Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for September 04, 2023

Dumpster fire!

Or you could donate it to a charitable organization, and get much more money as a tax donation write off. Yard/garage sales return pennies on the dollar, and they are a LOT of work.

Donate, donate, donate.

In a pique of de-cluttering I donated 2/3rds of my records to the Goodwill, along with other stuff I don’t need. I still miss not being able to see those records, even though I’ve digitized them. I simply threw away my cassettes, then realized one of them wasn’t available on streaming. Oops.

Never mind all that. How did the tent work out?

Well, it looks like the first steps are being taken – or at least planned.

Arlo should have been in management

Jimmy Buffet RIP /\

Some things can be donated, but we have found that most of our stuff we paid so much for is not in demand at all. Clothes are always welcome donations – especially coats – but beyond that things get unwanted fast. I found I can sometimes give away $200 tools if they are not too specialized, and our portable A/C went fast at a good price. The elliptical trainer eventually found a home, as did the treadmill. If I find a likely home mechanic I may be able to give away the Snap-On u-joint press I paid $120 for nearly 40 years ago. (For the non-mechanics among us, “universal joints” are part of the driveline in rear wheel drive vehicles, but not front wheel drive.)

My wife has the patience for driveway sales, but not I.

Our most reliable method is setting stuff on the curb with a “Free” sign.

Just clean it, box it nicely and call a charity. They’ll send someone to pick it up.

I’m right with you Arlo.

wrong answer there pal. :L

Thrift stores in my town get so much stuff they are currently refusing donations.

By the look on Janis’s face in panel 4, I think she is hoping he is being sarcatic.

I faced the same problem on my last move with no time to schedule and hold a yard sale. Then it hit me that all you have to do is appeal to the greedy and something for nothing personalities along with the legitimate needy.

I was on a moderately heavy traffic route. Put a sign out Monday that said everything was free and then would be priced to sell this weekend at the yard sale. Got rid of the last of the unwanted by Wednesday afternoon.

Two neighbors (who were not moving) saw what I did and put stuff out on Thursday and Friday. They persisted despite the wives saying that they were just junking up the front yard and nobody wanted that garbage. They were cleaned out each evening and got to say those rare words to wives: “Told ya’ so.”

Right????

IMO, Yard and Garage sales are always more trouble than they are worth. Not to mention, you seldom sell everything, and now all that’s left still needs to be wrapped back up stored, carted off to Good Will or the Salvation Army store, or simply given to the scavengers.

she did have a hard time getting rid of the china

Weird eyes

Spend the money to ship it to Amazon and sell it on “consignment” (Fulfillment by Amazon – Google it). They’ll list it for sale and take their cut when it sells. You might make very little, but it’s cheaper than a dumpster and less aggravating than a yard sale.

When we downsized in 2016, we had three yard sales, an “art sale,” and donated tons of stuff to resale stores. But the real money making part was selling collectible stuff on eBay. There is someone out there who really wants just about anything you have gathering dust or taking up closet space.

Her stuff, his crap.

No imagination Arlo. Learn to read the room.

Have a yard sale, give stuff away at the end of it, and then maybe you won’t have to rent the dumpster. It’s amazing how much stuff we have and how much ends up sitting out by the curb.

My wife keeps everything for ever. I told her if she dies before me I’ll have the whole’s largest bonfire in the backyard. I decided long ago I’m not going to sort out that stuff.