Hels

Friwis....Ahhhh...didnt know about that boot sale...if we do go that route...we were going to go to the Denham Car Boot sale......Have you been there? Thats awesome!!


bridiej.....We have started selling a few bits and pieces on ebay...had ok luck....will probably do a few other things as well....thanks for that


wmoore......We tried that as well.....well similar, we asked the buyers if they wanted to buy anything as the property that they are moving from, they are renting out....but they didnt want anything.....



I am not quite so overwhelmed now....we just emptied the loft and although there appeared to be so much up there...alot of the boxes were mostly empty.....So, thats the first bit of good news we have had for a while....

helinuk

Hi Hels
FWIW - we have managed to get rid of stuff with our garage sales and the local free paper. We have also given furniture to the local hospice shop to sell - they collected it too- saving us the trouble of transporting it!
We have also used our local Sainsburys superstore, the post office, the corner shop and Homebase advert boards -

My neighbour has givenlarge items like beds to "Social services" to give to people in need too.
Hx

Hels

Hi ya Helen

Ahhhh....its good to see the good ole Garage sale does work here too...its so much less hassle than going to a boot sale....

You are not going to believe what I just found amongst Pauls family's things in the loft....a fully boxed, with all the bits, a Ronson Escort 2000 Hairdryer.....one of those old hairdryers with the hose and the bag that sits over your rollers and it all puffs up.... it works and everything...havent seen one of these for YEARS!!!

Wondering if I would get anything for it on ebay....its pretty retro...

wmoore

My mother used to have one of those. I think it was her way of having salon styled hair every day
Might be worth a few pennies, as you say.

Hels

I just took a picture of it just in case anyone wonders what I was talking about

wmoore

Yep, exactly the same. Same pattern on the head bag thingy and everything!

Hels

Will let ya know how I get on with it on ebay...should be quite an interesting excercise hehehe

helinuk

my mother had one of those hairdryers too!

The oddest things are bid on on ebay! You never know Hels someone might like it?!

Hels

I had a look on ebay and guess what, someone else is already selling one of these hairdryers...

I think I might see if I cant give it away to someone....They dont appear to be as collectable as I would have thought they might be....

It was pretty cool to find it though...and it certainly bought back memories of when I was a kid....

anya4oz

I went to the Saatchi Gallery in London last week & realised (too late) that I'd missed out on the ideal opportunity to sell our - rather squalid - guest bed as 'Brit Art', for tens of thousands of pounds (so the public could all go puzzle and tut tut over it).

Also an excellent way to get rid of old sump oil (there's a whole room full of it at the Saatchi)

How's that for a 'creative' way to get rid of yer old tat?

Anya.

steandleigh

We sold our sofas in a local paper ( got £600 ), table and chairs to a mate / tv cabinet to a mate, heaps of stuff at car boot ( got £100), beds to the tip ( plus loads of other stuff we coulden't be arsed to flog ( and we only had one day left to move out!), hoover to work collegue (£30), tumble drier to kids friends mum and so on.......

get yourself out there and get net - working, there's alweays someone who knows someone who needs your stuff!

sunny_samantha

Hi there
We (or should I say my husband as he did all the work) managed to sell enough things on e-bay that we could afford a month in Greece!!! Have also given loads to charity shops...so much that one woman working there asked us if we were moving!!!! Have used the local paper which was great for furniture and bigger items...tried Loot which was, for us, a waste of time as everyone who contacted us wanted us to bring everything to central London!!! (anyone want a flymo and strimmer??????????????????)
Susan