Want someone to sell your stuff for you? Your honest options in Albuquerque

Four ways to have it sold for you

• A consignment store sells your piece and pays you a share when it sells. Best for good furniture, outdoor gear, instruments and in-season clothing. Ask for the split in writing, how long they hold a piece, whether the price drops over time, and what happens to what doesn’t sell. (Furniture Haven is a locally owned furniture consignment store — details in my where-to-sell guide.)
• An estate sale company runs a sale in the house and takes a percentage. Best when a whole house holds enough value to clear the company’s minimum. Ask the five questions before you sign — especially what happens to the leftovers.
• An auction house is for one valuable piece or a real collection: art, a rare sign, a good watch, a collection of anything. Expect a commission and a wait for the next sale date.
• A reseller who lists it online for you — some resellers and shops sell items online for a share of the sale. Best for small things worth real money one at a time. Ask how they price, how long it takes and what you get back if it doesn’t sell.

Or sell it outright, today

If you’d rather have cash now than a share later, local stores buy specific things outright — instruments, sporting goods, cameras, records, mid-century furniture. My where-to-sell guide lists who buys what in Albuquerque, with addresses and phone numbers.

When a free pickup is the better deal

• It’s a mix — some good things, a lot of in-between — and no one store wants all of it.
• You’re on a deadline: a closing date, a move, a lease ending.
• It’s what’s left after the estate sale, the consignment shop or the family has picked through.
• The share and the wait aren’t worth it to you, and you’d rather it simply go to someone who’ll use it.

That’s where I come in. I pick up the resale-worthy part free, by photo request, resell it (I’ve sold on eBay since 2003) and reclaim the metal from what’s dead. I don’t pay cash and I don’t take a share of anything — you get the space back, and a Reclaim Receipt saying where the main pieces went. Text me a photo.

Most people do a mix

Sell the two or three pieces that are worth real money — a consignment store or an auction house for those — let family take what they want, and let me take the rest of the good stuff in one trip. How a clear-out works with me, or what I most want to hear about.

What I don’t do

• Consignment — I don’t sell things on your behalf or split the proceeds.
• Cash offers, books included. Books go to a local book donation drop box.
• Junk hauling — trash, mattresses and worn-out furniture go to a hauler or the City’s Large Item Pick-Up.

Text me a photo instead → Or use the request form