First post, by Iris030380
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To sell everything.
Over the years I have been pretty lucky. Since I got into retro PC building and tinkering, back in the mid 2000's, I've amassed a vast empire of old tech. I was lucky enough to have friends who own computer shops and bring me any old stuff customers brought in to upgrade. Instead of throwing the stuff out, it would end up here. Then there are 10+ years of eBaying, car booting and just random fortunate encounters. I got pretty much everything I set out to, but haven't been able to really enjoy it or appreciate it in years. So it just backs up, stacks up ... taking up (a lot) of room, which is something I now need.
After starting to convert the spare room into a 3rd bedroom for the kids to mess around in, I had to turf everything out of it. Tools, work gear and my retro PC stuff. It was shocking finding stuff boxes and files of stuff I had forgot I even had, and the bug was biting me like a polar bear screaming "Put it together! See what it can do!" but I just don't have the time. I don't think I ever will. So it has to go.
So ... given that I hate eBay and don't even have a PayPal account anyway (and I refuse to get one after my past experiences), can anyone recommend a fast and efficient (and preferably easy way) of shifting my stuff? I looked at Gumtree (in the UK) but nobody seems to list niches stuff like retro PC gear on there, so I don't think it would be the best place. I'm out of touch with classifieds online. What would you guys do? Over the next day I'm writing a text file and taking like 400 photographs, but once I'm done with the cataloging, can someone suggest where I start to post all this?
Any help appreciated. There is no way I'm binning anything, someone will have time for all this awesome gear. And since I hyperextended my knee last week and have to "take it easy" for a while, I have the time to do it! 😒 😀
-Iris
I5-2500K @ 4.0Ghz + R9 290 + 8GB DDR3 1333 :: I3-540 @ 4.2 GHZ + 6870 4GB DDR3 2000 :: E6300 @ 2.7 GHZ + 1950XTX 2GB DDR2 800 :: A64 3700 + 1950PRO AGP 2GB DDR400 :: K63+ @ 550MHZ + V2 SLI 256 PC133:: P200 + MYSTIQUE / 3Dfx 128 PC66