Selling items:
As I mentioned before, selling off early is the key - by starting early, you can gauge how much price you can get and start at a higher price and wait a bit. If it doesn't sell, you always have the time to re-list and sell at a lower price. It was surprising to see that we were able to get a price which we thought the item wouldn't sell for. You will be surprised to hear we did sell the 27'' Sony Trinitron TV for $50 !! Forget about getting some $ for it, we thought it would be a hassle to dispose off this heavy and bulky item. Again, starting early helped..
As I mentioned before, selling off early is the key - by starting early, you can gauge how much price you can get and start at a higher price and wait a bit. If it doesn't sell, you always have the time to re-list and sell at a lower price. It was surprising to see that we were able to get a price which we thought the item wouldn't sell for. You will be surprised to hear we did sell the 27'' Sony Trinitron TV for $50 !! Forget about getting some $ for it, we thought it would be a hassle to dispose off this heavy and bulky item. Again, starting early helped..
Some of the items we sold early on...
- Car seats (left with just one car seat until the move), booster seat
- Unused shoes, snow booths
- Mixer
- The additional recliner/sofa
- Dining table
- Glass showcase (too fragile to transport)
- Unused text books (donated)
- Old computer (donated)
- Cloths cabinets (moved all the cloths in them to suitcases or existing selves)
- Sorted cloths - donated the ones which we can't use)
- Treadmill
- Carpets
- HD TV receivers, antenna
- Outdoor swing
- Ladder
- Iron box (can't be used in India due to voltage diff and this is s high wattage item)
- Old TV (big, trinitron type)
Which we could have sold but didn't:
- TV (flat screen): This was a 42'' plasma TV for which we paid $2500 when it came on market few years ago. Didn't make sense to sell it now for $250 (How do I know it would gotten $250 - listed on Craigslist to test the market and got offers in that range). Thought this could be a good second TV for kids(all those videos and as a Wii console) if it doesn't work well with PAL in India.
- Lamps
One of our friends said you can get converts for hooking the Indian type bulbs - mind you, it is not just the voltage with these things, US type bulbs are screwed where as Indian types have 2 hooks. However, as you might already know, compared to US apartment and homes, there is a good amount of pre-fixed light fixtures on the walls and you don't need lots of additional lighting. Might be better off buying new lamps once you are here.
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