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Getting rid of Junk

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Created by wodgina6722 > 9 months ago, 11 Dec 2011
wodgina6722
WA, 229 posts
11 Dec 2011 2:18PM
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Having a major clean out and getting rid of all my old surf magazines.

Do you think they are worth anything?....20 years old


FlySurfer
NSW, 4460 posts
11 Dec 2011 5:21PM
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ebay, no reserve... you never know.

cantswm4sht
VIC, 411 posts
11 Dec 2011 6:17PM
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they make good fire starters if u cant sell em

Simondo
VIC, 8025 posts
11 Dec 2011 6:20PM
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Yep, someone will buy them. Split them up into Magazines, in 12 month bundles, if you have a heap of them. 1st issues of a new mag can be worth a bit.

I'm cleaning out too. 1 side of my garage is a discrace. The other 2 sides are good. I'm resigned to only ever getting 1 car in there.

wodgina6722
WA, 229 posts
11 Dec 2011 7:25PM
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God it's unbelievably hard to throw out junk. Was ruthless with my clothes, donated them to Op Shop as well as books. I want to get rid of pretty much everything. I have a garage full of surfboards, bikes and stuff I never use (but you never know!)

I've got some old school bikes from the 70's and some single fins. They are in pretty bad shape and just sit there. I think I took the single fin out last year.

DVD's are next.

Mobydisc
NSW, 9029 posts
11 Dec 2011 10:37PM
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Yeah junk. Perhaps this is a reason why retail is in the doldrums. Many people are getting over "stuff". I've got a rule at home. We don't buy any consumer durable unless we throw something out of the house.

BulldogPup
6657 posts
11 Dec 2011 7:53PM
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Been doing this hurl out caper all week , amazing how much crap one can accumulate over time ...... ah well more space for the next lot of accumulation!

dirtyharry
WA, 444 posts
11 Dec 2011 8:28PM
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Simondo said...

I'm cleaning out too. 1 side of my garage is a discrace. The other 2 sides are good. I'm resigned to only ever getting 1 car in there.


With a triangular garage you're lucky to get a car in there at all. Unless it's some kind of three-wheeled Mr Bean type thing

decrepit
WA, 12888 posts
11 Dec 2011 9:10PM
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Every time I throw something out, I find a use for it within a month or so!

oz surf
WA, 407 posts
11 Dec 2011 9:22PM
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dirtyharry said...

Simondo said...

I'm cleaning out too. 1 side of my garage is a discrace. The other 2 sides are good. I'm resigned to only ever getting 1 car in there.


With a triangular garage you're lucky to get a car in there at all. Unless it's some kind of three-wheeled Mr Bean type thing



Thats funny

saltiest1
NSW, 2575 posts
12 Dec 2011 12:28AM
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there is no such thing as junk. i am a man.

landyacht
WA, 5921 posts
11 Dec 2011 10:57PM
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decrepit said...

Every time I throw something out, I find a use for it within a month or so!

yup, I know the feeling, scrapped a load of accumulated bike wheels to the scrap metal dealer , then a month later couldnt find enough ally rims for a project

cantswm4sht
VIC, 411 posts
14 Dec 2011 10:17AM
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saltiest1 said...

there is no such thing as junk. i am a man.


spot on salty

We make a living out of removing peoples so called junk, and there's a small fortune to be had out of it. ( sometimes large :)
Its usually the woman screaming for it to be gone,
while the males normally can't bear to watch, Some nearly cry,
or try to hide and keep some of their hard won stash of goodies
About 1/2 goes to the scrap yards, the rest goes on ebay, to be sold back to more male collectors or hoarders,
So I would say 80% - 90% of it is worth good coin to the right person, and gets recycled,
Junk could be called or looked at as a long term investment, or a nest egg,
some of it being worth more and more, the longer you have it

Keep up the good work fellows
and you can always get a larger 3-4 car man cave to store your stash in, when the woman says there's no room left to park.
Just stay away from those triangle ones (unless you have a gogo mobile)

badinfluence
QLD, 538 posts
14 Dec 2011 9:39AM
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Living aboard a boat means that the accumulation of crap has to be self-limiting. And if I want my home to actually move through the water, keeping her a no-crap zone is really important. I love it...for me it's emancipating. In my former life, on land surrounded by crap, I felt overwhelmed by it.

Happy decluttering!!



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