Who gets the old stuff when youj buy new.

i usually have garage sale because as they say one persons junk is another person treasure or i take it too the salvation army or just give it away whoever claims it you they get it

If we replace something in our home and feel that one of the children (only two have their own place) could use the old, we offer it to them. We really haven't replaced too much and haven't had to face this very much! As for clothing and smaller items, I donate them to a local Goodwill or another small place in our town. I have recently moved to a town that has a Freecyle, so I will be offering more and more to that.

I'll tell you how crazy I am about giving stuff to my kids! We moved clear across the country last year. We priced moving vans and just about fainted. So I got my bright idea. My daughter came up and took a bunch of stuff she really liked back to her house. My college son was moving to his own place, so I got the idea we would give him a bunch of our stuff so he could furnish his place. He takes good care of his things so I felt okay about that part. I imagined what an absolutely splendid idea it would be to get the new furniture on the other end of the move. We shipped a bunch of boxes and stuff I couldn't do without and made our move. WHAT was I thinking? I'm slowly gaining back what I lost, but I would never ever do that again. I still feel very good about giving my son by stuff, but the loss to me was too much to handle.

hello, i dont have kids yet to give my old stuff away BUT if i am talking about just my life, i used to give all my old clothes to either my sister, cousin or to non-profit organization. regarding the old furniture and stuff, it's either we sell it (garage sale) if we are in need of extra income OR give it to relatives who needs it OR give it to non-profit organization. we dont buy much now and we do try our best to conserve coz he is the only one who works so we tried our best not to waste as much as possible. anyway, that's pretty cool doing the heavy hinting takecare

I always ask my children first if they want the items. And if they don't want it then I donate it. Most of the time they take the items. My mother use to give me her items. It gets to be hard at times through because I have two daughters who have moved out and married. They basically got a place at the same time. So they have to decide who is going to take things, but they always work it out. Thank God no fights yet....LOL

I dont throw stuffs away. I usually donate things to the people who I know have need of them. There ane no Goodwills and Thrift stores here. I I have to I will donate to the Salvation Army.

Usually it depends on who needs it and could use it. I had a lot of extra baking pans that I haven't used in years, so I gave them to my one daughter who loves to bake. The other daughter doesn't care for baking much, so they went to the one who would actually get some use out of them. Clothing I usually give to people I know who need them. If none of my friends or family wants them I donate them to Salvation Army, they freely gave clothing, housewares, and furniture to my Dad and wife when their house burnt down. I used to donate to Good Will, but Salvation Army really does a lot for people who have a real need and doesn't charge them for it. Some of the extra furniture I had went to one daughter or another, and if they didn't want it I offered it to my nephew who just got married.

My children usually get first dibs on anything I am getting rid of. If I feel that they truly need it that is. We come from a long line of pack rats and unfortunately my kids are becoming pros! If they don't get the stuff, I donate it to Goodwill or the Salvation Army.

Well my son is 31 and still lives with me, so I do not have to worry about that. But we are poor living under the poverty line so we don't buy anything new. My son did buy a new computer and when he can afford to get me a new computer this will will go to his son 12 years old, just to do his homework on etc.

we gave alot of things to my niece once for my kids had all they needed and we had to buy new have had to buy new 3 times once from a fire once from a tornado and once just because we couldnt move it with us

I don't have any children yet and most of my furniture was given to me by my dad or friends, any furniture I don't want anymore is so worn I take it to the tip. I've sold a few of my old things on eBay recently and tend to donate old clothes to the PDSA shop (they are a charity that gives free veterinary care to animals).

I don't know what will happen with our old stuff. Our children are a long way off needing furniture! At the moment, we get new furniture, and the old still stays. Got lots of wardrobes and buffet hutch cabinets and always looking for more. We mostly buy second hand, but with little children around, not worth buying brand new if they are going to destroy it in 10 seconds!

I usually ask family and friends first if they have any need for it and if they don't put it onto the Freecycle site so that someone else can make use of it. Clothes I do the same with, we all get together with bags of it we don't want and have a rummage, anything left over from the swaps is taken to the charity shop. Ellie :D

If the furniture is reusable then it gets passed around the family, my Grandad no longer uses his TV in his house as he is in an old people's home, so I was going to get a big TV in my room, but it didn't fit in the space that it needed to go, so my Uncle got it for a price and his old TV got thrown out as it was broke. My Mam used that money to buy me a new TV and my old TV went to the Grandad's old people's home, because the TV he had there was black and white.

I would give it my kids first then if they didn't want it or come get it in a timely fashion Goodwill or some other charity would get it. If aa friend expressed an interest then they would come before goodwill.

I use freecycle to get rid of things we no longer want. My kids are still young, but when the time comes, they can have their bedroom furniture and if I have anything I am ever getting rid of, they will get first dibs on it before I use Freecycle to get rid of it. I think it is apart of being a parent, your job doesn''t end just because they are grown.

I just donated a recliner to a church to make room for a rocker that I bought from their auction. I usually give things to Salvation Army or Domestic Abuse shelter they have drop offs for around here.

Whoever needs it, and asks for it first, gets it. That was always the rule with my parents. Kind of like "first come, first served". Sometimes stuff went to the Salvation Army, or other distant family members or friends. If someone needed it, they got it.

Generally the oldies would go in exchange for new ones. Though the exchange value is not equal to the cost of the original,some discount would accrue to the exchanger or the buyer. Yes, there are traditions too which pass the old goods to the younger as a symbol of their legacy.

When our daughter first left home at age 18 to live with her boyfriend in a small flat e gave her tons of stuff, and so did lots of relatives. She got a big microwave oven, for example which worked great but we 'wanted' something smaller and neater. There was also a load of crockery and cutlry and some bits of furniture including a table and chairs as we had recently 'bought new'. Inevitably the relationship only lasted a few months and she ran back home, leaving all that stuff in the flat with him! So I guess you could say he got it all when we bought new!