Spryte Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 And you can't give it away, what do you do with old curriculum? Our unschooly friends don't want this stuff, selling is too much hassle. What do I do with old stuff? I have things like Right Start B taking up a lot of space, and a ton more. If I donate it, can we get a tax write off? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIch elle Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 I re-joined the local homeschool yahoo group just to give it away. It was all too good to toss! YES, I did finally give it away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spryte Posted July 15, 2013 Author Share Posted July 15, 2013 That's a good idea! We have a few local yahoo groups - I bet if I post it, someone would come take it away. It is definitely too good to toss, but I am not going to mess with selling it. And taking it to GoodWill feels strange. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoVanGogh Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 I have a homeschool friend whose mother often buys her curricullum at Goodwill. Not that my friend wants it (she passes it on...) but there is a market for homeschool curriculum at second hand stores. I also know some new public school teachers that shop at used book stores and second hand stores, especially as they are builidng up their classroom library. You can donate to charity and take the write off, as long as it is a legitimate charity. They normally ask if you want a receipt and you can claim its value as you deem reasonable. What I normally do - go through some of the higher dollar items - or items I know keep their re-sale value and list those for sale. After everything has sold that I think will sell, I list on our homeschool group - Free, in a box at my front door, come and get what you want. After that, I take what is left to second hand store. If I tried to list everything, it would be a hassle. But choosing the items with the best chance of selling cuts down on the craziness. I also price to sell - 40% of new price for new/like new/very good condition, 25% of new price for good condition. I don't list small items, like $2 for a book or whatnot. If possible, I group items together or include smaller items that I don't think would be worth selling on their own.I might list five related books for $5 each or $20 for all five. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom2TheTeam Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 I take everything to GoodWill. I can say that since we have only been HS'ing for 2 years, I have taken very little HS'ing stuff. However, I frequent GoodWill for books and I LOVE finding good quality HS materials there. I've gotten some pretty good stuff for great deals. I love it. Everyone deserves to a good deal sometimes. Recently, I came away with a Saxon 54 textbook and a McGraw-Hill science text book...for reference material...and I saw some BJU highschool material while I was there. I've also gotten a health text book...Harcourt...and a few other things along with all the great literature I find there. I get a nice big smile when I come across good stuff. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoo Keeper Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 Donate to Book Samaritan. Help some other homeschoolers who are in a tight spot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomtoCandJ Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 man, I wish I lived near you all :( I'm needing/wanting things for dd but don't have the money for new and little for used. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerryAtHope Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 Do you have a homeschool friend who is tight on funds? A friend used to give me things to sell online when she didn't want to mess with them, and it helped me be able to get some of our next year's curriculum some years. Maybe you know someone that likes to sell online that you could bless? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spryte Posted July 16, 2013 Author Share Posted July 16, 2013 man, I wish I lived near you all :( I'm needing/wanting things for dd but don't have the money for new and little for used. Where are you? :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spryte Posted July 16, 2013 Author Share Posted July 16, 2013 Do you have a homeschool friend who is tight on funds? A friend used to give me things to sell online when she didn't want to mess with them, and it helped me be able to get some of our next year's curriculum some years. Maybe you know someone that likes to sell online that you could bless? What a great idea! Yes, I do know a few unschooly families that are tight on funds right now. They won't use our materials (too schooly for them) but I can ask about this option. Great idea! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomtoCandJ Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 I live above the thumb of Michigan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spryte Posted July 18, 2013 Author Share Posted July 18, 2013 Oh, I wish you were closer! Anyone in VA want to come and free up some square footage for me, er, raid my stash? ...mostly kidding here. ;) Reaching out to my unschooly friends, then it's off to Good Will! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom2TheTeam Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 I'm in VA.......;) Which GoodWill are you going to?? :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoverdavid30 Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 I agree with lots of the above. Be generous. I know lots of people gave us stuff when we were starting out and we couldn't have made it without gifts! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irishmommy Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 I give away most of my stuff to other homeschooling moms. I tend to, ahem, over buy, so my closets are filled with stuff someone would treasure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 I second using your local groups to freecycle it. Just post what you have and let people come get it from you. They will. Alternately, you can sell it that way for dirt cheap and someone will probably buy it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom0012 Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 I'd see if anyone on the boards here wanted it for the cost of shipping if you don't know anyone IRL that wants it. That way you know someone who really wants it will get it. (I don't need any curriculum, so I'm not saying it for that reason.) When I have stuff I don't want to sell, I know people with younger children I can give it to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holly Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 Do you have a larger local group you can offer it to? Our local Facebook group often has posts like these (and they usually get their things cleared out)! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 I assume by sell it, you mean yourself online. I take such things to a local secondhand bookstore. I usually take trade credit instead of cash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reflections Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 I've done the paperbackswap.com with lots of stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spryte Posted July 19, 2013 Author Share Posted July 19, 2013 Our unschooly friends aren't interested after all, though they might use some of it, so I'm piling it all into a crate, and I'm going to post it on our local homeschool group. I'm going to let people just come take what they want - they can sort through the crate and see if they want any of it, and take what the need/want. Some of it would be hard to sell - some marked or missing pages in the consumables (before we figured out that we wanted to switch programs), lots of file folder games and centers with laminated pieces. I wouldn't know how/where to sell some of it. Giving it away feels best! Thanks for all the ideas! I'm in VA....... ;) Which GoodWill are you going to?? :lol: :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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