By crap I mean stuff they pulled out of their basements during a big clean because they thought "you might want it".

A friend just gave me a big stack of records yesterday and said "Go sell 'em on eBay!" Lots of old operatic singers, Luciano Pavarotti etc. And people are commanding some decent prices on these records - but nobody's buying them.

My other source of junk is my father-in-law whom I love dearly. He's always giving me jeans and jackets I'll never wear, but I'll never refuse them because I don't want the thing between us to change. I'll just have to make a trip to Goodwill sometime I guess. And hope he doesn't find his old clothes!

Hell.No.

Yes.

Parents and friends.

They won't learn.

My dad is a hoarder. I fight it EVERYDAY, so no, I don't want your castoffs even if they're "nice".

They used to... I learned to say NO!

This is not the thread I was hoping for.....

I have a large 4 bedroom house and people seem to think I'd like to store their shit for them.

Yes.

My mother in law routinely gets rid of things - furniture, clothing, bed linens, grooming products, you name it. But because she takes really good care of her things, she doesn't want to throw it away. Despite our repeated requests to stop, she drops by unannounced, thrusts bags of random stuff at us, and leaves.

mcmeekle said:

This is not the thread I was hoping for.....

not anymore.

only boys clothes, which is great

hopefully robots one day (I can dream! )

ZombieKitten said:

only boys clothes, which is great

hopefully robots one day (I can dream! )

my sister gives me bags of clothes from her older son ....i go thru them straight away...keep what will fit rugrat now, put away stuff that will fit within 2 yrs (or one...growth spurts )

and put what i dont want/need in the salvos bin...

then clean out rugrats wardrobe, and pass clothes back to my sister for her younger son

mainly tops, they all go thru knees of clothes

No, I unload mine on others.

Ex-g/f got my old furniture.

Ex-wife got my old phone, computer, camera, luggage, etc. Aside from the things awarded to her in the divorce decree.

My ex-roommate got my old TV, granted I charged her $25.

My brothers get my old video games probably once a year.

I'm sure there is more.

That said, none of it was "crap" and was usually something they needed or wanted.

abigail05 said:

By crap I mean stuff they pulled out of their basements during a big clean because they thought "you might want it".

A friend just gave me a big stack of records yesterday and said "Go sell 'em on eBay!" Lots of old operatic singers, Luciano Pavarotti etc. And people are commanding some decent prices on these records - but nobody's buying them.

My other source of junk is my father-in-law whom I love dearly. He's always giving me jeans and jackets I'll never wear, but I'll never refuse them because I don't want the thing between us to change. I'll just have to make a trip to Goodwill sometime I guess. And hope he doesn't find his old clothes!

Good Goddess NO

They know my OCD self would go postal ninja on their ass for even tryin !

Mach said:

abigail05 said:

By crap I mean stuff they pulled out of their basements during a big clean because they thought "you might want it".

A friend just gave me a big stack of records yesterday and said "Go sell 'em on eBay!" Lots of old operatic singers, Luciano Pavarotti etc. And people are commanding some decent prices on these records - but nobody's buying them.

My other source of junk is my father-in-law whom I love dearly. He's always giving me jeans and jackets I'll never wear, but I'll never refuse them because I don't want the thing between us to change. I'll just have to make a trip to Goodwill sometime I guess. And hope he doesn't find his old clothes!

Good Goddess NO

They know my OCD self would go postal ninja on their ass for even tryin !

Ditto.

prb said:

ZombieKitten said:

only boys clothes, which is great

hopefully robots one day (I can dream! )

my sister gives me bags of clothes from her older son ....i go thru them straight away...keep what will fit rugrat now, put away stuff that will fit within 2 yrs (or one...growth spurts )

and put what i dont want/need in the salvos bin...

then clean out rugrats wardrobe, and pass clothes back to my sister for her younger son

mainly tops, they all go thru knees of clothes

yeah little bastard skidding around on their knees all the time!

some of Max's clothes had been through 5 other kids (his brothers and cousins) before he got them

Genesia said:

Hell.No.

+1000 Although friends may call and ask if I want/need a certain record, book or comic because they know I'm a geek about such things. Thankfully my family is small and doesn't like to give shit away.

ZombieKitten said:

prb said:

my sister gives me bags of clothes from her older son ....i go thru them straight away...keep what will fit rugrat now, put away stuff that will fit within 2 yrs (or one...growth spurts )

and put what i dont want/need in the salvos bin...

then clean out rugrats wardrobe, and pass clothes back to my sister for her younger son

mainly tops, they all go thru knees of clothes

yeah little bastard skidding around on their knees all the time!

some of Max's clothes had been through 5 other kids (his brothers and cousins) before he got them

i always had hand me downs as a kid, never anything new... cept for smalls

rugrat gets new stuff occassionly, usually trousers and shoes...

dont get me started on shoes

I need to unload some of my stuff on somebody else. The only time I did it was when I was moving into my brand new house. I gave away tons of clothes and shoes so I wouldn't clutter up the house. Now 20 years later, I have loads of stuff again I'll never wear or use... I need to get busy listing on Ebay or just shut my eyes, pack it up and call Goodwill.