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I had no idea this existed, but if you have old ereaders/electronics sitting around gathering dust, Amazon runs an electronics trade-in program.

Search results for Kindle.

Search results for Nook.

The general Electronics Trade-In.

It's all part of Amazon's Trade-In Store, but I figured that electronics might be of particular interest as they're especially hard to get rid of as they get older.

Apparently the way it works is that Amazon acts as the middleman between yourself and a third party, and you receive an Amazon.com gift card as payment. Check out the FAQ for more information.

I thought I'd pass it on as older electronics are hard to sell, give-away or donate. Given the flexibility of the Amazon.com gift cards, it certainly might find use on items that might help anyone doing a physical-to-digital de-cluttering, such as digital music, ebooks, or whatnot. :)

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edit - As noted in the comments, markets like Craigslist are likely to yield higher amounts of money, should one sell directly to another buyer. Amazon definitely does not have the top dollar value for one's trade-ins. :)

beachlass

Kidlet was looking for a cord to take with his PS3 to his dad's yesterday (I was keeping custody of the HDMI cable) - and we went through the tangled Cables of Doom drawer in the living room; and a storage container of cables from the sunroom (aka the room we put stuff into). We sorted an entire bag of unwanted cables for e-waste. Stereo cable, ethernet, old chargers, and enough coaxial cable to decorate several christmas trees.

pinkadot89

Here's my tally for the week of July 16th - July 22nd, and my cumulative progress.

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The drawer cleaning adventure is going great. I've found stuff I never knew was there, and it's starting to empty out. Soon it'll serve its purpose to store things that I actually need/want/use, rather than just storing everything I throw in it. And two weeks ago when I was selling my games to Amazon, one was missing out of the case. I had originally just pushed things around trying to find it, but when I reached in to throw out an OUT item this week, there it was! That's $6 I'll be getting soon! So this one item at a time thing is definitely working! I can also move around my showering without knocking a bunch of bottles over!

pinkadot89

Here's my tally for the week of July 2nd - July 8th, and my cumulative progress.

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Not much activity this week, but I am trying to use up some of these bathroom products. How did I end up with 4 open bottles of shampoo (plus 2 conditioners)?! There's also 3 face washes and 2 body washes in my shower. I really need to use what I have before I get more. I guess I suffer from "Oooh new [insert product]! I must try it now!" syndrome.

pinkadot89

Here's my tally for the week of June 18th - June 24th, and my cumulative progress.

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This was a pretty good week. I managed to get rid of the hardest items: the stuffed animals from my ex. I also cleared out plenty of broken stuff that was hidden away in various places. I've also found a ton of random things which I'm going to need to sort through. My closet and non-clothing dresser are disaster areas. Instead of tackling them full on, I think I actually will do those one, or a few, item at a time to keep my sanity.

I also just wanted to say that I really appreciate the kind words and support this community gives. You're all awesome!

pinkadot89

Here's my tally for June 1st - June 9th, and my cumulative progress.

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Instead of going through my closet and drawers like I intended, I went through a box I used to keep random items in. Hence, a few random items in the OUT list. I also just looked around my room and grabbed things that I felt I didn't really need. I also moved the photos of me with my ex into the box where I keep old letters and birthday cards. The stuffed animals from him were shoved into a storage bin with other things I need to sort through. That's on my list of uncluttering projects, since I need this bin for actual storage, like the extra blankets that I don't need during the Summer. And now that I'm done with school for awhile, I can actually attempt to find something each day.

Current Mood: sleepy

beachlass

In one of those rare moments when procrastination pays off, I checked our local landfill schedule to see the fees for electronic waste, only to discover that they've been re-cateogorized as "e-waste recyclables" and drop off is free of charge.

So we loaded a moniter, hard drive, imac and television into the car and took an afternoon drive to the dump! And now I have much more floor space in my back sunroom. We also did some sorting of the craft drawers, and picking up on the floor; and snagged a bagfull of various odds and ends for the garbage.

The downside - I'm pretty sure "e-waste recycling" is code for shipping my toxic unwanted electronics to somewhere like China where someone will break them apart with their bare hands, at the cost of their health and living environment.* So maybe I should look for an overseas charity when I get paid at the end of the week.

*If you ever have a chance to see Edward Burtynsky's documentary Manufactured Landscapes, I HIGHLY recommend it; a visually stunning journey into the shaping of landscape through rampant industrialization. It includes a trip to a village in China where people are taking apart electronics by hand to reclaim metals.

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