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> In favor of selling them I would probably get maybe a number of thousand dollars which would help buy a house Prepping them for sale will be real work; which
by h2odragon 4y ago
> In favor of selling them I would probably get maybe a number of thousand dollars which would help buy a house
Prepping them for sale will be real work; which you sound like you have enough of already. If you believe their value to be high and it turns out no one will bid anything like that much on them, you may become discouraged and more attached to them.
It may be worth turning of the stack of "to be disposed of" to someone else for selling or etc and ignoring the details as they can only lead to distress.
- ghaff 4y agoLocating another packrat who possibly has plenty of money is probably hard and an organization that would spend a lot of time and money to properly sort through and maybe display some of the gear even harder. It's somewhat painful to say but just because there are almost certainly people in the world who would monetarily value a bunch of obsolete stuff doesn't mean it's worth trying to track down those people. And best case, you get a few $K for it? Probably not worth it. That's maybe a cynical take on things but it's the conclusion I've come to.
- toast0 4y agoI don't think they're suggesting finding someone who values the collection so much as someone who will take care of the chores of listing and shipping that's involved. If the alternatives are keep it all (undesirable because of space use, etc), sell it yourself (undesirable because of time use and disappointment), dumping it (undesirable because it's good stuff), or letting someone else sell it... Well you're not going to get the monetary value of the collection, but at least it's probably going to someone willing to pay for it... And hopefully they don't let it sit in boxes forever.