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bucolic_frolic

(43,544 posts)
Tue Dec 12, 2023, 10:32 PM Dec 2023

Downsizing, dejunking, cleanouts on the horizon

My utility ended its appliance recycling program. My fault for not going for it I guess. So now I have to find another way to offload some bigger items. I have a fridge, a freezer, 4 mattresses to start. What do you think it will cost. I hesitate to call for an estimate. I would expect more calls, just like buy your home, police chiefs in poverty.

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Downsizing, dejunking, cleanouts on the horizon (Original Post) bucolic_frolic Dec 2023 OP
Try listing the items on Craig's List in MOMFUDSKI Dec 2023 #1
Thanks that's quite a different way of looking at the problem bucolic_frolic Dec 2023 #2
My trash collectors will haul away a mattress if you call them ahead of time Irish_Dem Dec 2023 #3
We have Bulk Pickup here in L.A. Basic LA Dec 2023 #4
See if there is a Green Drop in your area Baltimike Feb 2024 #5
Thanks for that idea Baltimike! bucolic_frolic Feb 2024 #6

MOMFUDSKI

(5,822 posts)
1. Try listing the items on Craig's List in
Tue Dec 12, 2023, 10:36 PM
Dec 2023

the FREE category. We have bought, sold, and gave away stuff for years. Have another person with you when the people show up- to be safe. Always had a great experience.

Irish_Dem

(48,129 posts)
3. My trash collectors will haul away a mattress if you call them ahead of time
Tue Dec 12, 2023, 10:56 PM
Dec 2023

and wrap the mattress in a mattress plastic bag, which is quite cheap on Amazon.

 

Basic LA

(2,047 posts)
4. We have Bulk Pickup here in L.A.
Wed Dec 13, 2023, 12:32 AM
Dec 2023

You call Sanitation & they pick it up on trash day, but you have to get it to the curb. (Usually it's all snatched up by freelancers before Sanitation arrives.)

bucolic_frolic

(43,544 posts)
6. Thanks for that idea Baltimike!
Wed Feb 14, 2024, 07:18 PM
Feb 2024

I was kind of aware something different was going on in thrift stores. About 5 years ago there were all these electronics in there with some other company's label. Seems like Goodwill was buying off them, or taking their off-loads.

My biggest problems are big though, won't fit in other than a truck. And they're not reusable, they should be dismantled for materials. But I see there is a green drop about 15 miles away.

The local eBay seller has shrunk.

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