The post whore thread.

I usually just toss my collectibles in a trash can. Seems like the quickest way to get rid of them.

I'm with Jim on this one. Garage sale and watch in amazement as people pay you to take away stuff you would have thrown out in a month or so.

And Im in the same boat. Going through stuff and tossing what was kept and not touched for 10 years. Do I teally need my school notes or books from my childhood?.....

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Originally Posted by Erni

I'm with Jim on this one. Garage sale and watch in amazement as people pay you to take away stuff you would have thrown out in a month or so.

And Im in the same boat. Going through stuff and tossing what was kept and not touched for 10 years. Do I teally need my school notes or books from my childhood?.....

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Just did this with the estate that I mentioned earlier.

The kind of crap that folks were buying astounded me. I sold just under $500 of $1-2 items... It was all junk that I could see...

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Originally Posted by Erni

I'm with Jim on this one. Garage sale and watch in amazement as people pay you to take away stuff you would have thrown out in a month or so.

And Im in the same boat. Going through stuff and tossing what was kept and not touched for 10 years. Do I teally need my school notes or books from my childhood?.....

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I have people turn stuff like that in on insurance claims. "Look at this box full of my kid's old homework that got water on it! I can never replace this old drawing/math homework/etc."

"I had several boxes full of old text books from the 1960's. I already threw them away but don't worry, I'll tell you how much they were worth."

I don't play the actual equity game when it comes to 'perceived' value as an example:

Yes, I understand you're asking $5.
Im offering $3.
Do you want to sell it or not because it's not worth $5 TO ME.

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Originally Posted by Irving

I have people turn stuff like that in on insurance claims. "Look at this box full of my kid's old homework that got water on it! I can never replace this old drawing/math homework/etc."

"I had several boxes full of old text books from the 1960's. I already threw them away but don't worry, I'll tell you how much they were worth."

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Do you quote out the FMV as an equivalent of printer paper or toilet paper? Kind of curious actually, I assume it's just outright disregarded.

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Originally Posted by ChickNorris

I don't play the actual equity game when it comes to 'perceived' value as an example:

Yes, I understand you're asking $5.
Im offering $3.
Do you want to sell it or not because it's not worth $5 TO ME.

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Lots of people don't understand this.

My attitude, in this regard, has kept me from purchasing many things, because their perceived value and mine were not close enough to each other.

Just the value of paper or card stock or whatever. Most reasonable people don't ask for those things though. My favorite are the ones who realized they were accidentally hording garbage and just use it as an opportunity to throw stuff away.

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Originally Posted by ChickNorris

I don't play the actual equity game when it comes to 'perceived' value as an example:

Yes, I understand you're asking $5.
Im offering $3.
Do you want to sell it or not because it's not worth $5 TO ME.

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*points to the sign and slowly drawls* It says $5 Thursdays at the Chip n' Whales. It don't matter what it's worth to ya, it's what the sign says ma'am. If you wanna see Chris Farley dance, ya pay five dollas.

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Originally Posted by OxArt

*points to the sign and slowly drawls* It says $5 Thursdays at the Chip n' Whales. It don't matter what it's worth to ya, it's what the sign says ma'am. If you wanna see Chris Farley dance, ya pay five dollas.

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That's a service not a good. Try again.