Declutter your home – recycle and resell these popular items to make cash
We’ve all seen the recent headlines about increasing household costs. Everything is more expensive, budgets are stretched, and it might feel like your finances are completely out of your control. While reducing your spending is my first recommendation for combating the rising cost of living, there’s only so much cost cutting you can do.
Another way to give your finances a boost is to make some extra money. One of my preferred ways to make some extra cash is by selling old unwanted items. You’d be surprised how much money you can make from the clutter you have around your home. Below are some of the best items you can sell to raise some well needed cash.
Unwanted Gadgets
Unwanted gadgets are a good place to start when looking to declutter and make some extra money. Of course, the newer your gadget is the more money you’re likely to get when selling it. Phones for example lose value quickly, so sell yours as soon as you no longer want it.
There are now a whole host of specialist sites where you can sell your old gadgets. The best way to get the most money for your items is to compare the quotes you get across different sites. I’ve found that you often get more money selling directly to a buyer (e.g., through Facebook marketplace) however this does involve more effort and less protection.
Gold
When it comes to selling gold, both timing and buyer are important. You have a few options when it comes to selling gold including a postal gold site, local jewellers, and pawn shops. It is said that a reputable postal gold site may be able to offer you a better buying price than a jeweller or pawn shop.
Postgoldforcash.com is a reputable online gold buyer who boasts over 200,000 happy customers, 4.7 stars on Trustpilot and has been trading since 2009. Send your gold to them and you’ll receive a free valuation – meaning that you don’t need to go out of your way to sell your gold. The process is simple – request a selling pack from their website, wait for the pack to arrive, pop in your items, return via the Post Office, and wait for the offer to come in! With Postgoldforcash your gold is insured up to £750, and if you’re not happy with your offer you can request your items back free of charge. My advice would be to haggle the offer you receive, as they may be willing to increase their offer.
Another bonus to selling your gold through a postal company is that you can sell any time of gold (e.g., scrap gold, broken jewellery, gold wiring, dental gold, or gold from electronic circuit boards) – this is because in the majority of cases they melt the gold down and use it to make new items.
Clothes
The majority of us have accumulated plenty of clothes that we no longer wear. I have a rule in my home, if you’ve not worn it for a year it’s time to consider either selling, repurposing or donating. If you have trendy clothes they’ll likely sell well on Vinted/Depop.
Branded clothes tend to sell better but you’ll find that most clothing that could be viewed as ‘vintage’ will sell easily. If your old clothes still have clear labels, you could try eBay to sell them (as people search for specific brands on there). I’ve also had luck selling clothes locally via forums and at car boot sales.
Furniture
I’ve had a lot of success kitting out my flat with furniture bought on Facebook Marketplace and Freecycle. While you’ll certainly not get full price for your used furniture, you will earn some extra money while clearing your home of unused clutter.
When selling your old unwanted items make sure to consider which platform is best for the items you have. If you’re selling gold Postgoldforcash.com is a brilliant option and guarantees good value for unwanted gold items. With unwanted gadgets, furniture and clothes make sure to clean them up and take several good quality photos from different angles so that potential buyers can really see what they’re buying. Including as many details as possible (e.g., size, colour, condition and whether the buyer will need to be collected).