What to do with old stuff?
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Having a clearout and I now have piles of original pc games - other than selling them individually on ebay (which frankly i can't be bothered with) what do people do with them, other than taking them to the tip.
I've also about 1000 CD's which the same can be said as above too.
...and laptops, that I must be able to give somewhere to be refurbed. Jeez, I've even an old Oric-1 48k in it's original box ... and so much in between. I really shouldn't hoard
...& mobile phones... big boxes of them.
I've also about 1000 CD's which the same can be said as above too.
...and laptops, that I must be able to give somewhere to be refurbed. Jeez, I've even an old Oric-1 48k in it's original box ... and so much in between. I really shouldn't hoard
...& mobile phones... big boxes of them.
Douglas Quaid said:
You could take them to a charity shop. They’ll resell them and hopefully the money will be put to good use. Far better than just throwing them in the tip.
Well, yes I agree. That will be the first port of call for anything non-electronic, but I know anything electronic they don't take, wheras the tip has a skip for the sole purpose of electronic stuff - I know as I've been told to get out of the skip on about 5 occasions as I don't like stuff to go to waste if it can be fixed...
The Oric-1 has some value, north of £100 anyway. Other than selling/charity, try one of the national computer museums to see if they want to take any of it off your hands if you have one near enough or see if they'll collect a giant box of bits from you if you have more besides.
House clearance places might just take a mass of stuff off your hands if you just want shot of it and don't care what happens to it.
House clearance places might just take a mass of stuff off your hands if you just want shot of it and don't care what happens to it.
I found a local church charity wanted old computers. They cleaned them up and sent them to schools in Africa. Not sure an Oric would be much use to them though, but bet it has some value on eBay.
If you really can't be bothered, take a photo of it all in a pile and put it on your local Facebook free stuff group - someone will take the lot to either use or flog at car boot sales. Keeps it out of landfill
If you really can't be bothered, take a photo of it all in a pile and put it on your local Facebook free stuff group - someone will take the lot to either use or flog at car boot sales. Keeps it out of landfill
https://www.rmcretro.com/ might want them, they get lots of donations!
Douglas Quaid said:
You could take them to a charity shop. They’ll resell them and hopefully the money will be put to good use. Far better than just throwing them in the tip.
charity shops near me had signs up saying they didnt want any more cds or books.i had a uncle pass away a few years back leaving 500+ LPs, and giving them away for free was a hassle.
I can fully understand why most stuff like this will end up in a skip.
If you're genuinely not bothered about getting any money, put them on ebay as a job lot for a fiver or so starting bid and let nature take its course. They either go to someone who wants them (even if only to resell), or you take them down the tip (which you were going to do anyway).
I'd be surprised in no one wants them. To the point of somewhat grim fascination, actually. What have you got, 900 copies of Black Lace's Party Party?
I'd be surprised in no one wants them. To the point of somewhat grim fascination, actually. What have you got, 900 copies of Black Lace's Party Party?
I've got an untold number of grandchildren. I've got ride-on toys, all in remarkably good condition, other big toys, a camping cot, prams, and other stuff. I can't find a charity shop to take them. It looks like the tip for it all.
A charity shop near me used to take electronic gear, particularly bits from a computer, connectors and such, but that's recently closed.
A charity shop near me used to take electronic gear, particularly bits from a computer, connectors and such, but that's recently closed.
CDs are making a bit of a comeback, I still buy them from charity shops and online. But the ones I buy are quite 'specialist'.
I took a load of unwanted CDs to my local charity shop and they took them, most were the general 'best of' or classical stuff I had inherited from a house clearance.
My local charity shops take electrical stuff, as long as it's complete and working.
I took a load of unwanted CDs to my local charity shop and they took them, most were the general 'best of' or classical stuff I had inherited from a house clearance.
My local charity shops take electrical stuff, as long as it's complete and working.
megaphone said:
CDs are making a bit of a comeback, I still buy them from charity shops and online. But the ones I buy are quite 'specialist'.
I took a load of unwanted CDs to my local charity shop and they took them, most were the general 'best of' or classical stuff I had inherited from a house clearance.
My local charity shops take electrical stuff, as long as it's complete and working.
British Heart Foundation take electricals, and will collectI took a load of unwanted CDs to my local charity shop and they took them, most were the general 'best of' or classical stuff I had inherited from a house clearance.
My local charity shops take electrical stuff, as long as it's complete and working.
https://www.bhf.org.uk/shop/donating-goods/book-fu...
lost in espace said:
https://www.rmcretro.com/ might want them, they get lots of donations!
I was thinking exactly this 
I'm sure that LGR in the US would love to have some of the older stuff too, especially after he lost so much when his house was wrecked in the hurricanes last year.Old PC CDs and DVDs can be a real pain to run and with places like GOG you can just download most of them for a few £.
I sold a job lot of something like 30 discs with no reserve on eBay, I think they went for £4.50 or something like that, old WoW, Total War, SWTOR discs but people just don’t want them.
Old hardware went for a surprising amount - GTX 970 went for £36, etc.
I sold a job lot of something like 30 discs with no reserve on eBay, I think they went for £4.50 or something like that, old WoW, Total War, SWTOR discs but people just don’t want them.
Old hardware went for a surprising amount - GTX 970 went for £36, etc.
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