junk becomes cash
By giggles721
@giggles721 (275)
Philippines
February 3, 2013 11:06am CST
My sister has been cleaning the storage, separate from our house, for the past week now. So far she was able to throw away lots of junk that we disregarded for many years. A lot of the things got ruined by either molds due to the consistent rainy days or chewed up by the field rats so it went straight to the trash without hesitation. To make things easier she segregated the things as garbage, donate, keep and for junk shop. We only have a few items for donate since we've been donating it to areas in our province that was struck by a calamity.
To our surprise the junk that has consumed our storage space was a sleeping pile of cash. Plastics and cans are the usual recyclable junk but we never thought all those old extension wires, rat bitten wires and old cable wires were more valuable because of it's content copper. Same goes to old padlocks, door knobs and leaking faucets. Even with crooked nails. Now she's segregating the ones for junk shop as copper, brass, aluminum, stainless steel, nails, plastics and cans. By the end of the day she goes to the junk shop that pays higher (other junk shops had a lower price per kilo) and have it weighed. She gets a detailed list of the weight x their price and total amount and gets the cash. Not only has she cleaned the storage and made more room but also earned cold cash for the junk.
Now we wouldn't think of cleaning to be the same boring task again. How about you, have you made money for cleaning your junk that's stored in your house? Does this make you think twice in cleaning or throwing away your junk?
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5 responses
@intelinsideyou (664)
• India
3 Feb 13
I think most of the people do that to clean their houses and clear up some blocked space. It seems your sister done a lot of hard work to clean out the storage and then finding the right junk shop. Some people show laziness towards this subject and as a result a lot of junk accumulate in their house making the place messy. If they show little activeness then not only the house will be cleaned but they will make some cash also.
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@giggles721 (275)
• Philippines
4 Feb 13
That's right. She psyched herself up with some energy drink before going through the storage. I needed to stay in the house so we wouldn't argue about which stuff we should throw or not. She decided all by herself but for my things she would ask from time to time if I'd still keep them.
@mariaperalta (19073)
• Mexico
3 Feb 13
I agree, trash is treasure to some people. Trash to cash as they say in the garage sale business. We go alot here in mexico and buy things cheap, then my brother re sells them. He does well at it.
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@giggles721 (275)
• Philippines
4 Feb 13
It would be good if you clear out some of the old things in your own house as well and sell them. We also do some garage sale once or twice a year. It's usually the junk that you'd think is worthless that sells. Just segregate and canvass for junk shop that pays more.
@jugsjugs (12967)
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3 Feb 13
I feel that no matter what we feel is rubbish, may not be rubbish to other people.
Glad there was money made from the things that you found.I have had a bit of a sort out thanks to a friend, but I will say it has made room, but no money.I feel that there are loads of things that we class as junk, yet if we had thought about it at the time we could have made money from it.
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@giggles721 (275)
• Philippines
4 Feb 13
What we consider junk in our household are broken anything. Unless it fits in a garbage bag then we would put it there. For those that won't usually end up in the storage. It wouldn't weigh as much though if we brought it to the junk shop every time something got broken or for our storage. It might take years though if we were to bring our stuff and take the trip to the shop worthwhile.
@obe212003 (2299)
• Philippines
4 Feb 13
Yeah, absolutely, there's money from junk, lol. Most of these I've made money from include old CPUs, bottles, newspaper, et cetera. But i think I've had more money's worth on old CPUs, i mean better disassemble it first and sell them in parts, i.e., the motherboard, the hard disk - mean the hardware, instead of as a whole.
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@giggles721 (275)
• Philippines
4 Feb 13
Bottles too, I forgot to mention that. Bottles from jams and beverage. It's true that you'll make more if you disassemble the parts rather than selling them as a whole. Some repair shops would buy broken appliances at a very cheap price simply because it's not working. What we don't know is that they're more interested with the parts of it that can still be useful and is worth more.
@heaytheblogger (2876)
• Philippines
4 Feb 13
We have had done this for some time, and yes it makes a little income by sorting out your unwanted things and turn them into a mini-garage sale.
Sometimes, you gain more money from vintage pieces such as old toys and old gadgets that we didn’t mind that they are quite more of an collector’s item.
You can also sell your old stuffs from second hand shops and thrift shops by bulk; you can earn some decent money. Most especially designer items, which you can sell on consignment boutiques.
@giggles721 (275)
• Philippines
6 Feb 13
How I wish there were shops here in our place who accepts consignments or second hand items but unfortunately not. I might be able to find those shops far away from here and it would cost us much on gasoline.
@heaytheblogger (2876)
• Philippines
7 Feb 13
Well you can start selling in mini-garage sale at the comforts of your home.
Here in my place, we have like a lot of consignments and thrift shops. and there is a new addition to such fad which is Bag Pawnshops wherein you can pawn your authentic designer bags.
