How much unused stuff do YOU have?!

Just about all of us have stuff in the house that we don’t use any­more or worse, maybe we never used the item(s) at all. Old clothes, the brides­maid dress(es) you wore once, the shoes you HAD to have (but you never wore), movies, kid toys they don’t play with any­more, gifts that maybe weren’t exactly “you’re thing”. Some­where in my head, I knew that it was all worth money (not to men­tion tak­ing up extra room in the house). But, I was SHOCKED to find out this sta­tis­tic today…According to a 2011 study from research firm NPD, the aver­age Amer­i­can fam­ily has about $7,000 worth of unused stuff.

.….wait.…WHAT?!

The AVERAGE fam­ily has $7,000 in “stuff” just sit­ting there wast­ing space in their house?!?! That is A LOT of money! Even if you were way below that aver­age, that could still be like $3000! What a nice chunk of change that would be to have! PLUS, get­ting rid of it all would free up so much space in the house.

With my preg­nancy nest­ing in full swing, I’ve been hav­ing the over­whelm­ing urge to purge all our unused stuff! I think this is just the moti­va­tion I needed! Not sure how much can get done before baby comes (since we found out today it might just be a mat­ter of a day or two), but I’m super ready to clear things out! That means it’s time to get list­ing on eBay!!

If you’re new to sell­ing on eBay and are now super moti­vated to get started too, here are a few posts you might want to check out:

• eBay tips from the Par­ent Panel Summit
• Keep, toss, donate, and sell
• Beginner’s tips for sell­ing on eBay

Dis­clo­sure: I am an eBay Par­ent Panel ambas­sador and my eBay-related posts are spon­sored by eBay. How­ever, as always, all opin­ions and expe­ri­ences are my own.