hrm... selling furniture

[aimeekitty]

Does anyone have any advice for me? :)

So I really would like to change some of our furniture. Some of it we bought when we first got married, some was left over from before that, etc... (on a side note, Mitch and I will have been married 5 years on the 30th! Imagine that!)

Anyway, We didn't really know what we wanted, decor or furniture-wise, and now I kinda regret some of our purchases. And some of the furniture wasn't cheap either! And most of the nice stuff... it is in like-new condition.

What can I do? Can you actually attempt to sell furniture in the newspaper or on ebay? The idea of just donating perfectly good, and expensive, furniture to goodwill seems almost like a crime. Not to mention we could really use the money to be able to get replacement furniture.

In the beginning of this coming year, we're really going to attempt to change things around some to make our condo work better for us, and I think it would be a good time to rethink how we've been doing the decor and furniture.

Comments

[nikita2471.livejournal.com]

Craigslist it or have a garage sale! I've had friends that have bought furniture both ways.

[mognetcentral.livejournal.com]

Craigslist, for sure. Take photos and describe them as best you can, state your price and whether or not you're willing to negotiate. There are definitely people looking for nicer pieces and collectable furniture on there.

The great thing is that most people on Craigslist know to pick up themselves, so you don't have to worry about delivery at all.

[tweedlekeys.livejournal.com]

Some of my friends have had success selling on craigslist. It's nice because it keeps things local so there's no shipping and pick up or delivery can be worked out. Of course, a lot of it was on the lower end, college furniture trading. You can probably read the latest posts there and see what the market is like for what you have.

I suppose eBay, pennysaver and classifieds should work as well, perhaps even better because it appeals to different and perhaps larger audiences. Of course, it seems like a pain to have people trampling into your house to take a look at the piece before purchasing - and having to be around to let them in and handling requests.

[earthminor.livejournal.com]

My friends and I buy furniture off ebay. :)

[kellyhime.livejournal.com]

Earlier this year, we decided to completely redecorate and went from Danish Modern to Victorian Eclectic, so everything from before had to go. We had some nice pieces of Danish Modern and managed to sell them so well on Craigslist that they pretty much paid for the new stuff, which we also got mostly on Craigslist. One thing I would recommend about Craiglist though is if you get a lot of interest in an item, set one specific time that people can view and buy your stuff and sell them on a first come, first serve basis with no bargining. You wouldn't believe how many cheap time-wasters there are on Craiglist!

[jinyo.livejournal.com]

Everybody already said CraigsList, so I guess I'll keep my mouth shut.
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Good luck with the redecorating! If you need any suggestions, I have a small pile of Trading Spaces videotapes, for some odd reason.
For so many years I lived with just whatever hand-me-down furniture I had. When I got my current place, I finally bought a lot of new furniture specifically to fit this place, and it made me a lot happier to have a somewhat uniform theme.

[ajmeow.livejournal.com]

Do u guys have a craigslist for down there? That's how most people sell furniture around here.

[sakurae.livejournal.com]

Yep, craigslist LA works well. My friend uses the SD one down in her area.

[patrickat.livejournal.com]

Craig's List, Trading Times, or newspaper classifieds. The caveat is you must be prepared to get nowhere near what you paid for it new. New furniture depreciates faster than a new automobile. The day after you bring it home, it's worth about half what you paid for it on the used goods market.

[tacohime.livejournal.com]

Agreed with everyone else: Craigslist is the way to go.

[arkadia.livejournal.com]

Feel like I'm beating a dead horse here, but I agree with Craigslist. I actually got some of my furniture on there and had really good success with finding stuff. If your furniture is in good condition, you definitely shouldn't have an issue selling it.