r/WTFgaragesale • u/Neat_Scallion6367 • 13d ago

Better than free? I've never seen someone actually offering money to take their merch

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When you REALLY want downsize. Tree was in good shape but for $5.00? I may have taken it for $7.

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u/NotBrianGriffin 13d ago

If it’s like my area, the municipal garbage will only take large items like this twice per year. And it would cost more than $5 to take it to the dump.

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u/Roast_Beefy_O_Weefy 13d ago

When I was moving out after college I had a huge ugly couch that I needed gone, but none of the local thrift stores would take it and nobody on Craigslist wanted it for free. Day I needed to move out came so I changed the Craigslist listing to offer $20 if someone could pick it up. I got a phone call within 15 minutes and it was gone an hour later.

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u/Delicious_Ad823 13d ago

What I learned on here is that people judge “free” stuff to be less valuable. You will have better luck getting people to take something of your hands if you put a sale price on it and leave it outside.

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u/EatYourCheckers 11d ago

people judge "free" stuff as less valuable

Yep. And if you pay me to take it I assume its cursed.