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Sell your shit, or pawn it. Good things to sell are things that hold value - bikes, rolexes, tools, things like that. Imagine you were burgling your own apartm
by jaggederest 14y ago
Sell your shit, or pawn it.
Good things to sell are things that hold value - bikes, rolexes, tools, things like that. Imagine you were burgling your own apartment/house, take the things they would take and sell them.
It's entirely possible to purchase a used mercedes, take decent care of it for 2-3 years, and turn around and resell it for virtually the same price. Ditto many luxury goods - a used rolex can sometimes be turned around for a profit.
- MattGrommes 14y agoThe side benefit of this is that once you "give up" a bunch of stuff you find you don't really need it around any more. I had a ton of DVDs (this was a few years ago) that I had to get rid of to make short-term cash and once they were gone I didn't even think of it. Same for a bunch of books I was keeping around. The only thing I really miss is the first few seasons of The Simpsons and now that things are better financially I can always buy them again.
- derefr 14y agoOn the other hand, you can only really "learn" this lesson once. The second time around, you look for something to sell, and realize that your possessions are now worth less than $300 combined. (And yes, this even includes the computer I would need to do my work! Depreciation is a harsh mistress.)
- drivebyacct2 14y agoIf I removed my electronics my total possessions would likely be less than that sum, though I suppose my clothes have more monetary worth than I assign them value. And then including electronics, it's shocking highly. Embarrassingly so.