1. Describe the problem:
My family and I have moved from state to state five times in the last 7 years because of my job. And every time it's the same thing: we have to deal with a lot of hassle around furniture. The new rented house is almost always empty, while the old one is full of decent furniture. But selling everything myself takes too much time and energy.
I tried listing on AptDeco, OfferUp, Craigslist. It's weeks of back-and-forth messaging: someone haggles, someone promises to come but never shows up. One single couch can sit there for a month. I don't have time for this; work and kids take almost everything.
I tried Remoov. They take everything, but then they send pennies. For example, for furniture that cost us 800, I got $45. They said "50% of the sale", but then they deducted their expenses, and that was it. And I called junk removal. It's fast, but you pay $300 to have your stuff thrown away. And you get nothing.
Donating to charity is good, but they usually only accept items in perfect condition, and we have normal everyday wear, not a catalog. Besides, we would like to get at least something for our furniture, because we spent a lot of money on it.
Every move for us is weeks of stress, dozens of messages, rejections, wasted time. I dream of a service that comes, picks up all the furniture at once, and pays me decent money on the spot. No lottery of "how much they will sell it for later". No need to find buyers myself. I just want to close this issue and focus on the move.
I tried listing on AptDeco, OfferUp, Craigslist. It's weeks of back-and-forth messaging: someone haggles, someone promises to come but never shows up. One single couch can sit there for a month. I don't have time for this; work and kids take almost everything.
I tried Remoov. They take everything, but then they send pennies. For example, for furniture that cost us 800, I got $45. They said "50% of the sale", but then they deducted their expenses, and that was it. And I called junk removal. It's fast, but you pay $300 to have your stuff thrown away. And you get nothing.
Donating to charity is good, but they usually only accept items in perfect condition, and we have normal everyday wear, not a catalog. Besides, we would like to get at least something for our furniture, because we spent a lot of money on it.
Every move for us is weeks of stress, dozens of messages, rejections, wasted time. I dream of a service that comes, picks up all the furniture at once, and pays me decent money on the spot. No lottery of "how much they will sell it for later". No need to find buyers myself. I just want to close this issue and focus on the move.
2. How often does the problem occur?
Every time we move. We move roughly every 1-2 years. And I know that millions of families in the US do this every year.
3. What attempts have you made to solve the problem?
I tried selling myself, but it's very slow and cheap. I tried Remoov, but it's pennies and not transparent. I called junk haulers; you have to pay to have your own stuff removed. Charity takes things selectively, and giving everything away for free every time is not what I want.
None of this solves the main thing I want: someone to take all the furniture at once and give me fair money.
None of this solves the main thing I want: someone to take all the furniture at once and give me fair money.
4. How much are you willing to pay for the solution?
I am ready to give the service up to 40-50% of the sale proceeds if they take all the furniture, sell it themselves, and send me a report and fair money. Or I am open to an "on-site buyout" where they pay less but right away. The main thing is that I don't have to deal with it myself and waste weeks and months.