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From: Rosalie B. (no email)
Date: Fri Feb 03 2006 - 23:40:46 EST
On Fri, 3 Feb 2006 20:02:25 -0800, you wrote:
>I had a complete set of "SAIL" and "CRUISING WORLD" magazines. No one wanted them. I tried to give them to a couple of maritime museums, but they didn't want them either. Their advice was to take them to a local library and they would sell them as a money maker at their yearly auction of old books.
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>LO
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>"Sailing isn't a sport. Sailing is a way to get somewhere.
>Riding the bus isn't a sport. Why the F#%K is sailing a sport?"
>
>George Carlin; 2000
I've sold some of those kinds of things on eBay. Especially good for
old upscale horse magazines, Home Power (which for some reason people
will buy in hard copy even when available on disc from Home Power
themselves for cheaper, and some Sail and Cruising World. That's the
only way of know of to make money and it takes time and is NOT easy.
I really didn't make as much money as it cost me in time.
I've also gotten rid of various old magazines through FreeCycle. I've
found this good for such things as bunk beds, old computers, National
Geographics, Chronicle of the Horse (which is a weekly), and clothing
that is in good condition but doesn't fit anyone anymore (which is a
drug on the market at yard sales). Stuff that's too heavy to ship.
Clothing and stuff that no one wants, I give to the Salvation Army. A
woman's shelter would also be good.
The thing that I like to do with books, especially as we had boxes and
boxes of books that my husband and I used when we were teaching school
(middle and high school) - reference books, text books, teachers
editions, etc., was to find a way to sent them to places like Belize
and St. Thomas. I gave the Belize books to some folks who were going
down there on a work project so the recipients wouldn't have to pay
duty and I wouldn't have to pay as much postage.
And I shipped the other books to the sister of a workmate who was a
counselor in the Virgin Island school system. That was a bit more
expensive to do because it was farther to ship. I shipped almost 50
boxes of books altogether. The PO had one lady who dealt with me who
was doing weight training.
Otherwise for books, the SSCA has a book project that you might think
about.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Richard Bradshaw
> To:
> Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006 7:50 PM
> Subject: [world-cruising] Clearing out stuff; especially books
>
>
> The last time I did this I didn't have much problem. I was younger.
> Stuff didn't have as much value in many ways. Things just went and
> there wasn't much thought. Need it? Use it? Keep it. Not? It goes.
> Storage? Small and almost nonexistent.
>
> This time is different. We're going to have a storage "shed" at a
> relatives for the "good" stuff that we want to keep and that will be
> relatively small. We're looking at disposing of reference books on
> many subjects from two former households that have been merged. Most
> are not exactly current, cutting edge stuff but lots of the stuff
> could be used by someone as a way to give themselves a basis to
> decide if they want to go that way with a new career or not or as a
> way to just do something that maybe isn't cutting edge. Some might be
> sailing stuff but older rather than the newest stuff off the shelf
> but still in good condition and often hard bound. We're doing garage
> sales for some stuff but books, in particular, seem to be in a
> different category.
>
> Any ideas on how to get rid of them, make a few bucks at the same
> time (more than garage sale hopefully), and do it easily and quickly?
> Does it work for other things as well?
>
> TIA.
>
> Rick
grandma Rosalie
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