So I’ve been selling stuff on Facebook marketplace. Trying to get rid of things around the house that i no longer use and no longer have a use for. Things that are piling up and taking up space. Because let’s face it…I’m somewhat of a semi-hoarder. I’ve been trying to clean up space and stuff.
So I recently had up for sale, a 3 piece nested set of luggage, and a separate medium sized suitcase. Well the medium size piece, I didn’t realize until i went to take a few photos of it, that it had a tear in it. So i knocked off a few bucks of the asking price. Now the lady who was asking about it, was all about negotiating. I’m like ugh of course. She was really trying to knock the price down all the way. Now granted, I had the price at $35. She wanted the piece for $15. I laughed and said no, she could have it for $30, maybe i was willing for go down to $25 because of the tear.
Now the 3-piece set, I had up for $75. It’s hard to find a matching 3-piece set anywhere for under $150. I mean a large, medium, and small suitcase. Where the medium and small both fit in the bulkhead compartment of the airplane. So I’m like yeah sure. They were like can we inspect them? I’m like sure.
I meet up with the lady, it’s her and her mother. They’ve got accents, they are from the islands somewhere. I’m just like oh okay, i see where this is going. I tell her, $100 for all 4 suitcases. She buffs, so I’m thinking in my head like I really want to get rid of these things because they have been sitting in my garage for quite some time. So I tell her, $90. She’s like $50. I start packing them up and putting them in my truck. I tell her thanks but no thanks.
She says, what about $75, I say, hmmmm give me $80, as I shove the 3-piece set into the back seat of the truck. She starts going on about how she’s going to have to clean the suitcases. They are all cloth material. I’m like ma’am, even if you clean them, the minute you take a trip and the baggage handlers get them, they will get dirty again when they go down the conveyer belt to the plane. I explain that I’ve bought new luggage at an airport, and when i got home after one-leg of a flight, and my suitcase looked like it had been on multiple flights. The baggage handlers do not care about keeping your suitcases looking brand new. So cleaning it will be for nothing.
She then tries to hit me with a sob story about needing to go get groceries. I’m like, lady, why do you think i’m trying to sell these things??? I need to get groceries and pay bills. I need the money just as much. $80. I start to put the other one in the truck as well. I then think about the fact that I’ve had these things up for listing for about two months now, and this is the first time, I’ve had a real bite on them. So I tell her, I’ll take your $75.
Now, her and her mom are thinking that they got over on me. But here’s the thing. the 3-piece set, i’ve had since 2004. It’s now 2021, almost 2022. I’ve had that set almost 20 years. It was probably really only maybe worth, $40 if that. The one with the tear, I wouldn’t have paid no more than $20/$25 myself with the tear in it.
So I’ve got the better deal out of us all. I got more money for the luggage/junk that I’m getting rid of.
Hell, I sold a couch that I had sitting in a corner of my living room, for years. That I had sat on, maybe a total of 10 times. Sold it for $100. Good deal. Guy was very appreciative. Said it was going to be the perfect fit for his room. I need to get out into my shed, I’ve got another chaise lounge out there. I need to drag it out into the garage, dust it off for spiders, and put it up on marketplace and make some money off of it. Maybe go through my sheds and see what else I can scrounge up to sell. I’ve sold off an exercise desk. Maybe I can sell the two fans I have in there. I really want to get a medium size dumpster and just throw a bunch of shit away and have the city come pick it up. So i don’t have to haul it all away.
That’s my goal for next year, to have my place cleaned up enough to be able to move my lego boxes back into the garage. Then I can move my exercise bike out into the garage, and be out there enough to sweat. Especially in the summer. Maybe even have enough room to buy more workout equipment and set it up. Be able to do squats and lift. So i won’t need a gym for real. Or perhaps, I should wait until I have my forever home for that.
Anyhow….that’s how I made some money today. It wasn’t much, but I did it. And got rid of some junk in the process.
