NoNamePerson
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Post by NoNamePerson on Jan 22, 2014 17:56:58 GMT -5
I put it up by the road with "free" sign on it. My son did this once with some office/construction stuff. It sat for a few days and I told him to put "for sale" on top and it was gone the next night
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doxieluvr
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Post by doxieluvr on Jan 22, 2014 20:47:59 GMT -5
I pretty much keep furniture forever. I still have the bedroom set I had in high school, but I've had to get rid of a few things. When were combining households I had double couches and love seats and gave those to a cousin that needed furniture. Then I had some end tables, a dresser and a desk that just started falling apart (particle board crap bought when I was in college). Those I took into the back yard and burned. I have lots of old furniture. My sons dresser was in my dad's nursery in the 40's. You can't find solid, quality pieces in today's furniture stores. The older stuff is made so much better.
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InsertCoolName
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Post by InsertCoolName on Jan 22, 2014 20:53:49 GMT -5
I still have young kids, I would never pay that much for anything they can look at!!! So with that said, I buy cheap. Be it 2nd hand or just cheaply made stuff. So when I am done with something, it's because it's no longer useful. To anyone. And I usually take it to my parents house to their burn pile. Because mostly I am too cheap to pay to take it to the and my town will not pick up that kind of trash. And Goodwill has never done anything to me so I would never be mean and give them our trash.
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doxieluvr
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Post by doxieluvr on Jan 22, 2014 21:03:12 GMT -5
Buying cheap furniture that you have to build, gets destroyed quickly and then have to pitch is much more expensive than acquiring free or cheap older furniture.
I recently put son in a big bed. We got a free bed from a neighbor. It was Ethan Allen.i painted the bed black, paired with my dad's old dresser and I was out $20 for paint. The dresser has lasted multiple kids over the last 65 years. I expect to get another 15 out of it with son.
It costs a lot more to buy a particle board dresser that won't last 5 years, let alone 65.
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Post by Bonny on Jan 22, 2014 21:38:38 GMT -5
Get a cabin in the mountains. Fill it with your/family's old stuff.
Voila, problem solved!
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Post by Tiny on Jan 22, 2014 21:42:29 GMT -5
For something like furniture or working electronic stuff: I go thru this list until the object is out of my house:
1.) Ask relatives/friends if they want it 2.) If it's small/light enough to haul to the Goodwill or other charitable resale type shop I do that 3.) If it's too much trouble to haul myself - I call AMVets or Veterans of Foreign Wars and see if they will come and pick it up. 4.) If it's too much trouble to haul and I can't get a 'Charity' to come get it - I enlist a Strapping Young Man to haul the stuff to the alley the afternoon before "trash day". <-- odds are whatever it is will be gone in an hour or less.
5.) if the thing is truly trash (or broken) it goes to the alley OR I'll hold the electronics and 'recycle' them on Earth Day because there will be someone collecting broken electronics.
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Post by Tennesseer on Jan 23, 2014 9:30:08 GMT -5
Me either. Some would say picky and some would say neurotic. <-----Picky and neurotic about such things. But I wasn't that way when young and broke. Those things weren't even discussed or known about because we didn't have experience with them ourselves and there was no internet or message boards to read about them. But I still didn't do that then either. I guess I wasn't ever that broke. <<<<<Attaches case of Dom Pèrignon at end of driveway to fishing line. Hopes to reel POM into home for a drink.>>>>>
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2014 11:36:55 GMT -5
My favorite furniture is our bedroom set, which was my great-grandmother's. It is solid and built very well. It is not in perfect condition, but I love it and I love that it belonged to my grandparents who were a wonderful loving couple. It did not occur to me to check for bed bugs when I got it out of my parents' basement though.
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Phoenix84
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Post by Phoenix84 on Jan 23, 2014 12:15:52 GMT -5
I pretty much keep furniture forever. I still have the bedroom set I had in high school, but I've had to get rid of a few things. When were combining households I had double couches and love seats and gave those to a cousin that needed furniture. Then I had some end tables, a dresser and a desk that just started falling apart (particle board crap bought when I was in college). Those I took into the back yard and burned. Pretty much all furniture is particle board now. If you want solid, real wood, you're talking about thousands of dollars. Unless, perhaps, you buy used.
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InsertCoolName
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Post by InsertCoolName on Jan 23, 2014 13:14:33 GMT -5
I bought 2 new dressers that are solid real wood for under $200 each. There's a local place that sells brand new furniture from an old factory building. Those are the best places to buy from. Hidden treasures.
However, almost every particle board piece I have bought has lasted a good amount of time. And if it doesn't, it doesn't hurt at all to throw it away or burn it.
2nd hand items are great. And cheap.
There are a few things I wouldn't buy used. But the list is small really.
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Phoenix84
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Post by Phoenix84 on Jan 23, 2014 16:17:13 GMT -5
I ended up deciding to donate it to Goodwill. I figure if they want to throw it away, they can, or sell it, or fix it, or whatever.
Besides, it was just as easy to drive it there as it was to the dumpster.
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Post by CarolinaKat on Jan 23, 2014 17:24:20 GMT -5
If it's pretty, I tend to buy it, touch up the finish and re-upholster..... or are we talking about old-to-you furniture
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Post by Happy prose on Jan 23, 2014 19:57:26 GMT -5
If we can carry it to the curb, we put a 'curb alert' on craigslist. It always disappears. Larger stuff, like my living room sofas, we call either the Salvation Arm or the veterans. Both will come with a truck to pick up.
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ZaireinHD
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Post by ZaireinHD on Jan 25, 2014 7:39:03 GMT -5
I usually donate as well - great choice!
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Post by motherto2 on Jan 25, 2014 18:44:41 GMT -5
I usually find out if someone I know is interested in it. If not, it goes to our local Op Shop. I tried Craigslist once, and boy the creepers come out of the corners. I quickly took it off and took it to the Habitat for Humanity resale shop. We aren't allowed to sit things out in our neighborhood, or I would do that in a heart beat.
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Post by mmhmm on Jan 25, 2014 18:56:29 GMT -5
We have a number of local charities to which we donate things that are usable and in decent shape. If the charity doesn't have a pick-up option for larger things, my son, his boys, and my SIL will load it on one of the trucks and take it where it needs to be.
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