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Moving on old magazines
So, with a house move imminent the elephant in the loft rears it's, err, trunky head..... magazine back issues.
Over the past few years I have managed to curb my hoarding a bit but I still have the first hundred odd issues of Empire magazine dating back to 1989 and every issue of Word. Mrs eddie isn't forcing the disposal of them but I think this would be a good opportunity to finally move them on, especially as we have loads of kids stuff to take with us this time.
eBay has worked occasionally but I think it's very time consuming and the changes to postal rates have made it uneconomical.
So, does the Massive have any suggestions for what I can do with them, or where they can usefully go? Or are they bound for the recycle bin...?
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Charity shop?
I gave a load of my old Selects and a couple of years' worth of Word to the Oxfam record shop in Reading. Not sure if/how well they sell, but they seemed happy enough to take them and put them out for sale at 49p each.
Scan it bin it
Nip out and get a sheet feed scanner. I know the home office variety take longer but I'm currently scanning and OCRing my back issues. Neatly slicing the spine off takes about 2 minutes with a sharp knife but it allows you to throw them away and keep them at the same time.
Send them to Van Morrison...
I'm sure he'd be appreciative.
Same problem
I asked a similar question a year or so ago about the 200 or so Q's that are currently causing some disturbing cracks in our bedroom ceiling.
The best advice seemed to be to just throw them out, but I couldn't bring myself to do that, so they'll stay there for another decade in the hope that they will gain value again. And if they do, I'll spend the money on a new ceiling.
[huh - the Captcha word this morning is 'Vox'. How about that?]
mine went
about three weeks ago to a forum reader who lives nearby, he chucked his collection out a few years back and regretted it I on the other hand was just happy to see them go to a good home instead of landfill
Public Transport
Take a couple of issues with you & just leave them for someone else to read.Or a Doctor's waiting room (Do they still have those in the UK?)
rather than recycle
put on your local freecycle page
Exactly what I was going to post
My old issues of Uncut and When Saturday Comes found themselves new homes through putting them on Freecycle.
I tried to register with Freecycle and couldn't get anywhere
It all seems to be run through Yahoo mailing lists rather than a 'proper' website.
It is a bit of a pain that way.
It also rejects passwords once they've been set up and you have to get it reset. But we have found it a gratifying way of disposing of our still useful but no longer needed household items.
Seconded
It's a right pain to use and it might be a good idea if it was pointed out that registering is hard work before you start because I assumed I was doing something wrong and nearly gave up.
I'm glad I persevered though because we got rid of our old TV to someone that really wanted it and we even got an after the fact thank you email from the person that took away an old office chair.