Pawn shops can be useful for this, too. You won't the same price you would on ebay, but you do get to get the stuff out of your house now.

When I tried the ebay route, I found that my place never actually got any cleaner. All the stuff that I had decided to declutter would still sit around the apartment, taking up space all the while, while it spends months or years waiting to be sold.

Yeah, a lot of the stuff I have listed is stuff I don't mind owning but if someone wanted to offer the right price I would let go of them.

Yep, anything useful goes on Gumtree for $0. Usually disappears within the hour.

Listing anything for free makes the crazies come out of the woodwork though. Usually too much hassle than it is worth imho.

I've found it's actually better to list things for a small price than to try to give it away for free. When you list for free, tons of non-committed people contact you and it's too difficult to hold for someone who ends up falling through. And sometimes you upset the beggers who think they claimed it first. When there's at least a small transaction price, you have a much better chance of getting a serious buyer.

Listing items for a sixpack of their favourite makes for friendly, casual interactions. And you try out new things!

God forbid you have to interact with white trash in order to get rid of a set of 3/4 used tires. /s

Getting rid of something for free is such a quick transaction that IMO complaints about the people you're transacting with aren't really meaningful/valid.

My wife uses local "giveaway" Facebook groups. Whenever we clean, some clothes, books or items go there and get picked up over the next days. We also source things from these groups ourselves occassionally. Overall, we feel great about it; a lot of perfectly good things get a second, third or nth life.

There's groups on Facebook for giving away stuff. They all go so fast on there and it help someone that need it.