Frugal Friday 35: Sell Your Stuff
December 14, 2007 by Karen Weideman
Filed under frugal friday, frugal living
We have all this stuff sitting around my house – clothes the kids have outgrown, toys they no longer play with, things we no longer use. Yard sales are a ton of work and sometimes bear little reward for their labors. I do take a lot of clothes and toys to the consignment store, but you have to split your earnings. Sometimes I want to get more for certain items and consigning the things doesn’t seem like a good idea. So, what do you do with all your stuff?
Trust me, I’m all for helping someone and an organization. I just donated a bunch of stuff that was left from our last yard sale. Sometimes it’s nice to try to get a little money out of your stuff before you donate the extras.
After being incredibly annoyed with back breaking yard sales and ridiculous Ebay fees, I decided to try the Iwanna. It’s a classifieds paper that’s distributed in our area. Most things are free to list in their paper. Local stores sell the paper for $1.
So far, this week I’ve made $235 from selling my stuff! I sold my old Filter Queen vacuum cleaner to a lady that wanted one for her daughter. One item I listed was my daughter’s Dora house and accessories that she no longer plays with. The lady that contacted me about the Dora house was also interested in my daughter’s other toys that we no longer need. I ended up selling her $105 worth of stuff. I was so excited to sell the stuff and she was thrilled to get the items at a good used price. Now . . . if I could just sell that pink jacuzzi. lol
People are looking for Christmas gifts and now seems like a good time to sell your stuff. What do you think? Are you considering selling some of your stuff?
WOW,
You did good!
I have a ton of stuff I need to go through.
BTW, it’s been years since I thought of the “Iwanna”, I grew up in Simpsonville.
I had been saying for months that I was going to list my stuff in the Iwanna. I kept meaning to pick up a copy at the store and call my stuff in. I finally got smart and set up an online account. I can go to my account at any time and edit or submit more ads.
Karen, you should check out MommyAuctions.com for your baby & kids items.
I use Craig’s list to list items and sell. It breaks up all the cities so only people in your area look at what you have for sale!
P.S. We sold the pink jacuzzi! lol