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The internet has a solution for everything. The same way there is 1-click online shopping to fill your house full of junk and toys our kids will never even use
by vfc1 8y ago
The internet has a solution for everything.
The same way there is 1-click online shopping to fill your house full of junk and toys our kids will never even use, there are also online services for companies that will come at your place and collect all the junk (you need to pay for that too).
They will empty your full basement if you want!
- surya_ 8y agoHas Jeff Bezos been informed? If he doesn't own that company yet he must be loosing his edge. The Jeff Bezos of Junk really needs to be Jeff Bezos.
- pjc50 8y agoThe catch is: I would greatly prefer if my stuff was reused rather than simply landfilled, ideally I'd like a nonzero amount of money for it, and some of it would be of personal and emotional value if I could find it.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 8y agoIf there is an Amazon for "take my junk and sell it for me, keeping a reasonable percentage" I'd really like to know about it. Craigslist is such a pain.
- ryandrake 8y agoUnfortunately it’s the opposite. You generally have to pay people to take your junk. Raise your hand if you have that drawer (or closet) full of old RAM, hard drives and video cards that you’re going to one day sell on Craigslist for $5 each? Spoiler: you won’t. Nobody will buy any of that. You might as well just recycle or trash it. I once took a picture of my computer parts/cables closet and put the entire contents for sale on Craigslist for $10. I got zero replies.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 8y agoI dunno, I've sold a lot of things on craigslist I assumed would never sell, or that I'd have to at least lower the price substantially. It's mostly a matter of leaving it out there long enough that the kind of person looking for that thing can find it.
- jhbadger 8y agoThere actually is for some items (basically old cell phones, game consoles, and other items which have a large demand on the secondary market) in Amazon itself -- the Amazon "trade in" program -- which, granted, gives you payment in terms of Amazon gift certificates.