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I got some things I want to sell and I've used jewbook before to do it, I think Craigslist as well but I don't remember. Also eBay but that's a huge pain in the ass. So how do you guys sell unwanted stuff. And how do you collect the monies? Do you do cash, PayPal or any of that other stuff?

I got some things I want to sell and I've used jewbook before to do it, I think Craigslist as well but I don't remember. Also eBay but that's a huge pain in the ass. So how do you guys sell unwanted stuff. And how do you collect the monies? Do you do cash, PayPal or any of that other stuff?

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I just donate my unwanted stuff to the little local thrift store. They sell it for very reasonable prices and raise money for local poor families.

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I donate to the Catholic Church down the road from my father's house. But they mostly just want clothes. I have electronics that I'm looking to get rid of and I don't want to give them to the salvation army or goodwill because well screw them.

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You donate to the largest pedophilia network in the world. But screw goodwill and the SA. Weird.

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I don't have an answer. Maybe I'm brainwashed? I don't celebrate mass and haven't for years but something in my soul keeps me saying they Our Father and praying under a cross.

I don't like Goodwill or the other one because you can actually buy some of the products cheaper at Walmart than you can from them. So doesn't really seem like they're there to help poor people very much

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Goodwill and SA sell go through everything and sell it for max buckage. They even have ebay stores as well as their own websites. Goodwill is as expensive as a walmart now; at least walmart has new stuff.

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I've gone to a Goodwill 'By the Pound' and it's was all Russian gangsters at least the one I went to in Everett Washington twas ridiculous.

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We have a trading post nearby that's setup on the weekends, you can find all sorts of odds and ends there. That'd be my go to if you have something similar nearby.

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You know I don't know if there is one I have to look that up.

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I like the Buy Nothing Project. As best I can tell the organization that kinda started (or at least consolidated and streamlined) the idea doesn't make any money off of it, and you just end up getting stuff you need for free, and giving away stuff you don't to people who actually want it that live right in your neighborhood.

The premise is simple: You join a local group, you can only join one and there's usually some sort of step to verify you actually live in the area (actual steps vary by group) to prevent people from going around and gathering free stuff to resell themselves. Then you post items you're giving away on whatever board your group uses (again each local group does it a little different, but usually jewbook or something), and can can contact anyone else in the group about getting an item they have to give away.

It's not exactly trading, which is not supposed to happen, rather you just give the stuff away without return, but people who are active in the group often make notes and see who is participating in good faith and who is taking advantage (E.g. will be like "Hey asshole, you sign up to take literally everything anyone posts here and never give anything away. You're clearly not just taking items you actually need/want but trying to take advantage." So if you post stuff to give away you're more likely to get stuff when you want it.

Doesn't help you if need cash for your items, or if it's big ticket enough that some selling effort is worth it. However, very useful if you have a some items that you're like, "Well I could probably sell this for a few bucks, but do I really want to do deal with every scammer and timewaster who will contact me from craigslist over 25 bucks?" So you give it away to someone in your greater neighborhood, and then if you see something you want you just go get it from them no money spent.

https://buynothingproject.org/

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I just give it away to friends and family. Better to make those close to you happy than to get robbed at a 7-11 trying to get $50 out of something.

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I give a lot of stuff away too but this stuff would be nice to make cash off of cuz it could be a couple thousand bucks

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I trash or donate unwanted items.