What possesses people to sell broken/dated junk?

[Anonymous]

And overprice it in the process!

Someone I follow on FB this morning posted a lot of junk! $20 for a set of chipped and stained cups and saucers, $350 for an outdated floral three-piece living room set, $50 a piece for yellowed 80s-style art prints in sagging frames.

You’d do better buying brand new at IKEA! Do people really buy junk like this for those prices?

[Anonymous]

Yes, people do and sometimes they resell it for more. There’s a market for everything.

[Anonymous]

Yep, lots of wishful thinkers. It resolves itself when they can't find any buyers.

[Anonymous]

They think their stuff is worth what they paid for it 20 years ago. I see more people being successful doing this here than in many other areas. Why? Don't know.

[Anonymous]

There are a few people on our local yard sale page who try to sell dirty, worn out kids sneakers. Like filthy dirty, claiming "they still have life left in them". If a thrift store won't take them as a donation, no one is going to pay $5 for a nasty pair of shoes.

Some people believe that everything has a value. It's simply not true.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yep, lots of wishful thinkers. It resolves itself when they can't find any buyers.

This lol. Recently I was looking for a lamp on marketplace and I came across one for the same price the store sells it for. Its been sitting there for 3 months. Any wonder why it is not selling? No one is going to buy your used lamp for the same price you paid. We could buy it new from the store instead.

[Anonymous]

We live in a wealthy area and never have the wealthy had more money than today. Maybe somebody buys it, maybe they don't. What does it matter to you? Do you also go through the lists of local lawyers and become distressed why so much money gets shoveled into their bank accounts?

[Anonymous]

You should watch some episodes of hoarders. It's a mental illness, with the hopes of making money. It rarely pans out.

Here's two that are about collecting and reselling. One lady even has a store front, but it became so full because she thought everything is worth more than people wanted to pay.

https://www.netflix.com/watch/81435865?trackId=13752289&tctx=0%2C0%2C7c42c5f88f296d663a329503a093cdca1c615bfa%3A1a34a30572dea9b08c802de56b5ef22dbdb0a6f8%2C7c42c5f88f296d663a329503a093cdca1c615bfa%3A1a34a30572dea9b08c802de56b5ef22dbdb0a6f8%2Cunknown%2C

https://www.netflix.com/watch/81435865?trackId=13752289&tctx=0%2C0%2C7c42c5f88f296d663a329503a093cdca1c615bfa%3A1a34a30572dea9b08c802de56b5ef22dbdb0a6f8%2C7c42c5f88f296d663a329503a093cdca1c615bfa%3A1a34a30572dea9b08c802de56b5ef22dbdb0a6f8%2Cunknown%2C

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are a few people on our local yard sale page who try to sell dirty, worn out kids sneakers. Like filthy dirty, claiming "they still have life left in them". If a thrift store won't take them as a donation, no one is going to pay $5 for a nasty pair of shoes.

Some people believe that everything has a value. It's simply not true.

I couldn't even sell a new pair of Skechers that I had bought for the following year on clearance, and which didn't fit my kid later, for the price I paid (I think $15). And here we have people tryingto sell used dirty shoes for $5. New Carters clothing sets which don't fit my kid and have tags are not even selling for $8.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are a few people on our local yard sale page who try to sell dirty, worn out kids sneakers. Like filthy dirty, claiming "they still have life left in them". If a thrift store won't take them as a donation, no one is going to pay $5 for a nasty pair of shoes.

Some people believe that everything has a value. It's simply not true.

I couldn't even sell a new pair of Skechers that I had bought for the following year on clearance, and which didn't fit my kid later, for the price I paid (I think $15). And here we have people trying to sell used dirty shoes for $5. New Carters clothing sets which don't fit my kid and have tags are not even selling for $8.

Yes, your stuff is still over priced.

Dirty kids shoes need to be trashed.

Sketchers are not high end, so even new, resold should be $5. Carters clothing set also $5, with tags only. No tags, is like $2 is very good condition.

Most resells are just not worth the hassle unless you really need cash. Then you need to price to sell. I mostly just use Buy Nothing Groups. Anything not picked up for free (which is very little) either gets recycled or sent to Goodwill.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are a few people on our local yard sale page who try to sell dirty, worn out kids sneakers. Like filthy dirty, claiming "they still have life left in them". If a thrift store won't take them as a donation, no one is going to pay $5 for a nasty pair of shoes.

Some people believe that everything has a value. It's simply not true.

I couldn't even sell a new pair of Skechers that I had bought for the following year on clearance, and which didn't fit my kid later, for the price I paid (I think $15). And here we have people trying to sell used dirty shoes for $5. New Carters clothing sets which don't fit my kid and have tags are not even selling for $8.

Yes, your stuff is still over priced.

Dirty kids shoes need to be trashed.

Sketchers are not high end, so even new, resold should be $5. Carters clothing set also $5, with tags only. No tags, is like $2 is very good condition.

Most resells are just not worth the hassle unless you really need cash. Then you need to price to sell. I mostly just use Buy Nothing Groups. Anything not picked up for free (which is very little) either gets recycled or sent to Goodwill.

Yeah, $1. each for new with tags on either of those. Either you want to sell them, or you don't. But you will sell most/all that way (and won't have to hang onto crap).

[Anonymous]

Some people have a really hard time throwing away something they were using just yesterday. It is hard to fathom that it suddenly has no value, and it is going to become landfill. They want to believe there is someone out there so desperate that they will cherish their old junk. The act of giving ('cause they believe they are giving someone a great bargain even if they sell it) is focused on the object, not on the dignity of the person receiving the "gift."

[Anonymous]

Then again, you never know. I have some flatware that my mother gave me years ago. I would be thrilled if I happened to find additional pieces. While half a set of old flatware is pretty much worthless, the Right broken set would be a treasure for me.

[Anonymous]

$75 plus 9 shipping for these babies right now on MoCo yard sale on Facebook

[Anonymous]

$10 for this jigsaw puzzle.



Honestly, it's some kind of mental illness. Theses things can be bought brand new for less.