Re:Marie Kondo and the War on Stuff (2016)
by ghaff on Saturday September 02, 2017 @09:53AM
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I assume it didn't really work for more or less the same reason it doesn't work for you or me to do it personally--the transaction cost in time and money is more than you can get for the item. Someone who specializes in that sort of thing can be better at it but it's still hard to make money selling a $10 item.
Mostly I just donate things these days to the Salvation Army or whatever. Unfortunately, not everything is really amenable to that. I have some items that I'm sure are worth something to someone but they're not worth my effort to sell on ebay and Craigslist is pretty thin out where I live.
It's too bad because that seemed like a reasonable system: people would get to be proficient at pricing, describing and listing items on eBay and the sales price at a public auction seemed like a pretty accurate value for what something was "really worth".
My wife used to take things that our kids outgrew to resale shops. She still is able to take some things that we no longer use but was easier with kid stuff.