Sale Sale Sale

Over the years I've wound up buying hundreds of cds, dozens of shirts, and who knows how many books that I just don't have the space for, nor do I particularly care about them. On top of that, various objects of interest and perhaps some dvds, vhs, and even vinyl might also be taking up a bit too much space. I've seen setups for trades for people to get something they are interested in for something they are no longer interested in, but I think there is an inherent fault in said scenario. Logically speaking, I am only going to get rid of shirts that are for things that I was once interested in, but now no longer am (or at the very least, I am not interested in it now, regardless of how it was obtained). The same is true, with relevant pronouns, for whoever I could potentially be trading with. Let's say I have a bunch of old metal shirts, but I don't really like metal anymore, anybody who wants those metal shirts isn't particularly likely to be getting rid of shirts for whatever it is I am interested in. Likewise, if other people are involved in a trade setting, if they have a shirt I /do/ want, it's just as unlikely I have something they are interested in. Either way, I think the elimination of objects goes as follows:

1) Trades with friends for similar objects, or whatever we deem fair

2) Sale of objects to friends, for agreed cash value

3) Possible repetition of steps 1 and 2, but through some narrow field, such as Somethingawful, as I've seen done before

4) Putting things onto ebay, to ensure some degree of return on my "investment"

Seems to me that this would probably be the best way to handle it, and maybe other people would get interested in doing the same kind of thing. It also maximizes my return, I feel. Anything I have that I can get something I want for, is a pretty even trade. I'm not going to get $15 for any cds I have (certainly not the ones I want to get rid of). If I do sell things, I'll probably get enough money to not feel bad about the situation, but I was hoping not to have too much cash floating around, easier to waste it, since it feels like total black gain. Somethingawful might be a nice choice too, because of the wide amount of people getting in on the deal. Ebay suffers the same pains as the money, but ultimately I do need to try and get rid of the stuff.

Maybe even down the line it can become an annual trend or something of the sort where people clean out their closets of band t-shirts and shelfs of old cds. And new people can join in, and everybody will win.