Hoarding

[Will Gill]

I'm here for the hoover pics

 

[RetiredGreyFox]

I'm here for the hoover pics

 

[Spacedeck]

I do buy things but I also end up having a good clear our every now and again, doesn't go down well with the family who are convinced they need something that they haven't touched in well over a year and I just happened to find it in a hidden location. I still buy physical games but I now take out the manuals and covers and stack them together, then place the disc in a large storage case, cases go straight out. I wish I could buy more physical books but the space is restricting and so I went mostly digital on that front.

 

[happy_2008]

There are two drawers near me full of them and loads in boxes upstairs however in the garage is where it gets silly.

Yours is definitely more organised than mine

 

[RetiredGreyFox]

Yours is definitely more organised than mine

Up until about two years ago they weren't.
A load of cables were stored in an old fridge freezer.
It was hard to find anything in there.
We were having a new garage roof and the bloke said everything would have to be removed from the garage and now everything is in it's place including work tools, car stuff etc.
The funny thing was another bloke came and we didn't remove a thing but a garage I'm now proud of.

 

[Pawnless Endgame]

@Retro6 - put out an advert as follows: "Henry hoover up for grabs, selling as it's collecting dust"

Seriously though, I have a Keter shed outside with a lock. Anything I don't use in the house goes into the shed. If I remember there is something in there that I need again, I'll get it out. If it's not been 6 months however, I'll go back to the shed and probably sell / give / throw items. If it's been a year, the 'probably' becomes a 'definite'.

Things I've got rid of:

- old school work
- things I made that are now broken
- any faulty tech (sell as spares / repairs)
- keep boxes to a minimum
- keep paperwork to the last 1-5 years depending what it is
- newspapers
- magazines (sell them if possible, I made a bit of money this way)
- greetings cards (scan them in!)
- worn out clothes, with holes, faded t-shirts etc
- multiple bedding sets and multiple towel sets
- food labels that are out of date

The most difficult one is probably books, music, videos and old toys. For me, I music-Magpie'd my CD collection (250+) then went Spotify. Books went to Audible service or MP3 player. Videos (DVD/blu-ray), not done this yet but I'll probably CEX them then find 1 or 2 streaming services with the most TV/movie coverage. PC video games is already digital as it's on Steam. Only my Nintendo Switch 2 remains physical. For 'toys' it's mostly just collectables that live in bookcases where my books used to be.

 

[jaybee]

In our loft we have boxes of stuff my Mrs won't get rid of.
Wedding dress (probably mouldy).
Boxes of teenage keepake stuff.
Photos upon photos.
Old video cassettes of boy bands. (*waits for "they're yours really" comments)
Empty product boxes.
Old ornaments.

And the one I've been trying to sort out.... kids old school work. Like it is cute to look back on when they did funny/naughty things and some of their first work, but we've done it like.....oh wait yeah....never.

 

[kefkef]

Then why the **** did you buy another one!!!!!!!

Mines the opposite, she bins perfectly acceptable stuff like a chopping board without buying another one, then when i ask what we are supposed to chop stuff on she just shrugs and says the worktop.......

 

[jaybee]

Mines the opposite, she bins perfectly acceptable stuff like a chopping board without buying another one, then when i ask what we are supposed to chop stuff on she just shrugs and says the worktop.......

:O
A family member once came round our house and cut veg on our real wood side boards. Left knife marks all down it. I totally can't comprehend how an adult mind would not calculate the damage that it would do.

 

[aaronyuri]

:O
A family member once came round our house and cut veg on our real wood side boards. Left knife marks all down it. I totally can't comprehend how an adult mind would not calculate the damage that it would do.

The one pro of solid wood is that you can sand away those sins!

 

[ultralaser]

Empty product boxes.

I'm terrible with this, why do I need to keep an iPhone 6 box? I don't even have the phone anymore, what possible reason is there It was sad seeing them all go but wow it was like a time machine getting rid of what must have been a decades worth of product boxes recently.

The only thing I've found that helps is one in one out , setting a limit for certain items (like only x number of jeans), and having "if you keep it you have to use this month" rule.

 

[adidan]

I think product boxes are useful.

Firstly, keep them while a warranty is valid.
Secondly, perfect when moving house.

Now when I do finally move I think I'll ditch them, warranties are gone and I don't plan to move again for a while.

 

[BUDFORCE]

I think product boxes are useful.

Yes to a point but bin them after a couple of years.

I kept all the packaging for a 3070 in the loft and my mate needed a GPU so was able to give it to him in all the original packaging which was nice.

But I do agree it is worth keeping, at least for a while.

 

[adidan]

Yes to a point but bin them after a couple of years.

I kept all the packaging for a 3070 in the loft and my mate needed a GPU so was able to give it to him in all the original packaging which was nice.

But I do agree it is worth keeping, at least for a while.

I am reluctant to ditch them but after the next move it's about time.

I struggle with things that may potentially be useful even if I can't think of the exact use in the moment.

 

[RedMogg]

I admit that I've hoarded a bunch of pc kit (mostly water-cooling bits). It's too valuable to just throw away, but I don't have the time to go through it, take photos and list it for sale.

We've also got a literal tonne of my sister-in-law's belongings we're still sorting through, but it's too hard on my wife (still not had a chance to grieve properly). I've gone through and scanned the critical stuff (probate & estate bits), but birthday & mother's day cards, really sentimental stuff our nieces & nephew will want, have been boxed up safely and put in our big cupboard.
Poor buggers aren't even allowed a photo of their mum on the fridge at their dad's (in case it upsets his drippy girlfriend), so we've created an ofrenda in the dining room, with an Echo Show displaying all their photos.

I do need to be a bit more ruthless with my own stuff (tech boxes, uni/work paperwork I'll never need), but the last 18 months have just been so exhausting, I think it's something we need to tackle in the new year.

 

[jaybee]

Poor buggers aren't even allowed a photo of their mum on the fridge at their dad's (in case it upsets his drippy girlfriend), so we've created an ofrenda in the dining room, with an Echo Show displaying all their photos.

That's disgusting. What a stupid tool. Poor kids.

 

[Retro6]

To think that one day all your stuff ends up in a skip or rubbish collection van once you pass away is kinda sad... I'm a collector of antiques, a whole range of antiques, old coins, some gold pocket watches from the 1800s and boxes of other old antiques and I wont have anybody to pass them on to... I've probably got another 30-40 years to go yet before I bite the dust, I don't even think they bother going through things when they clear out a house. I can understand modern tat going in a skip but old valuable antiques, there must have been tons of rare decent things that have been chucked away from house clear outs after people have passed away. When I'm old I might make a will to donate the antiques to a museum and the National Trust

 

[VincentHanna]

It's all just stuff, whether it has "history" or not.

 

[RetiredGreyFox]

To think that one day all your stuff ends up in a skip or rubbish collection van once you pass away is kinda sad... I'm a collector of antiques, a whole range of antiques, old coins, some gold pocket watches from the 1800s and boxes of other old antiques and I wont have anybody to pass them on to... I've probably got another 30-40 years to go yet before I bite the dust, I don't even think they bother going through things when they clear out a house. I can understand modern tat going in a skip but old valuable antiques, there must have been tons of rare decent things that have been chucked away from house clear outs after people have passed away. When I'm old I might make a will to donate the antiques to a museum and the National Trust

Reminds me of my mate when his Sister turned up with a Tranny Van and decided to empty their parents house.
He decided to let her do what she wanted because he got the house.
She left all the old tat and that stuff was worth £1000s, one painting was £15,000.

 

[adidan]

It's all just stuff, whether it has "history" or not.

Aye, generally what's precious to us is just tat to everyone else.

I'm comfortable with this.