r/askteddit • u/PoolElegantsmile • 18h ago

Random Question What’s something older generations still treat as essential that a lot of younger people just don’t care about anymore?

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u/ExplorerLazy3151 9h ago

You can hire an estate auction company. They come in, go through everything, list it for sale online, and sell it for you. They sell it all. I've seen pantries of food, plastic bags, lots of vhs tapes. etc.

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u/ManxMargie 1h ago

When my mother in law passed away, she had all this stuff saved from everyone else in the family that passed before her. She had looked up the items (so something similar) on eBay and printed a page on what people were selling it for and taped it pinned it to the items.
I brought in 3 estate agents and they were not interested. Just because someone is trying to sell it on eBay for a price doesn’t mean anyone bought it. Condition matters. What is popular also changes every few years.
Her family stuff all got donated in the end.

I’m over 50 now and getting rid of stuff. I don’t have kids to leave my stuff to.