My husband sacrificed his most prized possession so we could pay a bill.

I am so sorry writer..Both my husband and I have small things that might bring money, but we don't know where to sell..I am not familiar with e-bay other than buying and I don't trust any antique dealer with things I am clueless of thier worth..I do have a cast iron stove that if I can find the missinf part, might sell for 1,500-2,000, but I would need a metal detector to locate it, if it wasn't thrown away..So we have been close, we just don't know how to go about it.. And I know what you mean, tonight I am getting ready to apply at walmart and K-mart, not my choice of a job, but better thwan nothing..

awwww! that is awesome. My husbands most prized possession is his guitar. He loves to play his guitar and sing with it. And he is very good in playing lead guitar. Our friends are amazed listening to him play. If worse come to worst I think my husband will such thing too. But it would be very hard for him to let it go.

I really admire your husband for what he did, that was not easy. Don't feel too bad because that will be for your sake. I know things will be better for you and in time you can have his rifle back. We also had our rough days but eventually got through it, I don't remember selling my prized possession though or I haven't had any then since I'm pretty young at that time. Cheer up writersedge, I know it's just another challenge for you to make you stronger :)

Hi friend, I am very sorry to hear that news from you.I hope you would definitely get a job as soon as possible and buy for your husband.I think i have no idea about all these things.May be my parents may do so. Have a nice day

so sorry to hear that.. hope you would be able to find a job soon.. i also sacrificed some of my gadgets(Ipod, Sony PSP and Nokia phone) in order to pay my rent and electricity bills.. i really don't want to sell my most prized possessions but i've got no choice but to sacrifice the things i have.. yay!

We got in a bind once. I had to say good-bye to my grandmother's sewing machine. It was hard but I don't sew much and neither do my daughters. Plus, my husband's job moves us every few years. Keeping the machine under those circumstances just didn't make sense so I put it on eBay.

I am sorry to hear about your financial hardships. My boyfriend and I have been in difficult financial situations as well and had to sell things that we would rather not have sold. He sold his truck that he had spent over a year fixing up. Sadly the ammount he was able to get for it was nowhere near what he had put into it, but we needed the money so we took what we could. We do what we have to in difficult times. I hope that you are able to get a job soon and get back on your feet soon

it is so nice of him to do that.i used to think only women know how to sacrifice.but obviously there are exceptions.

it is very sad to hear the sacrifice he made. but [paying the bill was also necessary i guess. so there is no way. market is also very down. try to look out actively for other jobs.

That is too bad that your husband had to sell his rifle to pay a bill. I have my fingers crossed that a good job will come your way as I know you've been working triple time to get one. When we moved down here from up north, we put all our pieces of antique furniture in an auction and sold them as we just didn't think they could take the heat and humidity down here. Although I'm glad we didn't try to move them all down here (that would have been tough), I do still miss my oak sideboard and pier mirror (over 10 feet tall) that I had in my dining room up north. Your question about what is my most prized possession is interesting. I honestly don't know. I have a box of pictures that I take when we are running from hurricanes, does that count? I have a couple of pieces of nice jewelry that my husband purchased for me over the years that I cherish. It's weird but I don't feel terribly attached to any things. But if I had to sell my stuff, I might actually feel very attached to them, I'm just not sure.

I'm sorry to hear that it came to that. I really hope you can get it back. I really don't have much to begin with so no prized possesion. I imagine it would be a ring if I had one. Sometimes you do what you have to to get by. Good luck on finding a job.

I'm sorry to hear that your husband had to sell his 1920s rifle just so you can pay a bill, but I never had to sell my most prized possession, because I really don't have one. Maybe a laptop that I use everyday, but never even bothered to sell it, because I know that my life would be painful without it. My family is also under economic crisis as well, but I don't really remember my dad selling one of his prized possessions just so we can pay our bills. But I did sell some of the things that I really didn't want to keep, like my old digital camera that I really didn't use, a computer game that I really didn't want to play, a book that I had to read for my AP US history class (a boring one), and one of the iPod accessory that I had and didn't really use, and some others I did sell on ebay.

I'm so sorry to hear that writersedge! I hope things get better for you and your husband! I can't say that I've never had to sell a personal possession to pay a bill, but I've come very close. There were a few times we thought about putting items up for sale on Ebay just to make paying bills a little easier. That might be an option for. If you have anything stashed away in your attic, you could always put it up for sale on Ebay or Craig's list. We thought about putting items up for sale that we have but don't really use, like an old gaming system or some video games that we don't play. DVD's can also make you a few extra bucks.

Oh man that must have hurt :( last year I had to sell my 1940 Luger to pay back some depts it sure wasn't my best decision I was majorly ripped off :( I never got it back either.

I would hold out on selling something that meant a lot to me. The circumstances that would prompt me to sell an item that held a lot of meaning would have to be quite dire.

I am so sorry your husband had to sell his rifle in order to pay a bill. Hopefully you can get a job and buy back the rifle before Christmas. I only have one really antique that I would never sell. Want to keep it in the family. It was my great grandmother's coffee grinder from the 1800's. Was passed down to me by my now deceased mother. Will make certain one of our kids gets the grinder.

I am sorry to hear about that writersedge.My husband sold his xbox 360 about a year ago as he never played it much but he didnt get back all he payed for it as he sold it on ebay with 2 games (and the games were around 50.00 a peice when he bought them)and ebays listing fees are so high now that by the time you sell things on thier it isnt worth it at times.Amazon isnt high on fees though.We sold a couple of books and movies on thier.It seems the way the economy is going everyone will have to get work whihc might be hard to do with the economy.if people begin to not buy since the conomy is bad then jobs will be lost.But the xbox was my husbands prized possesion you could say as he likes to play games.He plays online games now on the computer which is a membership of 15.00 a month.I haven been able to donat plasma or I would as I have been sick and just found out my city water was contaminated.At least I think it is as we have to send the water sample away.I was sick for a month.I thought I had the flu but after a week didint think it was the flu.So that cut me alot of time i could have been donating plasma and making some money.I hope your situation gets better and that you can find you a job.I try to do stuff online at home but even that doesnt pay a lot at times and plus I have 2 young kids so not much I can do except at nights at times.

Sorry to hear of your situation. I've never had to sell any prized possession, but if I did, I wouldn't hesitate. Material goods are nice and all, but if it comes down to choosing between that or paying the rent, I wouldn't dwell on it. It can always be replaced, or bought again, and I wouldn't waste my precious energy worrying about it. I hope you can get a job soon and that you can remedy the situation. My prized possession is a pair of earrings my grandmother found back in the 1940's. She never had them appraised for fear that someone would try to take the gems out. I just want to get it appraised to see if its worth anything, but I wouldn't want to part with them regardless of what they are worth.

So sorry to hear this. I never sell my most valued possession although I nearly sold my 20 years old electric guitar. I had the same situation like yours and intended to sell my guitars although I really can buy a new one after that but its the sentimental value and rare item. It could fetch a few thousand since it was a custom japanese made and seems rare around musician and collectors. I just nearly sold that but instead a good friend of mine gave some personals loan to me. I'm just glad that it don't happen otherwise I'll surely regret it the whole life.

I am sorry for your economic situation. I fortunately have never had to sell a prized possession of mine. I know that my family's friends have had to sell important items of their own such as a motorcycle. My personal prized possession is my grandfather's watch. It isn't worth more than five dollars, yet I refuse to get rid of it. It is a sentimental item I would not sell for anything.