Gah

[nwhiker]

I finally get dh to get some boxes checked out for donation and....

.... find out that nobody is taking anything.

FML.

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[camelsamba]

Argh, that stinks! There are a couple of places in our area that have resumed (including Purple Heart and Salvation Army), but not the place I usually donate stuff.

[nwhiker]

I'd called the place I wanted to donate stuff to last January... I should have checked again, they're not accepting donations until September. Sigh. Who knows what I'll do?

Of course we were planning on pretty much donating everything, but one box and about $400 worth of stuff and all of a sudden, dh feels we can't. We just checked a few things on ebay (stuff that actually sold), and it's worth more than we thought. WTF, people? I had no idea people would pay money for some of this stuff. Anyhow, because of my SIL and her contentiousness we now need to figure out a new strategy. My feeling is ask my MIL if she's willing to try to sell it and tell her to split everything between her and SIL. Ugh.

It all started because we were curious about if something was Depression glass. Alas, it was.

[siamese1]

Our give away piles are also getting bigger. Some places are taking stuff, but only for a limited time and the lines go for a mile or two - and they stop intake long before the line has diminished. Our usual place for books isn't taking anything at all right now. So I feel your pain.

[nwhiker]

Ugh. We finally found that while all the Goodwill trucks but one have disappeared, you can take things to Goodwill. They open for donations at 9am. At 8:30, we were 20th or so in line. We did get rid of some boxes, phew!

So I feel your pain. Goodwill hadn't been my plan, but I cannot wait until September when the Children's Thrift Store will be taking donations again.