Selling definitely counts!
@momo2x2018 selling stuff counts double!
Itās so frustrating when you want to donate something perfectly good like a desk and the thrift store just doesnāt want it. I know they canāt accept too many things that they donāt have any demand for though.
It is so much easier to get rid of something when it seems like someone else is going to use it.
Someone in my former neighborhood FB group just posted needing a desk because they couldnāt find any anywhere that werenāt back-ordered.
I get that, clunky, large computer desks for desk-tops with pull out drawers for keyboards wouldnāt be desirable, but a regular desk? Seems like thrift shops would want them.
I still donāt get the whole desk thing either. Still confused. A son and fiancee bought a standard type flat desk for good money from Room & Board a year or so ago. People seem to be still using desks unless Iām missing something. The old cheap veneer type stuff I might get thrift stores not wanting to deal with but there are some substantial antique desks out there as well as more modern desks that people still seem to want. Let ā s Go Desks! 
Around here, folks put that kind of furniture at the curb with a āfreeā sign on it. They might post it as a freebie on Nextdoor, too. Nothing stays out there long.
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@orangepurple Well, thatās good! Since Iāve been sequestered, Iāve discovered a few online selling sites, it turns out my perfectly good stuff, that I donāt want to just give away anymore, have yielded $$$$ in the past few months!
Well, that explains why I canāt find a desk when Iām looking for one.
I gave my office desk away, but to a newish NP in our practice. So far, Iām the only one to not see patients in person. The two office staff people also have not returned.
Now that my office couch and loveseat are home, Iām giving away my older 2 couches. Iāve been packing up all my sonās things. I think there are 100+ video games, movies, Nintendo items. All he wants is his clarinet, but the keyboard can go. He doesnāt know it yet, but Iām not disposing of his fridge magnets and keychains, which were collected from our travels.
My problem is, I donāt have any more boxes, so I guess garbage bags will have to do. Also, as I cleaned out my personal and office files, I have 100ās of folders and empty binders.
Funny. Someone just a few minutes ago posted on my neighborhood Nextdoor feed that they were in search of a desk!
For those that canāt find a desk, my mother had a good setup with her laptop and keyboard on a table. It was similar to a folding card table, but narrow/rectangular. She actually had another table like to have an L shaped arrangement in middle of roomā¦could do same idea in a corner.
Call it a library table (if an antique) or computer table (if modern) instead of a desk .Maybe people just donāt like the word desk anymore. Still donāt get why a desk would not be accepted but maybe it is regional or specific to certain thrift stores.
We tried to get a simple desk top and legs from IKEA, for a home office, and they were back-ordered until September. Iām amazed thrift stores donāt want desks.
Our neighborhood Facebook page has a lot of downsizing activity lately, but it is barely worth the time. Example: If an item sells new for $50, you might list it for $10 if in good condition. Theyāll ask if youāll take $5 after asking a ton of questions online (and often never show up for the item). Much easier to donate and hopefully support a good cause.
If your main objective is to get rid of it, I think giving it away for free is the way to go. Then itās not your problem anymore.
ARC list of unacceptable items (which might be from pre-Covid) - DESKS ALL
https://www.arcthrift.com/donations
My neighbor came and took our old broken generator. My husband sorted through his sock drawer and threw out about a third of his socks. Two small victories.
Iām going through my momās old pictures.
Any snapshot sent to my parents from me or my siblings gets pitched, we kept copies. The small wedding albums the parents received got pitched. If we kept the spouse we kept our own copy of the album, and if not we really donāt want it.
I was ready to throw out pictures from vacations they took without us, but my sister wants to look at them first. I might mail them to her.
There are a few pictures of people I donāt know, but not that many. Some are of soldiers in theater in WW1, probably taken by or of my grandfather. So Iām hoping a sibling will step in to track it down, because Iām not really interested enough.
Love reading along. Very helpful when I need a boost of enthusiasm for sorting and disposing.
@MomofJandL - I have gone through my motherās photos once, but I really need to do it again. Most of hers are in photo boxes in a basic chronological order. Ours are also chronological but in albums. Until ds was about 7 or so we still developed prints. I basically just threw all of them into albums whether the photos were good or not. I bet I could cut our photos in half, but it is a daunting task. It took FOREVER the first time just to get through my momās. But, in reality, how many pictures of myself as a little girl is my ds going to want when I am dead and gone?
We have had 2 storage units since our big downsize two years ago. One has some antique furniture that I was waiting to move here until contractors were done. The remodeling has been so frustrating and slow.
Next Tuesday movers are bringing home the pieces I want. The contractors can move them out of the way! Then Iām moving everything else that can sell into that unit and the auction man is coming to take the entire contents.
That leaves some (too many) boxes and totes that need sorted, given to the kids (itās their stuffā¦) or trashed. This will be a big mental relief.
Last Friday I had Breast Ca truck come. They were very picky. My couches did not go. Today was Habitat. Because BA was so picky, they got the best of give-always. I vowed to be nicer to Habitat. They too did not take couches (a little fading here, etc), but took all the DVDs, CDs, clothes, shoes, pictures, schwinn bike, binders- just no paper stuff, Lots Manila folders and those green dividers. One man said he wouldnāt take the box of costumes, but I showed the other man the fake shield, crown, capes, wigs, ā¦ and he was quite happy to take away.
I had my sons suits from Bar Mitzvah on, great quality, barely worn. Also my suede and leather jackets to wear when traveling, but I have so many already. At least 5 boxes of books, which included 2 of cookbooks.
I could not yet part with the clothes & blankets that my sister made for my son, when so little, nor the sweaters made by my mom with such care. Buttons on one showed tennis rackets, as an example.