***Edit I have a taker on the entire lot. Thank you to my kind benefactor for taking them off my hands so quickly ^_^
Afternoon happy blogger peoples! Today I have a sad, but very real tale to tell. This isn’t a contest, but I do need to give some things away.
Many years ago, my brother and I each went through an obession with all things anime and Japanese. I’m still obsessed, though I tend more toward posters and figurines and DVD’s.
He’s ‘grown up’ now and moved past that, but back in the day, he was quite a collector of magazines and manga. Not the US magazines, the original Japaense magazines. And when I say manga, I mean before there was Tokyopop in order to go under. These are some of the first edition US printings from Viz by people like Rumiko Takahasi.
That also means all of this is a minimum of two-three years old, most if it older.
Here’s the sad bit (for me). Neither of us has room for these boxes and boxes of magazines and manga that fill my living room and basement. I’ve been given an ultimatum that I have one week to figure out what to do with them. The only option I see is to donate them.
But because of what they are, and because the magazines are largely in Japanese, I think it would be keen if someone who will actually appreciate them would give them a home.
The sad bit (for everyone else) is that books and magazines are heavy and cost a lot to ship. I’m not kidding when I say we have a minimum of three banker’s boxes full of these, and they must weight 30 lbs each. So shipping them either in bulk or one at a time isn’t really a practical option.
So instead, my plea today: if you know anyone in the Salt Lake area (or 50 or so miles in any direction) who has a use or desire for these, leave me a comment or email me. I’d be happy to deliver and hand them off to a school, a library, or a private collector. Honestly, you could paper your rabbit cage with them if you wanted, but I’d prefer if you did that you don’t tell me that’s what you’re doing because I might cry.
PS I’ll be back tomorrow (probably) with more writing-related ramblings ^_^
Have you considered eBay? It’ll take a little effort, but the stuff will go to good homes and you’ll make some money (and they pay postage).
mood
It’s definitely a good suggestion. I did try to ebay them a few months back and there weren’t really any takers. I might consider it again, but I don’t think they’ll move fast enough to meet my final deadline.
Your time limit is an issue, although you can do a three day listing. Ideally you would want to wait for a no-fee listing day wich they have every few weeks, offer them individually not as a group lot, and for a penny starting bid. It would take effort catloging and taking pictures of every single item, but that’s the only way to sell them, I would think.
Otherwise, if you can’t find any takers, I would suggest saving one or two choice items and dumping the rest. It’s harsh, but a clean break every now and again does the soul good.
mood
I have a taker on all of them…didn’t expect that to happen so fast. Thank you for your suggestion – I was just starting to plot how to get it done in time ^_^
hooray!
I agree with Mood on EBAY, and it looks like everything is going your way. So glad you found a buyer!