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@QVCkitty1 wrote:

I had a couple of rocking chairs that I wanted to get rid of. I didn't want to deal with strangers , I just wanted them gone. I put them at the curb with a free sign on them and I kid you not , within  20 min. they were gone. No muss, no fuss.

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The mountain village where we spend our summers has a tradition of placing unwanted items in good repair beside the dumpsters. Locals know to watch for those items. It is recycling at its best.

[OKPrincess]

Recently we started donating everything to an animal shelter which has a thrift store. 

We also order an item or two from their Amazon wish list which is mailed directly to the shelter.

[Pezzie]

We don't participate in the community yard/garage sale, mainly because we don't have anything to sell.  DH and I volunteer at a charity thrift store, and whatever we don't want to keep, we just take it in on the days that we volunteer and donate it to them.  It really has helped us keep clutter to a minimum.
However, we have talked to our neighbor who participated in the community yard sale for the first time last year,, and he said never again.  Too much work, and regardless of item or price, people were offering half.   In the end, they closed down the sale early, boxed up the stuff and asked us to take it to the thrift store and donate the items.  

[Zhills]

@homedecor1 You sold your Curtis Stone?  What did you upgrade to?

[homedecor1]

@Zhills 

I bought the skillet when it was HSN TS.  It was missing the insert - HSN sent me another then I had 2🤦‍♀️.  I sold the extra one and 2 skillets from a set I didn't need.

Then, people started telling me about the HSN outlet store (10 minutes away never been there) that they sell between 70-90% off and had abundance of CS.  Therefore, I marked it down just to sell the stuff.

It amazed me how many people told me today about their shopping with HSN and QVC...and to think I was the only avid shopper...lol

[AngelPuppy1]

People have told me to have a garage sale or yard sale to get rid of a lot of things that I have, and make some money in the process.  Well --- no, not happening.  I have done this in the past and it's not worth it!  The amount of time and work is tremendous and it's just not worth the hassle!  Anything I decide to part with now and in the future will first be given to family members if they want it and then donated.  

[chrystaltree]

Yard sales around here have disappeared.  You just don't see them since Covid.  Many charities, flee markets, resale shops etc have also closed down so there are very few places to donate gently used goods now.  Those that exist are in the city and they have a specific drop off times or you need an appointment.  Covid changed everything.

[Sooner]

The last garage sale I had was about 8 years ago and I sold things dirt cheap.  My thought was I don't have to haul it off or pay people to haul it off. 

Anything they gave us was a bonus and the stuff was gone without us boxing it up and hauling it off. 

[homedecor1]

@chrystaltree 

Same here I hardly see any signs for yard sales.  Estate sales are a big thing around here, I go if I see in the preview something.

As for thrift stores -- lately they are popping up all over.