totally non UT related

[Engine No. 9]

So I'm relocating at the end of the month...I'm having a yard sale and I'm considering this: Selling everything I own....

I've tried to make a list of what will fit in my car-the bare necessities-and it is BARE (I drive a nissan sentra). I figure by pricing the stuff to sell I will have about $3500 at the end. The Ryder truck rental + car carrier + insurance, etc would = $2000.

So...That essentially gives me $5,500 to replace my stuff...Some of which I can do without (I haven't used my tape deck, etc hardly ever)

There are a couple things that will hurt-I just bought a pr. of JBL speakers for about $500....and some exercise equipt. I lucked into buying from a gym that was replacing them. Also there's a few things of sentimental value that can't be shipped and just can't make the cut.

Anyone ever done something like this? Anyone got an opinion? The clock's a tickin'!

[{chey}UN*REAL]

So I'm relocating at the end of the month...I'm having a yard sale and I'm considering this: Selling everything I own....

I've tried to make a list of what will fit in my car-the bare necessities-and it is BARE (I drive a nissan sentra). I figure by pricing the stuff to sell I will have about $3500 at the end. The Ryder truck rental + car carrier + insurance, etc would = $2000.

So...That essentially gives me $5,500 to replace my stuff...Some of which I can do without (I haven't used my tape deck, etc hardly ever)

There are a couple things that will hurt-I just bought a pr. of JBL speakers for about $500....and some exercise equipt. I lucked into buying from a gym that was replacing them. Also there's a few things of sentimental value that can't be shipped and just can't make the cut.

Anyone ever done something like this? Anyone got an opinion? The clock's a tickin'!

Yea 9,
I have just flat got up and LEFT everything I had and started from scratch.
Heck the only clothes I had was the ones I bought on my way out of town at walmart.I mean even my shaving stuff, toothbrush,
EVERYTHING.And this was not forced, just got tired of it all. Look what people don't understand sometimes, it is just "stuff" and it will never be any thing else. some of the things that have sentimental value , good, keep them . the rest. It is just stuff.....

my 2 cents .

[Kingster]

"The things you own... End up owning you..."

[SoBeiT]

Only thing I can think of:
Some trucking companies will ship much, much cheaper if the stuff can sit in the warehouse (months) until a load leaves going to your new town.

You call them when you are settled give them your new phone #, mail it also with your package ID #s on it. When they are near you, they will just call. You may have to drive up to 20 - 40 miles to get it, but still might be worth it to you.

Military offers the same thing I heard.

Good luck on your move #9.

[Lord_Simeon]

moving has to be the worst job we have to do, as humans.
The stress of what to keep, then the fact that what you threw out a week before, you need again.

Keep all the sentimental stuff, but other things can easily be replaced later in life, if you feel you still need them.

[ShirleyFT]

You can always rent a storage room.

July 31th I had to help some friends move (they got evicted and had to be out by midnight). They just put stuff out by the street. It was a disaster because they didn't plan enough. Don't wait till the last minute. Prepare now.

[tr@xtandn]

Bah....
when I moved to Oregon

I grabbed a backpack of clothes, my golf clubs and my snowboard.....
and then I left :p

[Zinia]

lol

Yeah, when I moved to Texas, I took my clothes and a toaster bed. You know the style, called a hide-away but when you fold it up and put a cover on it it looks like a big toaster.

Went back home a year later to pick up the rest of my things, and my mom sold them all in a garage sale.

[|SAD|_Kaotik]

I would look into a storage area for the things that you value. Have you checked with family or friends about storing some stuff with them and getting it later? I hope all goes well with the move #9....good luck!!!

[Precedent]

Hey # 9 -- when I was leaving Brooklyn a few years ago I faced a similar situation. I'd already done the coast to coast mail/ship/move thang before.

Then I found the GreenPoint Volunteer Ambulance Co. They sold me rig #8 (if it were #9 this would be cosmic, no?) for $1,800, I threw my stuff in it, slept on the stretcher, and drove west here to LA stopping to see college buds along the way.

The only hitch was the state trooper in Kansas who stopped me and made me take out the lightbar. I had it back up by the time I reached Colorado :D