I’ve been collecting stuff my whole life. Somehow I am able to associate any possession with a memory, and thus I never throw anything away. I inherited this trait from my father, but unlike him, I don’t have a garage to store the things I’ve collected during my life. The result is an apartment, and a room at my parents’ house, full of stuff I don’t need. I think I’m finally ready to let go of it all, or at least a lot of it.
I could start a museum with all the crap I have. Many friends would agree that I have things that no one else does, but not because no one else would want it, but more because no one else thought to buy it. If there is anything I own that you would like, make me an offer. If you don’t know what I own, but you are looking for something in particular, I might have it, so you may as well ask.Why hawk my shit here?
If I sell it to local friends directly, there’s a chance it’ll end up staying in my life but at a different location, and I’ll end up wanting it back: useless.
eBay feels too much like I’m trying to get the most money possible, when I’d really like to sell to someone who will enjoy my crap, not try to turn it into profit: vicious.
Craig’s List will result weird-ass people coming over to inspect my wares, only to find some flaw that I didn’t even know about. Then we have to renegotiate in my hallway: lame.You (yes, you) are reading this now, which means you’ve probably read the rest of the site, so you get to decide it you’d buy anything from me at all. If you think I’m untrustworthy, but you really want my copy of Donkey Kong 64, e-mail me and tell me so. I’m sure we can come to some kind of agreement we can both live with. The worst that could happen is you decide not to buy it, and you’re back where you started.
Someday, I’ll put up a list of everything I’m willing to part with at the moment. For now, I can tell you that I have a bunch of DVDs, VHSs, CDs, Video Games, Text Books, Regular Books, Toys and Figurines, Shot Glasses, and T-Shirts. I know buying used T-Shirts seems kind of weird, but they are clean, unique, and taking up way too much space in my closet, so those might come in three packs, or as bonus throw-ins for other purchases.
Interested? Send me an e-mail, and I’ll see what I can do for you.