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It's a shame that things increase in value, and lose value, both monetarily and sentimentally. I had a couple of dozen Monopoly sets from the 1930s that I had o
by underseacables 3y ago
It's a shame that things increase in value, and lose value, both monetarily and sentimentally. I had a couple of dozen Monopoly sets from the 1930s that I had obtained in college. They didn't take up that much space, and spent a lot of time sealed in plastic in the attic. Last year I tried to sell them but nobody wanted them, so I just threw them all away. It's sad, because I had a real passion for those, and really enjoyed them, but after 20 years they were just in the way.
- wayfinder 3y agoI just checked eBay and a vintage Monopoly set sells every few days.
- deelowe 3y agoVintage board games are worth good money. The modern ones are made terribly.
- ghaff 3y agoSelling anything on eBay take a moderate bit of effort if (per another thread) you value your time at all. A long while back, I basically decided that if I couldn't get $50-100 for something it basically wasn't worth my time.
- plorkyeran 3y agoYeah, the big awkward thing about selling things on eBay is that even if you value the things you're selling at $0 and so have 100% gross margin it's pretty easy to end up with it being a pretty underwhelming hourly wage. Depending on how much you value your time, giving things away via freecycle or a facebook group etc. can be "cheaper", although that has its own set of problems.
- ghaff 3y agoI live on a fairly busy road in a relatively rural area. My strategy for bulky stuff is to just put a "FREE" sign on it at the end of the driveway and that usually works within a few hours. Electronics I just recycle and I mostly just shrug about other things or donate them.
- __MatrixMan__ 3y agoI don't think it's a shame that there are multiple types of value which often disagree. In fact I'm quite happy that attempts to reduce experience into an optimization problem where each thing has a consistent untyped value are doomed to fail. If it were possible, it would've happened long ago and there would be no reason to bother with that awkward consciousness thing that we tend to do sometimes. I'm sorry you were conflicted about throwing something precious away, but those are the conflicts that life is made of.
- anonymouskimmer 3y agoIt's too late for your monopoly games, but for anyone looking to get rid of something it doesn't take much effort to search "donate X" and find a bunch of possible options other than the dump.
- yummypaint 3y agoTheres always the free section on craigslist, or leaving stuff on the curb with a note.
- nradov 3y agoYou should have taken those Monopoly sets to the Sentimental Value Pawn Shop. https://youtu.be/wTfDh2LlOHo?si=oawJZn1pSzCQ488J https://youtu.be/wTfDh2LlOHo?si=oawJZn1pSzCQ488J
- genman 3y agoHow did you try to sell them? Did you list them on eBay or did you try to contact some auction houses or did you look for some gaming groups or forums?