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> it was hard for us to work out what was rare/valuable from what wasn't. If there are any collectors or hoarders here, Please heed this warning. Eventually y

> it was hard for us to work out what was rare/valuable from what wasn't. If there are any collectors or hoarders here, Please heed this warning. Eventually you won't be around to take care of your collection. It will eventually be passed down to someone who doesn't want it, and wants to get rid of it. My dad is a hoarder. There is tons of junk, but there are a few gems mixed in. The problem is, once I inherit it, I have no idea what's actually valuable because it's mixed in with a lot of junk. I cannot research each individual item. If something is not clearly labeled as valuable, or on a list of valuable items, then it will be lost forever. In my case, my dad has actual junk and trash, I will be renting a dumpster, and something that someone else might want to collect and be willing to pay a high price for, will inevitably get thrown away and lost for good. If you are a collector or hoarder, and you care about your items, make sure the most valuable ones are identifiable by whomever inherits it. (I will try to reach out to other collectors before getting rid off stuff, but there is so much junk, they might miss things as well.)

tsomctl 4y ago
> I'm scared that when I die my wife will sell all my cars for what I told her I paid for them. (Not my joke)
AnimalMuppet 4y ago
We're going through this right now. There are hoarder cleanup companies that can help. They're pricey, but we didn't have time and energy to haul out seven dumpsters full of stuff. Then there are "estate sale" people. They sell the things that are worth money, and give you have of what they make. They keep the other half as their fee. The problem is if you have to do both - if there's massive amounts of actual trash, but also a fair amount of good stuff. But at least we had some ideas of what categories of things probably included good stuff, so we didn't let the hoarder cleanup people take those.
krallja 4y ago
Also, if your stuff burns down in a fire, you’re more likely to get some insurance money back if you have a well-maintained list of items, serial numbers, purchase price, etc., rather than depending on your post-trauma brain.

tsomctl 4y ago

> I'm scared that when I die my wife will sell all my cars for what I told her I paid for them. (Not my joke)

AnimalMuppet 4y ago

We're going through this right now. There are hoarder cleanup companies that can help. They're pricey, but we didn't have time and energy to haul out seven dumpsters full of stuff. Then there are "estate sale" people. They sell the things that are worth money, and give you have of what they make. They keep the other half as their fee. The problem is if you have to do both - if there's massive amounts of actual trash, but also a fair amount of good stuff. But at least we had some ideas of what categories of things probably included good stuff, so we didn't let the hoarder cleanup people take those.

krallja 4y ago

Also, if your stuff burns down in a fire, you’re more likely to get some insurance money back if you have a well-maintained list of items, serial numbers, purchase price, etc., rather than depending on your post-trauma brain.