I went to check out FB marketplace recently as I have some furniture items to sell. No charity here will take then as we have a “dog friendly home” (i.e. the granddog visits). FB Marketplace requested the last 4 digits of my SS# to sell and the full SS# if I sell over a certain dollar amount (I think it was $450). No way, no how. I will not give FB that information. I might just try Buy Nothing, not really interested in making money, just want to get rid of the stuff and not have to pay to have it hauled away.
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Does anyone know where to get rid of toy trains? Hundreds of them. Some in original boxes, some wrapped in ancient newspaper. I think they’re mostly HO size. I want them gone!
That is ODD. I have sold stuff on marketplace without providing that info!
I’m not sure why Facebook needs your social security number unless they plan on sending 1099’s at the end of the year.
I know PayPal and Venmo will if you sell goods and services.
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I need to do this!! My mantra had been “I thought I’d get organized and get rid of stuff when I had the time, but I have accepted that time is not the issue”. 
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I’d suggest finding the nearest general auction house and getting their advice. We have a place that does large bi- monthly auctions about an hour away and they will take nearly anything. Each lot starts at $10 and goes up from there. You pay a small percentage of the sell price on a sliding scale, depending on how much the final bid was. If there are no bids, they will dispose of the item.
I think I’ve said it here before, but I LOVE my Buy Nothing group.
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Try OfferUp instead. I have sold a lot of stuff on that app as well as on my local Nextdoor app.
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Ebay
I know people who have gotten 1099 forms from FB market place sales.
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I believe there’s a new law in effect this year lowering the threshold to around $800 in sales. Not sure what it was previously, but presumably high enough that most normal people never had to worry about it.
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I thought it said $450
I think the threshold is still cumulative $600 for 1099.
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Yeah kind of a PITA for the small random sellers like we’re discussing here. But probably explains why selling platforms are getting strict about gathering data to generate possible 1099s.
“Prior to 2022, the monetary threshold to receive a 1099-K was $20,000, with 200 sales-related transactions required. Both requirements had to be fulfilled in order to receive a 1099-K.
But thanks to a bill tucked inside the American Rescue Plan Act that was passed in 2021, anyone who sells more than $600 in merchandise with any number of transactions, even a single one, will be receiving the newly revised Form 1099-K. ”
After my mother died, I had a big crunch getting her apartment cleared out. It was in early Covid days, when I was also in the last weeks of cross training replacements before retirement. The most joy (and convenience) came from letting selected other residents, chosen by her good friend across the hall at their low income housing complex, go through the two rooms. They took furniture, food, lamps, misc stuff. In the end I had to tell the manager I had a taker for the pullout couch (new tenant in need of a bed) but she’d need to arrange transport.
I also dropped a ton of stuff off at the local ARC. (It is handy and I like their mission, shop there myself sometimes - especially for running/biking clothing). This was two years ago, and I’ve still not put the two middle seats back into the minivan. The back seats have been folded down, except for some ski outings with daughter. So when I give things away on Buy Nothing or the local Helping Hands FB page, sometimes I will deliver. Got rid of three dressers from my house that way this summer.
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I really like that idea (of having your mom’s friends come to the house and choose some things they would like).
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See if you can track down a model train club in your area, such as: Model Railroad Clubs & Museums: Pacific.
They likely do tons of buying and selling.
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Definitely. Or look up a local hobby store that specializes in model trains and call them for suggestions.
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Fallgirl - I’m with you I wouldn’t want to give out my social security number just to earn a few hundred dollars on a dresser!
thumper1 - yes, it’s important not to dump stuff that will not be sold on Goodwill or other thrift stores. I only donate stuff that is (at least) the quality that they sell.
Goodwill doesn’t actually throw out all items that can’t be sold - there are Goodwill outlets, they recycle, and sell to companies that make other items…
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I give my holy clothes to my art teacher, she cuts them into smaller pieces for the students to remove paint off their brushes. I still have bags and bags of old clothes to be donated soon.
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