Yesterday, while my parents were at Grossnickle eye doctor, I took a box of Brett's video games to Chimps Comix for resell. Both Brett and I were pleased with the amount of money that he got from them. I did not sell all of them to the local store. I had sorted through them beforehand and found a shoebox full that were worth more than Brett could get from a video game store. Because of this, I strongly suggested to him that he begin selling his extra items on Marketplace as Brett could get more from them through the Facebook selling site and there were more people to sell to in Columbus. I was also ready for him to take responsibility for his items. That way, he could control the price and sell them on his and Karen's time. We have really downsized a lot at my parents, and I am not interested in taking on anymore work while I am there especially since I do not plan to return until spring. I even offered to help Brett get one or two listed this weekend, so he could see how easy it was. Finding out that his PlayStation 2 Guitar Hero set was worth well over a hundred dollars on Marketplace was a good incentive for Brett to start trying.
The video games weren't the only items that I helped to downsize these past two days. I finally got the Raggedy Ann set to the woman from Wakarusa who paid from them on my last trip. She kept flaking out on when and where to meet, so I told her that I would make one last attempt and then I would return her money. That must have worked as she picked them up last night.
While I was cleaning out the upstairs closet, I found a few items of Meg's to take back to Orlando for her to sell. I also came across a set of Captain Underpants books and the National Park Monopoly game that Cameron wanted to keep in Florida. Those along with the few small items that I wanted to try selling in Ocala, would make for a full suitcase going back, but thankfully, we had room for them.
The hardest part of cleaning out was the toys. There were some wonderful sets that we had kept over the years that I wasn't quite sure what to do with now, especially since none of my children had children of their own. My mom said that they had no problem storing them, but it seemed silly to keep items that no one had used in over a decade and probably wouldn't use for at least the next five years. I pulled out the Fisher Price Little People first. After cleaning and organizing them, Meg, Karen and Brett made the decision for me. Meg asked me to keep the airplane set for my house as it fit with Nick's career. Karen and Brett asked me to set aside the rest for them to pick up this spring as they planned to have children in the next few years.
The next two sets were the hardest for me. Brett still had his Grand Adventure Pirate Set at my mom's along with his and Cal's Wild West Town. Both were still in great condition, and I knew that they were worth quite a bit of money. With that said, I had such great memories of our oldest two boys playing with them that I wasn't quite sure that I was ready to part with them. Brett, Cal, and Doug agreed that they were awesome sets, but were more inclined to sell them as someone else could use them sooner than our family and because they were hard to store. Once I realized that we could rebuy them if we ever wanted to and that there were new Fisher Price sets that our grandchildren might want instead, I decided that they were right and listed them on Marketplace last night. Much to my surprise, I had several offers for them this morning. After negotiating with a few of them, I settled on a family that could pay full price in cash and could meet tonight. After seeing the little boy that they were going to, I felt a whole lot better about selling them and Brett and Cal were happy with the extra cash.
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