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Every time I've tried either selling something or giving something away, I came away finding that the hassle was totally not worth the time. Which obviously is
by jghn 1y ago
Every time I've tried either selling something or giving something away, I came away finding that the hassle was totally not worth the time. Which obviously is easy to happen with giving something away. But even when selling, if for instance I sell something for $50 but put in an hour or two of my time, I'm still in the hole.
- ericmay 1y agoWhenever we give things away, we do one of two things: 1. We donate to an appropriate organization that tends to specialize in donations for the specific items we're donating. I.e. work clothing for university students. 2. We list an item for free, but pickup only. Confirm a day/time, and then said item is set outside for the individual to pick the item up. If they don't show, or something happens no big deal.
- jldugger 1y ago> when selling, if for instance I sell something for $50 but put in an hour or two of my time, I'm still in the hole. I used to sell via gameflip and glyde, and that was pretty efficient; five minutes cataloging and listing the game and five minutes putting it in an envelope before my daily mail run. But these companies keep tripping over payment processing -- gameflip lost paypal, probably due to an infestation of scammers in the digital goods market? So now I just post for sale ads on an internal company forum. But every time I come to the same conclusion. Having to personally deliver these flips the script. I seriously wonder if donating to a public library has a better ROI. They get a loanable asset, and I get a tax writeoff? But there seems to be many variables on how the writeoff is valued. edit: or I need to set up coordination destination. Like "pickup at board game night only."