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Originally Posted by Remembergoldenrule
Better solution is have FREE garage sale. You don’t have to pay for dumpster and everything is gone to someone that will use it. We advertise for neighbor on NextDoor and everything was taken! From a 68 year old “kid” having to deal with parent hoarding you get my parent award!
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I agree. Chances are, you might make ten cents on the dollar and be left with lots of stuff. Why not just give it away? Now, do you want it to be acquired by people in The Villages who are perhaps more trustworthy or by people who can’t afford it and will use it or by people who will immediately resell it or by drug users who will take your tools to pawn shops and try to get a few bucks for another fix? Do you want a few people at a time stopping by? Do you want cars parked all down your street and around the block? Things you need to decide.
If what you have is mainly woodworking tools, you might try going to the big Villages woodworking shop on Rolling Acres road next to the driving range. That club has lots of members, and they know their way around tools. Ask some of the members for advice. Maybe they’d like an opportunity to come get free tools. Like a couple hours one day. Or maybe they’d come pick up everything and see that it is distributed for you to good homes.
Or, find out where the Villages grounds workers park and go. There and offer them free tools. I’m sure plenty of them know how to use tools but can’t afford good ones. They would be really grateful and happy.
Or, you can find a company that picks up things like this all day all over and resells them. What is it worth to save yourself the aggravation and let one truck come and get it all at once and not have to worry about what they do with it?
You could stop by Habitat for Humanity and ask the people there for advice. They know the handymen who fix things and build things for people who don’t have much. Your free tools could be a real blessing for them.