Quitting/putting collecting on pause

RicksNerdLife said:
The great purge begins tonight.

It's time.

I'm ready.

It took me a week or two to really process what I'm willing to part with, what I am not going to miss. I hate listing shit on eBay, and Marketplace, it's quite literally my arduous nightmare.

But, shit's gotta go before I balk.

As has been mentioned, I did get a few things in this week, and yeah...the dopamine ain't hittin' like she used to. On certain things. I open it, I say "Pretty cool". Then it gets set aside. They go.

Others, like these Mety TMNT, I can't put down. They are so much fun, and quite literally, my childhood. They stay.

Wish me luck.
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You got this, my friend! I've been in a somewhat similar boat recently- finally getting around to parting with things that I've been neglecting for whatever reason, and honestly, once I start, it gets pretty dang easy from there. I've yet to really regret parting with anything, and the space it clears for some of the things I really do love to finally have room to be displayed is more than enough to make up for whatever temporary sadness I may feel. I really do feel that tiny bit lighter.

Just take it a little bit at a time, and if you need more encouragement- gentle or harsh- you know we got you!
 
Invest in a small postage scale if you don’t have one already, and take advantage of eBay’s built in USPS capability. Being able to just drop off packages at the post office rather than standing in line or even using the postage machine will save you so much time and aggravation.

Once you find your groove, you’ll be surprised how easy it is.
 
Xavion2025 said:
Invest in a small postage scale if you don’t have one already, and take advantage of eBay’s built in USPS capability. Being able to just drop off packages at the post office rather than standing in line or even using the postage machine will save you so much time and aggravation.

Once you find your groove, you’ll be surprised how easy it is.
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I second this. But, worse comes to worse, for folks without a printer like myself, their self-service kiosk is really easy. Made me much more willing to sell things on ebay, knowing I wouldn't have to waste half an hour standing in a line. Not always the case, but there's usually no line at all, and if there is, it's usually much shorter than the regular one. I can just stroll right in, scan the QR code ebay generated to print the label there, and drop it in the window. Easy peasy, booty squeezy.
 
Wow, I didn’t know there was an eBay QR code that you can scan at the kiosk. That’s a really nice feature. Honestly, I think the only time we ever use our printer anymore is to print shipping labels.
 
Xavion2025 said:
Wow, I didn’t know there was an eBay QR code that you can scan at the kiosk. That’s a really nice feature. Honestly, I think the only time we ever use our printer anymore is to print shipping labels.
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Yeah! Just pick the "print later" option on ebay (or whatever it is now), it'll generate a QR code, and when you're at the kiosk, just hit the "print QR code for label" button on the main screen. Also saves on tape, since it'll print on the sticky paper and you can just slap that baby on the box!
 
RicksNerdLife said:
The great purge begins tonight.

It's time.

I'm ready.

It took me a week or two to really process what I'm willing to part with, what I am not going to miss. I hate listing shit on eBay, and Marketplace, it's quite literally my arduous nightmare.

But, shit's gotta go before I balk.

As has been mentioned, I did get a few things in this week, and yeah...the dopamine ain't hittin' like she used to. On certain things. I open it, I say "Pretty cool". Then it gets set aside. They go.

Others, like these Mety TMNT, I can't put down. They are so much fun, and quite literally, my childhood. They stay.

Wish me luck.
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Take a pic of the stuff you're purging!
 
SalemCrow said:
So we put an offer in on a house on Thursday, and have been getting emails from our agent because today was the first open house, but our offer was accepted this evening, so as long as inspections and a few other things go well, I WILL need to buckle down on thinning shit out.
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Congrats!
 
joshsquash729 said:
I second this. But, worse comes to worse, for folks without a printer like myself, their self-service kiosk is really easy. Made me much more willing to sell things on ebay, knowing I wouldn't have to waste half an hour standing in a line. Not always the case, but there's usually no line at all, and if there is, it's usually much shorter than the regular one. I can just stroll right in, scan the QR code ebay generated to print the label there, and drop it in the window. Easy peasy, booty squeezy.
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I was convinced to buy a thermal label printer last year after a recommendation from a fellow ATer and it is a game changer for me. Easily worth the ~$60 I spent on it. That plus the scale are now must-haves for any sales adventures I embark on.
 
SalemCrow said:
So we put an offer in on a house on Thursday, and have been getting emails from our agent because today was the first open house, but our offer was accepted this evening, so as long as inspections and a few other things go well, I WILL need to buckle down on thinning shit out.
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Be there with you soon! Congratulations!
 
SalemCrow said:
So we put an offer in on a house on Thursday, and have been getting emails from our agent because today was the first open house, but our offer was accepted this evening, so as long as inspections and a few other things go well, I WILL need to buckle down on thinning shit out.
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Awesome, congratulations!
 
I just thought of one of the mistakes I made as a seller. For the first five years or so as a frequent seller, any money coming in was going back out toward new toys. It's only been in the last three or four years where I've seen an appreciable decrease in the amount I have, mostly by pulling back on the Hasbro product. Seems like it would be an easy concept to grasp, but like I said, it took me at least five years.

Selling and cutting back seems to be the in thing. I just heard Dan Larson mention it in passing when he said his 50th was coming up. Right now I'm listening to guys talk about "curating" their Hot Toys.
 
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