Using Craigslist

Many of you have basements full of the type of stuff in the picture above. We have been slowly but surely moving things out of our basement recently, some items going to the recycling center, some getting thrown out, some going to our kids, and surprisingly lots going to paper recycling. But we had another pile: the donation pile. Usually I just put these items in a bag, call Purple Heart or St. Vincent DePaul and have them taken away. This time, however, we had a wide variety of things to donate, not just clothing, and we wanted to come up with a way to get these items to those who could use them (reuse!). So we took photos of 4 items (a popcorner, an old VCR, a small coffeemaker and a Robocub) and put them on Craigslist, in their free section. Within 3 minutes I had at least 15 e-mails, and all of the items were taken. Today, between 3 and 4 PM, we arranged for all of it to be picked up. Many other items we had set out were taken also. So before you think of disposing of an unwanted item, consider this option!