Garage sale leftovers

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I cleaned out our attic last weekend and have advertised for a garage sale this Sat. a.m. Nothing that came out of the attic is going back in, so it's all going to donation sites or the garbage.

One particular concern I have is all the light fixtures from our remodeling. We removed some semi-nice fixtures (we probably paid $300+ for each when new and used them for varying times, from 1 to 5 years). We did try to sell them in a previous sale, and we've posted them on CL a few times with no bites. I really don't want to put them in the garbage. I guess I could post them for free on CL, but I'd like to be able to deduct them if possible. I'm not certain Goodwill will take them (does anyone know?); any other suggestions? I don't think we have any Habitat stores around here.

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Freecycle, but no option for a tax decution there obviously. Sometimes you just gotta get the stuff out of your house.

[livinitup]

It's really hard to match left-over fixtures with new projects, in different homes. If you post it for free, you'll get some handi takers. Consider that a victory.

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Yeah, I'd probably do that along with CL/free. I'm really hoping for the deduction so that's my least favorite option :/ I guess I'll just cross my fingers that they sell at the garage sale so I don't have to worry about them anymore after Saturday!

[texassmith]

pickupplease.org

[emoflamingo]

I'm pretty sure Goodwill will take them. You can call and ask. I know there's another thrift store in my area that has them. (I'm not sure I've seen light fixtures at Goodwill but I don't go often enough or early enough to see the REALLY good stuff they might have.)

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I will call Goodwill, but for some reason I thought I'd asked before and they said no (could be mis-remembering or thinking of SA). Thanks for the web site rec, I'll check it out.

[heygrey]

my local salvation army has light fixtures so don't rule out goodwill yet. habitat for humanity/the ReStore would be another good place to contact.

[minniebee]

The Habitat ReStore takes them for sure, and you'd get a receipt for a tax deduction.

My Goodwill doesn't take light fixtures, but maybe some do.

[lys]

Donate them to a Habitat for Humanity Restore (tax deducctible)

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Yeah just donate them.
Then again, I'm not one to get wrapped up in the finances of my stuff.
I want the sh*t gone and I want it gone now. LOL.

Is there a local thrift store in your area? My Goodwill is ridiculously fussy so much so that I just gave up. However, our church runs a thrift store and I take most everything there as they take anything. Some of it they resell to make church money, some of it goes to low income families in transition/need and some of it they donate/pass on to other charities that might need it...it's great!