Ok, so the bills are climbing but your salary isn't. You have looked for a second part time job but everyone else is doing the same thing - now what? First thing is to relax, the world will NOT end but things in your world just need a slight adjustment. You just need to sell something to get some extra cash to pay a bill or 2.
Everyone I know has a few boxes of stored items that they just hang on to for no apparent reason. Those items are not family heirlooms or valued antiquities, nope just stuff. My boxes of "stuff" where old magazines that I would never get back to reading but I hung on to them. Those magazines turned out to be worth something. I had about 36 assorted issues of various horse magazines issued back in the mid 1970's. Among them where 3 issues that had stories about Ruffian the ill fated filly that had a tragic end after a match race. I did a little research on eBay and found out that similar magazines were fetching $25 to $500 at auction. So I listed them on eBay and started them off at $5.99 each at auction. The end result was I got more than $30.00 for each magazine with the highest bringing $48.00. That was the direct result of a resurgence of interest in an old news item. Pay attention to the news. If someone dies that you have a book written by, the value of it will go up but sometimes only temporally. If there is talk about an old news item and you just happen to have an old newspaper with the headlines of that news item - cash in on it.
Your results may not be the same as mine but you get the idea that even what we think of a "junk" is not "junk" after all. Even a book with water stains can bring a decent price if it is sought after. Old PEZ containers, instructional manuals and pre 1950 electronics are now in demand as collectors items. Do some research on eBay on what you have and see if there is anything similar on there. Don't put something on eBay just for listing it t0 see if you get any action. Ebay will only benefit from your listing fee. Research your item before you list it.
eBay has become the garage sale of the future. Go make some money on there.
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