Monetize that crap in your passé cd tower!

Web 1.0 brought about some great tools for getting rid of unwanted junk around the house. Ebay (my account here) and Craigslist are the obvious, with lesser known communities and sites like Recycle-a-bike, and Freecycle.

One of my favorites is SecondSpin. I just packed up an odd assortment of cds and DVDs to ship to them. It's a lot of fun. You log on, type in the bar code numbers and they tell you how much they'll give you for each item. Once you fill up your cart to a point where it's worth the trip to the Post Office to mail the stuff to them, you get a confirmation number, followed by a check in about two weeks.

Who knew the first TLC cd was worth 5 bucks, or Hannibal dvd 4 bucks? Ugh, how do these things find their way in my apartment? Purge purge purge future cat ladies!

C'mon, do you really need to see Bring it On again, or hear the first Kid Rock album? While you're at it, chuck that nasty-ass CD tower in your living room, along with that $20 halogen lamp that throws light at the ceiling. Every man in their 20s has unfortunately owned both of these.

apologies to the good people at iFurn for making fun of their CD tower.

Tags: declutter, Lifehacks