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graciegirl 09-01-2017 02:05 PM

Many of us have too much furniture...
 
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 09-01-2017 02:12 PM

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

dewilson58 09-01-2017 02:15 PM

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 09-01-2017 02:36 PM

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

kstew43 09-01-2017 05:41 PM

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

graciegirl 09-01-2017 05:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kstew43 (Post 1442515)
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 09-01-2017 07:47 PM

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

graciegirl 09-01-2017 07:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jsw14 (Post 1442565)
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 09-01-2017 08:11 PM

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

kcrazorbackfan 09-01-2017 08:19 PM

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 09-01-2017 08:41 PM

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

perrjojo 09-02-2017 07:01 AM

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 09-02-2017 09:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by perrjojo (Post 1442667)
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 09-02-2017 11:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kstew43 (Post 1442718)
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 09-02-2017 12:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by graciegirl (Post 1442759)
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.


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