I have the hardest time with clutter, specifically things that are to good to throw away but not worth selling. What do you guys do with it? Put it all in a box and stick the box on a closet shelf?
OT- Clutter
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I got married 29 1/2 years ago.
So... I pretty much don't know what you're talking about.
So... I pretty much don't know what you're talking about.
I have no problem getting rid of clutter, threw my sony walkman out a few weeks ago, no remorse. Next week its the betamax, you just have learn you cant hold on to things.
Worth eBaying? If yes, eBay.
No? Then gets put in a storage bin in the attic or basement.
If untouched one year later, goes into self storage locker.
If untouched ANOTHER year later AND if it's something I can't buy the exact or a better version of it easily, then goes to Goodwill.
Else recycling/trash if Goodwill doesn't want it.
Yes, I work in the Information Technology industry. [winking]
No? Then gets put in a storage bin in the attic or basement.
If untouched one year later, goes into self storage locker.
If untouched ANOTHER year later AND if it's something I can't buy the exact or a better version of it easily, then goes to Goodwill.
Else recycling/trash if Goodwill doesn't want it.
Yes, I work in the Information Technology industry. [winking]
Ya know, if you called her that to her face, she'd probably just leave on her own.
Mmm. Those things I would consider the 'tweener' clutter, I guess I will have to throw out stuff like that too.
We had a fire in 1999 (nobody hurt), a flood in 2004 and Sandy in 2012. That took care of our clutter. No sadness or regrets.
Or trade for an aged Scrabble game missing a few tiles. Still able to spell plenty of words.
p, l, e, n, t, y, o, f, w, r, d, s
That's only 12/26 letters. can't play much scrabble with 12 types of letters...
I still got 3 Flood Bobbleheads post my personal floods. Part of my new clutter.
I was going to say just have a hurricane come though your garage, that usually takes care of everything on it's own.
I never understood the concept of a storage locker, effectively paying for an extra attic.
my threshold is the attic. It's a big pain in the ass to go up there to put something I'm likely to never see again. I may as well just save the bother & toss/donate.
anybody want a 40 inch samsung led tv.thats about 8 years old..Ive retired it but it does work but the picture is going, it takes a few minutes of sepia before it kicks into gear. What do you do with stuff like this? Just toss it or would someone want something like this?
At our house @MrsScrew takes all of my clutter every day or two and piles it up on my desk. Her clutter is fine where it is. YMMV
It's impossible to get rid of CRT TVs. Hopefully your town will take it for recycling. My old town did but only one day a month - between 10 and 2 - on a work day. Or you could just throw it in the woods.
I'll let the throwing in the woods comment slide since I know it is in jest.
I'll take this a step further and say that we spent $3500 on a beautiful TV Armoire when we got married (1997) that was big enough for a 35" CRT TV. The TV was a bear to lift but the armoire itself was a mountain. It was one piece and required 4 people to move and was solid cherry (or some beautiful hardwood like that.). When we went flat screen we no longer needed the armoire and we could not even sell that thing for $50 since it wouldn't fit a flat screen TV. I had to put on Craig's List for free in order for some guy to come with his son and two of his friends to take it out of my house.
We had to leave our first generation 34" (200 lbs) RCA CRT HD TV in the basement when we sold the house. Thankfully the new owner accepted it for free. I'm sure he regrets that now.
I dont miss lugging those giant old school big screen tvs with the enormous backs weighing 300 lbs. It was always the worst getting a phone call from someone asking if you could come over and help move one of these down 4 flights of narrow stairs
I got rid of my 32-inch CRT TV shortly after I got my first flat screen. I was talking to a friend who told me that his CRT TV just died, and he wasn't ready to make the switch to flat screens. So I told him he could take my old CRT for free, but he was responsible for getting it out of my basement and into his house. I never see this friend any more, but it was worth not having to figure out how to get rid of that TV or carry it.
I bought a state of the art 36" high def crt tv in 2002 and I still have it. It seems a shame to just throw it away, it's not even 15 years old. It helps solve some clutter problems because it acts as a shelf.
If your town or county does not have electronics recycling you can bring electronics to Staples or Best Buy and they will take most electronics for free (I have used Staples many times) The one catch is Staples will not take a TV but Best Buy will for a $25 fee if you are not making a qualified TV purchase.
Best Buy:
- - Tube TVs smaller than 32"
- - Flat Panel TVs: LCD, Plasma, LED
smaller than 50"
http://www.staples.com/sbd/cre/mark...-services/?icid=SustProducts:topnav:3:RECYCLE:
I pulled the monopoly and scrabble game out of the garbage can lol. I can put them on top of my tv set.
Told my wife I only wanted 2 TVs in the house -- period. One upstairs & one downstairs.
After some initial pushback, she accepted the fact that it's rare to sit down and actually watch TV these days. In fact, we have to be very intentional about it with 2 young kids.
It's just far more convenient to watch shows on our iPads.
After some initial pushback, she accepted the fact that it's rare to sit down and actually watch TV these days. In fact, we have to be very intentional about it with 2 young kids.
It's just far more convenient to watch shows on our iPads.
If you can't bare to throw in the trash... donate it.
For most people half of the crap they have, they don't even need or ever use.
I do this every year after Winter ends.
Spring Cleaning :cop:
For most people half of the crap they have, they don't even need or ever use.
I do this every year after Winter ends.
Spring Cleaning :cop:
