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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We have three kids, the youngest is 15 months and we might be moving soon so I have a ton of baby items to off load. Everything from a car seat, mamaroo, nursing pillows, multiple carriers, clothes from Hanna and Boden, etc etc. I don’t need to get top dollar for it all but it feels collectively too valuable for me to just donate. In my ideal world I’d find an honest seeming woman [b]who go could come over on a nice day and hang out for a while on our driveway / porch while I brought things out one by one and we determined a reasonable low price for what she wants - and most of what she didn’t want I’d just donate. 
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Is this a pipe dream? Anyone know of how I might find such a lady? Or is there a better way to easily and quickly sell baby gear?

I live in Arlington btw.[/quote]

OP, I came back to post again. I posted earlier that I didn't think there was anything wrong with you asking, but I didn't think it would likely work out the way you wanted. I still think your heart is in the right place, and your intentions are good, but that it is unlikely. I wanted to expand on it.

Part of the problem is that when you envision a nice day and going over each item one by one, that's a good experience from your side (even if extra work!), but it might not feel so good from the other side. Having to sit there for the day and going over items piece by piece and verbally appreciating them, and the verbal appreciation for your generosity and largesse, might come off a bit "noblesse oblige" and "lady of the manor."

It's hard to accept charity for a lot of people. It really is. Buying a batch of items off eBay for a set price is just a financial transaction, and it doesn't tend to feel like compromising your dignity or groveling. But it might if it had to be a drawn out process in person with someone you don't know, you know?  Not that this is how you mean it, but how it feels from the other side -- sometimes and for some people, at least.

You might get lucky and find someone of the right mindset to appreciate it in the spirit intended. You can always try! But if it were me, I'd shy away and just go to Goodwill or buy something used more impersonally. I grew up super poor (like, outhouse and no electricity poor), and sometimes charity is more than you can bear. If you've had to navigate that a lot, sometimes you just can't anymore unless it's a matter of life or limb. It just hurts too much to give more of yourself in gratitude, over and over.

I have a professional job now and consider myself well off, but I remember. I just remember how hard it was.[/quote]

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