Comments on: Sell or Donate: How Do you Decide?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:23:20 +0000

I bet you've already done this but from the other side of the coin...I have been able to buy many more things at a really good price for my twins when I was able to get them on eBay. I never go to thrift stores (MA doesn't even sell kids clothes at one of the large thrift stores--at least not when I checked last year).

Just a thought for the future.
Andrea

By: One Frugal Girl

One Frugal Girl — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 03:25:40 +0000

Thanks for the advice! I decided to go ahead and donate everything. I agree that my time is more valuable than the money I'd bring in and someone less fortunate will probably pick it up from good will for next to nothing.

By: Leslie

Leslie — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 10:33:33 +0000

I just donate everything. Since we don't live in the US, the hassle of sending international mail ON TOP OF Ebay fees makes it a real waste of time and energy to sell anything online. And our country doesn't really have re-sell shops or anything like that.

When I decide I don't want something, I want it gone RIGHT THEN - I would go crazy keeping it around in our (small) house until the right time, the right person, until it sells on Ebay, whatever.

I figure it's good karma. :) It also makes us much pickier about what we buy, since we know in advance that we'll never be re-selling anything after using it.

Good luck deciding - I enjoy your blog. :)

By: halfdozendaily

halfdozendaily — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 01:34:20 +0000

I think if you don't NEED the money, I'd donate the smaller items. For me time is worth more… If an item can fetch a good amount of $$ I'd sell it, but not if your time/energy ends up being worth only a couple dollars!