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Post by hiding on Aug 2, 2020 16:20:17 GMT -5
My partner and I are now more seriously spending dedicated time to de-cluttering. It is still a very slow process but is now regularly moving forward. What I mean by dedicated time is that Saturday morning I spend 1-2 hours sorting thru things in my storage space rental.
Tuesday morning we make a run to the dump with whatever we've been able to gather to throw away. That is, items we will not ever deal with again.
Thursday morning is donation time. That is the time we take good but no longer useful/wanted items to a thrift store. Some of these items are brand new but we're not wanting to or can't use them. Two weeks ago I donated a brand new pair of women's athletic shoes. I purchased them online for myself. They were the correct size for me. However, the shoe construction was such that the built-in arch support did not comfortably line up with my high arches. A larger or smaller size would not have worked for me. The length and width of the shoes were fine. It was the internal construction of the shoes that caused the problem. Anyway, I discovered that sending them back to the seller would mean I had to pay shipping and would also have money deducted from my refund.
The money I already spent on the shoes is sunk cost. Rather than spend more money on them, I donated them thinking that although the shoes don't suit me, there is a woman out there that they will suit. When I took the shoes to the thrift store to donate them, the man doing the donations intake was quite surprised when he realized the shoes were brand new in the box. Seeing his happy reaction was more than enough thanks.
The thrift store I donate to is now looking through folks' donation rather than just accepting them sight unseen. Apparently the thrift store I donate to had been having a problem with people donating torn, stained, filthy clothes, broken items, and just plain trash. Then the thrift store has to pay to dispose of the items. Thrift stores are operating on a tight budget with mostly volunteer staff and are trying to raise a little money selling to help unfortunate people.
Donating crap to thrift stores is such a sleazy move. The folks doing that should be ashamed of themselves. I put that in the same category as the thieves who stole an entire collection of toys from a Christmas toy drive a few years back or people who sneak into homeless camps and steal homeless folks' few decent items and meager cash.
"C'mon! We're all suffering in many ways from Covid-19. Don't make it even worse by acting like ***ks!"
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Post by goldenthreads on Aug 2, 2020 16:31:12 GMT -5
When you say "seriously" you mean it! What a fine, effective method for continually getting rid of stuff. Having slots for this on your calendar makes great sense, and that storage unit will inevitably be empty, or contain only the stuff you actually need to keep there.
{Totally agree about the people who are donating crap to the thrift stores.}
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