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Floridaboiler
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 Posted: 12/21/05 - 17:36 Post subject: Collections and clutter
At what point do you get tired of stuff you have been collecting/saving for years and decide to get rid of it? I have a whole bunch of comics, cards and some other stuff that I am sort of ready to sell off. We have so much stuff in the house that it just gets in the way and I could kind of use the money that i might get from selling it off.
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bburgoyne26
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Posted: 12/21/05 - 18:32 Post subject:
I hear ya.....I want to simplify.....I could live in a cabin in the woods with just a few basics.....well, that and a good widescreen HDTV and a surround sound system.....
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Zatoichi
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Posted: 12/21/05 - 18:43 Post subject:
Years ago, a friend of mine who ran a comic store told me, "Someday, you're going to reach a point where you go, "I just don't need any more of this stuff.""
At the time, I thought he was nuts - now I see he was right.
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Posted: 12/21/05 - 18:51 Post subject:
What I really hate is getting all this crap from my Mom and Gramma along with "Keep this, it'll be worth money someday." And they have done it to the boyz since they were little. Then I throw away a bunch of the crap and sure enough one of them asks the boyz about it. When the boyz say "Oh Mom threw that away" they are like  Yup, there goes my inheritance!  
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rolling rock
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Posted: 12/21/05 - 19:03 Post subject:
i want a chair and a spoon. thanks.
minimalist here, living in a cluttered society is purehell for me. get rid of it all now FB. clear the air, clear the house, free your mind, make some breathing room. for the love of PETE, let it go man, let it go. 
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Cappy
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Posted: 12/21/05 - 19:04 Post subject:
Every month or so, we throw out or donate a bag of toys, I figure by the time I am 60 we will be toy free 
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Posted: 12/21/05 - 19:08 Post subject:
| rolling rock wrote: | i want a chair and a spoon. thanks.
minimalist here, living in a cluttered society is purehell for me. get rid of it all now FB. clear the air, clear the house, free your mind, make some breathing room. for the love of PETE, let it go man, let it go. |
 You crack me up woman!
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Floridaboiler
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Posted: 12/21/05 - 19:12 Post subject:
I am really thinking about taking my stuff to card stores and comic book stores to see how much I could get for it. I don't want to throw it out but I don't know if I want to hang on to it for 50 years in the hopes it is worth something when I am on my deathbed.
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gretriever
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Posted: 12/21/05 - 21:09 Post subject:
When I was in college, my mom actually went and threw out my baseball and football card collections. 
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j1miller
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Posted: 12/21/05 - 21:11 Post subject:
The answer is simple.....
when the divorce papers are filed....
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TriBob
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Posted: 12/21/05 - 21:21 Post subject:
I just got 3 boxes of baseball, football, hockey and movie cards from the mid-70s back from my parents house. some cards were selected before as worth something. I also have the full original star wars set.  I need to check out there value too.
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j1miller
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Posted: 12/21/05 - 21:23 Post subject:
| TriBob wrote: | | I just got 3 boxes of baseball, football, hockey and movie cards from the mid-70s back from my parents house. some cards were selected before as worth something. I also have the full original star wars set. I need to check out there value too. |
That is awesome!
I used to work at Kenner and would just hang out in the conference room where they had the entire set displayed... very impressive!
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Posted: 12/21/05 - 21:24 Post subject:
Boring posts are cluttersome.
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robp
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Posted: 12/21/05 - 21:25 Post subject:
| bsl wrote: | | Boring posts are cluttersome. |
And you're contributing to the clutter.
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