How to Sell Unwanted Items

You probably have a ton of unwanted items inside your home, and you should turn all those unwanted items into cold hard cash. Where should you start? Let North Shore Mini Storage show you the way. The more you sell, the less clutter inside the home and the more money in your pocket.

How to Sell Your Unwanted Items

1. Find its Value

Step one of selling anything is to find out how much it’s worth. The saying goes, “An item is only worth what people are willing to pay”. So head to sites like Craigslist, eBay and your local classifieds and look up similar items and their costs. Once you have a rough idea of how much it’s selling for, it’s time to post.

2. Post

How you want to post is up to you. You can go digital and use Craigslist, eBay or the app LetGo. Or you can go more traditional and put an ad in the local classifieds. We suggest digital because it’s usually free to post and you can adjust prices etc. Taking good pictures helps immensely as well.

3. Sell It

Once you have posted your item and you are getting some interest from people, it’s time to find the highest bidder and agree to sell your item. The important part here is that meeting strangers can be a dangerous thing. There have been instances of theft during these sales. The best place to meet a buyer is in front of your local police station. No, seriously, they won’t mind one bit.

4. Repeat

Do this for all the items in your collection. Find the values, post and sell. If your clutter isn’t moving as fast as you’d like, rent a self storage unit and use that as a temporary storage place. Who knows, maybe you don’t want to sell everything, but now you have another place to store clutter. Win.

We wish you luck and stay safe when you sell your unwanted items.

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Mike Olsen

18:58 16 Oct 19

This is inexpensive storage that operates 100% as advertised - they do not offer 24/7 access and do not charge 24/7 access pricing. They are incredibly responsive to requests to unlock doors and provide access. It is not fancy but if you need a clean, dry place to store your stuff, you can't beat these guys. Don't expect bells and/or whistles but you also won't be paying for them.

Dave Shirlaw

01:54 10 Jun 19

Have to phone to have buildings unlocked. Annoying.

megan chow

23:06 21 May 19

sara ~

01:04 25 Sep 18

Prices are 1/2 the price of other storage units but it shuts down (locked gates) from 10 am - 6 pm except if you have the enormous ground level outside facing units. Those hours are impossible. The technology getting items up to the second story is an actual forklift thats made stationary. You balance your items up the forklift (and you raise the wooden pallet up yourself) Then you must walk up stairs and hope their is a dolly available to wind precariously around tiny turning hallways. Budget carpentry and ancient carpet in the units. The trolleys sound and feel like their from 1980's and are either coached to disobey or they keep their own counsel. They say its secure but I had a neighbor pick something up and they weren't even asked for permission. I explicitly stated only I was to have access. They said they do not let it happen. The locks are your own, but the flip closure is attached by 3/4 wood screws easily and possibly quite quietly could be opened and emptied with no one batting an eye. A kid could detach it with anything. They have "24 hour security" which means a guy lives on site. Does he/she have CCTV access? Probably not, nor would you want that job. Are there motion sensors? Not likely as sometimes the lights won't turn on and finding a switch in the straggly wandering corridors is impossible. They do not offer insurance. You have to sign forms saying all the things you will and won't do, but they are not liable if anything happens: theft, fire, water, vandals, pests etcSo despite all those complaints, its still 4/5 only because of the prices.