I've got a couple old furnitures lying around that seems to have had its days. Going to throw them away in the next council collection days. What do you do with yours?
Also, do you buy used furniture in Gumtree/Facebook? If so, what do you look for to ensure the used furniture is not disgusting?
Also, what do you think of the IKEA Buy Back program? https://www.ikea.com/au/en/customer-service/services/buyback…
Wow that is pretty good. What was the RRP?
$140
Oh well, $30 back out of $140 is really not bad.
I'm not sure if it still available, but the Salvos came and collected some old beds and furniture I had in the past.
I didn't know they did that, but upon contacting them as someone else told me, they did confirm that they do that and could collect it.
For this reason, I made sure the furniture/beds were in good condition rather than street dump condition
I think once you put furniture/beds on the street, it basically destroys them :(
This is also the reason why I never pick up used furniture on the street.
In my area, if you put something on the street during those council pickups, anything that has any sort of value, it's usually grabbed within 30 minutes.
First attempt is to sell on facebook Marketplace / Ikea
or Free on Facebook Marketplace
if that failed dump it to the council dump yard. So far I haven't had any needs of visiting the dump.
I give it away to friends/family/charity. If none of them want it I generally dump it. I don't bother trying to give it away on Gumtree or Facebook as even for free you'll get people stuffing you around not turning up etc.
Things disappear from nature strips very quickly. ;) Use the overnight elves method.
Usually have it until it starts breaking down or not in a "good" enough condition to give to others, then it be "Throw away on council days".
Try not to buy back furniture from Gumtree or Facebook that you put out on the kerb previously.
Depends where you are and the average income level. In Canberra the salvos/vinnies are very picky and will hardly collect anything (where as the salvos from the nearby rural towns sometimes come in with trucks to do a collection).
Hard furniture easier to sell than soft.
Most used furniture is worth very little. TV cabinets and kids bunk beds seem to keep the most value from my experience.
Sell it if it's worth my time ($50-100 minimum) otherwise give it to family. If neither of those have it gone within a couple weeks we book a council pickup
do you buy used furniture in Gumtree/Facebook? If so, what do you look for to ensure the used furniture is not disgusting?
Just inspect it in person, carefully. Plus test it out and ask the seller questions about age, damage, origin (store it's from) etc.
PS: The question posed by the title is different to the question in the post.
I just put a couch on FB for free, could maybe get 500+ for it honestly have no patience for the time wasters or haggling…more so knowing that I would never buy a couch with the imperfections that ours has (bright red 7 seather leather lazboy couch with colour starting to crack on 2x of the seats). For somebody to come and just take it is enough payment for me.
Edit: We replaced it with a couch bought second hand, we inspected it to make sure pillows were not flat from usage and checked receipts from where it was bought. From an older couple that had it just sitting in their theatre room so was in very good condition.
Donate to charity shops.
What do you do with yours?
My suburb is the kind where any old furniture/appliances/unwanted crap left out on the verge that's not nailed down, will get picked up by someone within a few hours if it's at all functional or in relatively good condition (sometimes even if it's not).
In the last few decades where this has been a personal responsibility, I can only recall one instance of a council pick-up. That was because it really was a broken lounge.
Everything else, I've either sold, gumtree/fb marketplace, given for free to salvos or free on gumtree/FB marketplace or even free on the verge, with a sign saying free to a good home. My best experiences were of an old and very comfy single seat lounge that I was selling for a gold coin. From the feedback of the buyer, it seems that there were as happy with it and the transaction as I was.
Regarding the IKEA buyback program - seems like a good idea. I've never needed to use it though, because although a large percentage of my furniture is from IKEA, they're all in good nick. Even IKEA stuff that I bought 2nd hand have managed to get on sold later on.
I have had great luck purchasing 2nd hand furniture. Been quite happy with all the stuff I picked up. It helps that everything I've bought were subject to me inspecting them first. If I wasn't quite happy with it on close personal inspection, then no sale.
we've done a huge clean up recently. anything decent i put outside in our front yard (within gates) with free signs. doesn't take long. old 32inch dumb tv on its death bed, working exercise bike, couch, chairs etc
some stuff took a little longer to disappear but on the council clean up day when we put it out front, most things got cleaned out by people. only true garbage was left. that made me happy.
there's a few organisations in sydney that will pick up furniture and repair it to give away. The Bower in Western Sydney is one.
Keep using it.
Recently returning an IKEA chair that was used for 4 years the online value about $50 but they came out with $30 evaluation instead in store. Better than nothing.