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Getting ready to move
This is starting to get a little scary - I still don't have a place to live in 6 weeks. Gulp! I've got four appointments scheduled for tomorrow, and hopefully, one of those will be good. I'd really like to have that weight off my mind, anyway.
In the meantime, I'm starting to get ready to get rid of stuff. I have way too much for an apartment downtown. I'm keeping my furniture, but all the stuff I've just managed to accumulate over the years? I think it's gonna go.
My plan for Sunday is to do a serious weeding-out of my books, and any book that hasn't been re-read since I bought it is going. The very thought of getting rid of books has me nauseous, though. I think I may bring the term "pack-rat" to a whole new level. *g* The Bujold will stay, the Guy Kay will stay, the Nora Roberts will stay. That's pretty much all that's safe, right now.
In that vein - does anyone have any idea what I can do with an almost-entire collection of the Columbia House videotapes for Star Trek and Star Trek:TNG? The only one I'm missing is Encounter at Farpoint, I believe. I can't believe I've got about $3000 (then, anyway - nowadays they're not worth much at all) worth of videotapes sitting in boxes in my closet. If I'd known about DVDs I'd never have started buying them. *g* I'd consider eBay, but the shipping costs would be kinda huge.
Comic books: to stay or to go is my next dilemma....
In the meantime, I'm starting to get ready to get rid of stuff. I have way too much for an apartment downtown. I'm keeping my furniture, but all the stuff I've just managed to accumulate over the years? I think it's gonna go.
My plan for Sunday is to do a serious weeding-out of my books, and any book that hasn't been re-read since I bought it is going. The very thought of getting rid of books has me nauseous, though. I think I may bring the term "pack-rat" to a whole new level. *g* The Bujold will stay, the Guy Kay will stay, the Nora Roberts will stay. That's pretty much all that's safe, right now.
In that vein - does anyone have any idea what I can do with an almost-entire collection of the Columbia House videotapes for Star Trek and Star Trek:TNG? The only one I'm missing is Encounter at Farpoint, I believe. I can't believe I've got about $3000 (then, anyway - nowadays they're not worth much at all) worth of videotapes sitting in boxes in my closet. If I'd known about DVDs I'd never have started buying them. *g* I'd consider eBay, but the shipping costs would be kinda huge.
Comic books: to stay or to go is my next dilemma....
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Comics, did I hear comics? Mmmm comics. I don't have much else to add except if you don't keep them they better go to a good home or I'll cry. :)
~Mike
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See, this is my problem. Total Packrat. *g*
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~Mike
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I'm probably going to try to sell them first - I know a guy who runs a SF used bookstore, so I think I'll have him come take a look once I figure out what's going. I will however, keep you in mind if selling doesn't work out. *g*
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I wonder what's involved, if I'd have to declare GST and such. IS there GST on used books?
I think I'll do a little research.
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Yeah, in that volume, selling is probably a good thought.
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Her advice - ask "Does this bring me joy?" If the answer is "no", then out it goes.
In the case of books, for me it'll be - Have I ever reread it? If not, that's a definite go. Then I'll probably try and figure out if I've reread it in the last 2 years, and if not, it'll go. That should actually leave me with a very fairly short list of books that I truly love. Well, here's hoping, anyway.
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