Dealing with property from deceased estate?

[Oakie]

Sallies are very picky,

Yep. Daughter (ver i) took her old couch to the Sallies for some needy family ... and suffered the humiliation of being told it wasn't up their standard.

[nzspokes]

Been there tonight, looks like I need a camera expert. Found heaps of old ones.

Starting to get a bit more of a handle on it. Found my old school woodwork and metal work projects that Dad must have kept. Cool.

Agree on the Sallies thing.

[russd7]

all depends on desired outcome, needy families are a good feelgood outcome if ya like that sort of thing, garage sales can be fun and a bit of a distraction when its needed, be fair to the sallies, they end up getting left with junk that they then have to pay to dispose of, you would be surprised how picky the "needy" can be I have personally seen perfectly good stuff rejected by "needy" because it wasn't up to their standard.
our local paper has free adds in the for sale under $50.00 on a thursday paper.
lots of facebook pages round for stuff as well.

[Swoop]

Condolences for your loss. A difficult time.


It's pretty challenging. I've spent the last 6 months clearing out Mum's place.

You have to be brutal, as Jim2 said. Get a skip bin and fill it.

One of the most challenging things was selling on BetradeMe and dealing with absolute fuckwits who ask questions ("where is the pick-up" - as stated in the fucking advert you twat, just read the words). Also be prepared to $1- reserve everything. Some times you will be surprised and others it is just good to have another person taking the item/s away for you.

[jasonu]

2nd hand dealers will give you fuck all. I had my parents house lot inspected by local 2nd hand household goods dealers and the best offer was $350. There was some very nice antique pieces and fairly new appliances amongst it. Rather than be ripped off we kept the stuff we wanted, gave away what we could and donated the rest. I know the dealers need to make a living but this was plain insulting.

[Big Dog]

2nd hand dealers will give you fuck all. I had my parents house lot inspected by local 2nd hand household goods dealers and the best offer was $350. There was some very nice antique pieces and fairly new appliances amongst it. Rather than be ripped off we kept the stuff we wanted, gave away what we could and donated the rest. I know the dealers need to make a living but this was plain insulting.

They have to factor storage into bulk lots. Offering 6 pieces at a time to 2nd hand dealers will get you roughly the same as a house lot.
If you have several dealers ask each which they need more of and sell them just that room. e.g some will deal mostly in appliances so all them the laundry and kitchen appliances. Some will deal mostly in large pieces sell them any large pieces that have value. Junk, donate to individuals laege stuff not worth $100 or Trademe large pieces you would pay more than $100 for.
Kitchen utensils bulk sell on trade me for $1 auction.
Kitchen small appliances you would buy for more than $20 second hand trade me.
Kitchen smalls you wouldn't box lot $1 auction.

Lounge if it matches offer it together to dealers who do that sort of thing.

Keeping stuff you can't use will cost you more to dispose of or store the longer you have it. I have dealt with a few dealers over the years. If you try to get rid of a house lot they know you want it gone more than you want the money and they know anything they don't sell will cost them in either floor space or disposal fees.


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[Akzle]

Been there tonight, looks like I need a camera expert. Found heaps of old ones.

giz it .

[XF650]

Pays to check what you're biffing in the skip. I was helping a mate clear his mother in laws stuff & he was just tipping out boxes & drawers of clothing etc straight into the bin without really checking contents first. Sure enough, I found the old girls best jewellery hidden in the socks. Also pays to check books, especially bibles - the older generation often tucked interesting stuff into them for safe keeping.
But its also unbelievable the crap that people dump on the Sallies, so they have had to get tough on what they accept. I've found the Resource Recovery shops are usually good at taking the rest.

[Swoop]

But its also unbelievable the crap that people dump on the Sallies, so they have had to get tough on what they accept.

From what I've witnessed, the staff personally pick through the good stuff for themselves. BetradeMe sees a lot of the stuff sold-on.
Hence the reason that I have not donated stuff to them (entirely separate from the happy-clapping shite).

[nzspokes]

Got a company coming round tomorrow to quote on taking it all away and selling it for us. I suspect the fees will outweigh the returns.