Help!!!!
By wahmoftwo
@wahmoftwo (1296)
United States
December 2, 2006 10:54pm CST
I have a grandmother that spent a lot of time going to yardsales. She and my late grandfather bougt ALOT of stuff with the intention of reselling it to make a profit. They did this for many years with some success. The problem is that my grandmother is now in her 80's and doesn't get around so well and the house is still JAM PACKED with all this stuff. How can we get rid of it? She wants to sell it, but all at once. Please help me help her. She doesn't deserve to live like this.
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10 responses
@breezie (1246)
• Canada
3 Dec 06
I was also going to suggest Ebay. Maybe talk to someone who deals in antiques.
Either way she may not get what she wants for it, but such is life. If it were my family I would be more concerned about getting rid of it all than a profit. I think that she will have a difficult time finding someone to take all of it. I would try to convince her to sell it for whatever she can get for it.
@wahmoftwo (1296)
• United States
3 Dec 06
I AM more concerned with retting rid of it. She wants top dollar for it though and its her stuff so..... what can I do?
@breezie (1246)
• Canada
4 Dec 06
I didn't mean to imply that you wern't, sorry if it came off that way. It sounds like it is a very difficult situation. Hopefully you can work something out. Just another thought, but what about putting some of it on Ebay with a Buy It Now listing, that way she will have some control over the price.
@Thoroughrob (11742)
• United States
3 Dec 06
How about an auction? Some will let you take it to their building instead of at your house.
@wahmoftwo (1296)
• United States
3 Dec 06
She has had at least four of those at her home in the last 10 years. One of those was before Grandaddy passed. I can't begin to describe the amout of stuff. For example, if you need to plug something in it is difficult to find a place. Also she has two large outdoor buildings and a garage that you can't park a car in. I was hoping to draw the attention of someone who would want to take this stuff and resell it themselves, but that is probably a long shot. Thanks for your input!
@DeeBloomers (688)
• United States
4 Dec 06
You might consider an auction to get rid of all of it? That way she would get something out of it and it wouldn't be jammed in her house anymore!
@Justme2007 (1848)
• United States
3 Dec 06
try having a garage sale pick out a few things and put them on ebay call around and if some can be donated do that good luck
@wahmoftwo (1296)
• United States
3 Dec 06
She tends to want to price the items too high for ebay. Alot of it is carnival glass and such that only sells well at auctions.
@marief2rnurse (2704)
• United States
22 Jan 07
There are people who buy everything but will give you less money for stuff. Why not try to have a garage sale and then whatever is left over, you can sell to people who buy lots? Ebay is really good too but a bit time consuming. Goodluck!
@sanell (2112)
• United States
3 Dec 06
I would do an inventory of what it is she is looking to sell, and then maybe do a virtual garage sale of her stuff....it can be very easy to do and you can even do it on craigslist which would be for free. It will take time but it will be well worth it for her to have that stuff liquidated for her to use for the remainder of her care.
@emilylynn2003 (876)
• United States
3 Dec 06
well if you habe free time you can try ebay .. or around here they have big flea markets where you rent a table or two for the day and sell whatever you want..
@tinselcrimson (356)
• India
3 Dec 06
yes a garage sale is the best solution!..put all the stuff out side during a weekend and let people come n see it..give em a good price and get rid of everything..and you'll get the cash too!
@pcbulawanv (680)
• Austria
4 Dec 06
I suggest you try to use internet Buy and Sell websites. You can try going into auctions. But Im not sure if you can have it all at once. Thats too impossible I think. You can do it part by part. Good luck!
