The Biggest Rookie Mistake of All

Lesson #1 - Know what you're bidding on.
Lesson #2 - Have a plan.

Things actually got worse when I started checking out my "score". It was mostly garbage (yardsale stuff at best). Me and a buddy jumped right in and started loading my truck and trailer. We were completely full, and still had another full load. I realized that I had no idea what to do with load #1. I don't have room to store it, and my wife would flip if I dumped it in the driveway. Even worse, I wouldn't just be holding it for the day, because I work the next four weekends. So I didn't even see any yardsale potential for my haul. I certainly wasn't going to try holding it all for a month. I went to the only consignment shop in town, and they told me it was by appointment only (the next being 7/30). So I was stuck on how to get rid of it all. We pulled into a gas station, and my buddy pointed at a garbage truck at the pumps. I asked if we could dump our load into his truck, and he said yeah (for $100). There is no dump nearby, so I had to take the offer. Now I'm out $280 lol. We loaded up the second batch, and now it sits in my overflowing truck/trailer until I figure out how to unload. We never even really searched most of the boxes. Just a quick look and into the garbage truck. What a waste.

Originally Posted by TMoney

Lesson #1 - Know what you're bidding on.
Lesson #2 - Have a plan.

Things actually got worse when I started checking out my "score". It was mostly garbage (yardsale stuff at best). Me and a buddy jumped right in and started loading my truck and trailer. We were completely full, and still had another full load. I realized that I had no idea what to do with load #1. I don't have room to store it, and my wife would flip if I dumped it in the driveway. Even worse, I wouldn't just be holding it for the day, because I work the next four weekends. So I didn't even see any yardsale potential for my haul. I certainly wasn't going to try holding it all for a month. I went to the only consignment shop in town, and they told me it was by appointment only (the next being 7/30). So I was stuck on how to get rid of it all. We pulled into a gas station, and my buddy pointed at a garbage truck at the pumps. I asked if we could dump our load into his truck, and he said yeah (for $100). There is no dump nearby, so I had to take the offer. Now I'm out $280 lol. We loaded up the second batch, and now it sits in my overflowing truck/trailer until I figure out how to unload. We never even really searched most of the boxes. Just a quick look and into the garbage truck. What a waste.

Too late now but maybe this idea will help someone else in the future should they have a bunch of stuff they need gone in a hurry.

I cleaned out a unit a few years ago and most of it was still decent, but not worth a yard sale and definitely not worth dealing with Craigslist people. So I dropped the trailer in my driveway, dropped the gate, put a bright poster board sign on both sides that said FREE. Locked the hitch (cuz you know some moron would think the trailer was free) and tool box and stuff was gone within hours.