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<blockquote data-quote="Elsi" data-source="post: 745242" data-attributes="member: 23349"><p>Copa, I agree with others here - garage sales and eBay are more work than they are worth. If it was easy, and you really wanted to do it, you would have done it already. </p><p></p><p>The things you have accumulated are a ‘sunk cost,’ and holding on to them has additional costs for you. As others have said, they have served their purpose for you. No sense in beating yourself up over them now. </p><p></p><p>I understand the feeling that you want to get something back out of them, but recognize that you’re likely to get pennies to the dollar for things, and most things won’t be worth it. Perhaps one way to do it would be to focus only on the highest dollar items with the most resale potential - the 20% that will net you 80% of the potential value. Donate the rest immediately or take it to a resale shop where they will give you money for bulk items immediately. The remaining items, list in a local buy/sell/trade Facebook group or online board. I have found these MUCH easier than eBay. No messing with packaging or mailing stuff - you can list stuff for porch pickup or arrange to meet locally to hand stuff over for cash. Put a deadline on it. Anything not gone by X date goes to goodwill. </p><p></p><p>It’s probably time to junk the remaining computers, or wipe them and sell them for parts, and invest in one new decent one. You can get something decent for the money it would cost to repair all those others. </p><p></p><p>You’re making great progress already - kudos!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Elsi, post: 745242, member: 23349"] Copa, I agree with others here - garage sales and eBay are more work than they are worth. If it was easy, and you really wanted to do it, you would have done it already. The things you have accumulated are a ‘sunk cost,’ and holding on to them has additional costs for you. As others have said, they have served their purpose for you. No sense in beating yourself up over them now. I understand the feeling that you want to get something back out of them, but recognize that you’re likely to get pennies to the dollar for things, and most things won’t be worth it. Perhaps one way to do it would be to focus only on the highest dollar items with the most resale potential - the 20% that will net you 80% of the potential value. Donate the rest immediately or take it to a resale shop where they will give you money for bulk items immediately. The remaining items, list in a local buy/sell/trade Facebook group or online board. I have found these MUCH easier than eBay. No messing with packaging or mailing stuff - you can list stuff for porch pickup or arrange to meet locally to hand stuff over for cash. Put a deadline on it. Anything not gone by X date goes to goodwill. It’s probably time to junk the remaining computers, or wipe them and sell them for parts, and invest in one new decent one. You can get something decent for the money it would cost to repair all those others. You’re making great progress already - kudos! [/QUOTE]
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