How to Sell Furniture

Any person that has had their own home for more than just a couple of years knows perfectly well how surprisingly fast furniture can rack up, until a person has so much furniture to deal with that a lot of it ends up getting stowed away, sitting in the attic or a remote storage unit doing nothing but gathering dust (and requiring monthly payments)! It’s no wonder then that so many people—especially home owners—are interested in discovering convenient and effective ways to sell their furniture…whatever condition it happens to be in. There are several ways to go here, with a simple stop by your reliable furniture store being a classic option, as well as other possibilities to be found online or in the classifieds section.

Before taking any actual measures to go ahead and offload your furniture onto somebody else, make sure that you have done a bit of research and discovered what the suggested value of your furniture is. Overlooking this part of the process is the primary reason for which many people get ripped off when trying to sell their furniture: they don’t know what they’re peddling in the first place, and thusly are unaware that they are literally gifting it to the buyer (who will, on many occasions, be in awe of the supped “deal” they have come across). Look through any material you have from when you bought the particular item of furniture, and do some online searches to see if similar items come up with a general price range indicated. If your furniture was made by a renowned manufacturer or if it belongs to a period considered to be of value to collectors then you will surely have a strong bargaining position when time comes to sell.

The next step is to explore all possible avenues of sale that are open to you: only after discovering each way or place to sell your furniture will you have a good idea of where and how to get the best $ back on your pieces, and any sale would be premature if this is not the case. Get out to your local furniture store and talk to a few of the clerks on hand; go to a few antiques stores and talk to the owners or employees to see if they have an interest in your furniture items; put up some ads online at major auction sites like Ebay or a classifieds site like Craigslist. Make sure that you find more than one business or establishment in each of these categories to get a truly representative estimation of your furniture’s worth and whether or not you have a reasonable expectation of making a successful sale.

Finally, it comes time to actually price your furniture. Don’t be overzealous here—selling furniture is no way to go making your first million, so don’t price as if that were your plan. Remember, your intentions are most likely merely to free up some space and get rid of a storage bill, so price accordingly. Take the info you garnered from your snooping at the furniture store and so forth and use that as your barometer. Of course, make sure to account for any stains, scratches, or other damage evident and present in your furniture, as an unsatisfied buyer may demand a refund if you were less than honest in your description or fixed a price that corresponded to a piece in better condition.