Many of us have too much furniture...

[graciegirl]

Wonder how we could get the extra stuff we may have brought and don't need to the flood victims who have lost a lot of furniture......just musing.

[NotGolfer]

Call the Salvation ARmy and maybe they can offer words of wisdom.....

[dewilson58]

First step is finding transportation.

One of the most difficult things right now is logistics, specifically trucking. Right now FEMA is paying truckers three to four times the normal going rate to get things into Texas.

This is greatly impacting logistics all over the country. Manufacturers are struggling to get trucks to delivery their regular production.

I don't expect shelves to be empty, but retailers and manufacturers are struggling if they don't have their own private fleet.

[Fredster]

I would think that the cost of shipping used furniture
would be more than its value.

[kstew43]

Sell it and donate the proceeds....:icon_wink:

[graciegirl]

Sell it and donate the proceeds....:icon_wink:

I don't have the furniture but this forum has been filled with people who more recently moved here and lots of things they brought they don't need. I think NOW may not be the time but maybe in a month or so when things are settled down, someone might think of something we could do to help in this area.

[jsw14]

Hmmm, & just Where R the Flood Victims going to put the furniture? They have NO HOMES!!!!

[graciegirl]

Hmmm, & just Where R the Flood Victims going to put the furniture? They have NO HOMES!!!!

They have homes. Wet homes and damaged beyond repair furniture. Just thinking about what would happen to us if we got the flooding from Irma.

[jsw14]

If Irma hit's Florida, I won't be think'in about furniture......

[kcrazorbackfan]

Furniture is probably what 75% of all these storage units in this area are filled with. We got rid of all excess of everything prior to moving here.

[Miles42]

May as well donate it. selling used furniture is a joke here

[perrjojo]

Please only send requested items or money. Donating things you no longer want only adds to the problem and in the long run cost more to ship and store than its value.

[kstew43]

Please only send requested items or money. Donating things you no longer want only adds to the problem and in the long run cost more to ship and store than its value.

Thats exactly what I said.....sell it here and donate the profits.....

I think now and later.....cash always works better than figuring out a way to fund and transport your unneeded furniture.

[graciegirl]

Thats exactly what I said.....sell it here and donate the profits.....

I think now and later.....cash always works better than figuring out a way to fund and transport your unneeded furniture.

O.K. FINE.

I was just thinking how expensive it would be to refurnish a whole home. Just thinking how it might help to have a donated table and chairs until the walls got put back in place.

I don't have anything to sell. Our kids can throw our stuff out when we move to the Village of Heavenly.

We sure do like to argue and I can include myself in that too.

YES. I woke up with a headache.

And I don't drink.

[Fredster]

O.K. FINE.

I was just thinking how expensive it would be to refurnish a whole home. Just thinking how it might help to have a donated table and chairs until the walls got put back in place.

I don't have anything to sell. Our kids can throw our stuff out when we move to the Village of Heavenly.

We sure do like to argue and I can include myself in that too.

YES. I woke up with a headache.

And I don't drink.

Didn't seem like arguing, it seemed to me, that people
were just sharing their thoughts and opinions.

[graciegirl]

Didn't seem like arguing, it seemed to me, that people
were just sharing their thoughts and opinions.

no one liked my idea, Fred.

[Fredster]

no one liked my idea, Fred.

Gracie, helping others is always a good idea, but some
methods are easier than others.
When we bought our villages home, we ended up donating
just about all the furniture and items that were still in
good shape but no longer fit in.

[perrjojo]

I know most have good intentions but I have volunteered at one of these donation sites before and it becomes a nightmare. You would not believe what some people drop off. Pretty soon you have a mountain of stuff that needs to be sorted, stored and distributed. It becomes an unbeliever logistics problem. Much of it ends up in a landfill. Send cash and let the disaster organizations provide what is needed. It is far more cost effective and helpful.

[maryanna630]

Too much furniture is not the only thing....we all have too much of everything. It's called 'affluenza' and it is a first world problem. I lived as an expat for eight years and extreme poverty is the norm. I am changed forever by living in another culture.