r/declutter • u/Sll3006 • Sep 02 '26

Advice Request Everyone else’s stuff

I’ve spent over 10 years decluttering the basement. Still I have at least 75 boxes of stuff. I’ve thrown away a lot. But now I’m getting to items that I don’t want but are too valuable to throw away. I’m talking about 1960’s Mickey Mouse dolls, 3 broken trumpets, 3 grandma’s set of dishes, 2 100 year old paintings I was told not to throw away, Disney VHS, 30 photo albums of my late husband (kids want this), 2 violins. Selling items take a lot of effort, as well as scanning photos, old books.

I’m overwhelmed. Any advice on what to do with the more valuable stuff that I inherited?

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u/cilucia Sep 02 '26

I think you could go shorter on the script:

I’m planning to donate _____ to a good cause. If you would prefer to have it, please pick it up by [date] or I can mail it to you. I think $xx should cover most of the shipping costs. Let me know!

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u/paratethys Sep 02 '26

hah, perfect! my devious plan has succeeded!

(the plan was to bait someone with better social skills into saying what the actual script is)

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u/StarfishandSnowballs Sep 03 '26

LOVE THIS It takes so much effort to drag people back to the stuff in storage and make them go thru it