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Wednesday, July 16, 2008
How to Lose a Sofa in 10 days
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
In keeping with yesterday’s theme, here’s Keep, Spruce or Pitch, Part II
I’ve lived in every region of the country and at some point in move, I’ve had to shed furniture.
In Chicago and LA, getting rid of unwanted furniture was all about the yard sale…and when that failed, you called Goodwill, Salvi or some such, to come cart the stuff away.
In New York, my first moving sale involved hanging five signs on a college campus. About 2 hours later, the apartment was empty. For my second NY “sale,” I left a lamp and table on the curb and watched as two dudes stopped, examined and strolled off down the street with my discarded items.
Here in Atlanta, I need to lose a sofa, and I’m not sure of the best way to do it.
I don’t have a yard, so that kills the yard sale. Craigslist seems a popular choice or ajc.com classifieds. And yesterday, after visiting Finders Keepers, a furniture consignment store, I thought maybe I should give that a try.
How do you get rid of furniture that you no longer want, but that you consider too valuable for a curbside donation?
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