Save Money-- Turn Clutter into Cash--Part Three

Here's another way to get rid of your clutter and save money:
First go to www.craigslist.org and post items for sale on a local board. Members can also post messages about items they are looking to buy. Potential buyers contact sellers to make arrangements to check out items for sale. The two parties arrange payment, generally cash only.
Draws for sellers:
Posting is free. You don't have to ship your stuff, because buyers come pick it up themselves.
Drawbacks for sellers:
You don't get as much as you would by selling on eBay. Sellers say that sometimes prospective buyers make appointments to check out what's for sale and then don't show up.
Consignment Shops
How they work:
They take your stuff--namely clothes, baby items, toys and furniture--and put it on their store shelves and racks. When it sells, the store takes its cut and writes you a check for the rest. If your items don't sell after a certain period of time or by the end of a season, you either pick them up or let the store have them. Some stores will donate items that don't sell.
Draws for Sellers:
There's a venue to showcase your cast-offs and someone else to ring up the sale. You don't have to take phone calls from potential buyers or post photos of you stuff online. And you don't have to ship your stuff to buyers.
Drawbacks for Sellers:
You sacrifice some of your time and your earnings. The shops get a cut--60percent is standard for clothing. You typically have to make an appointment with the shop to bring in your stuff. And it probably won't take all you have to offer, leaving you to haul it someplace else i.e. to Goodwill or Salvation Army. You also have to get on the shop's inventory schedule.
For example, lots of consignment stores are not taking any more winter clothes now. Some are waiting until February to start taking spring clothing.
Hope this is a help, and as always Happy Savings!!!!





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