing arrangements if they have nowhere to live. So they take household items as well, to give to the women who end up getting apartments but do not have furniture or other housewares. I've given away towels, old sheets, books, useless funiture, etc to the shelter to be used in some woman's new apt.

ZTABullwinkle · #4 06-03-2008, 03:51 PM

Thanks RaggedyAnn and KSUViolet. I will keep both of those things in mind when it comes time to get rid of the excess.

gpb1874 · #5 06-04-2008, 11:01 AM

i love the space bags for off season clothes and extra bedding, but they never stay completely vacuumed/small. They always start to get air in them after a couple weeks. anyone else have the same problem or am i just stupid and don't use them right (i'm not sure how that could happen since they are so simple....but i am blonde!)?