January is easily the worst month of the year. Christmas is over, we\u2019re all back at work and, to top it all off, the bills keep piling up.<\/p>\n
Oh, and payday is still 15 days off for most of us.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s not all doom and gloom though, because you\u2019ve got a hidden reserve of untapped cash right under your nose: your unwanted CDs, DVDs, Games and Electronics.<\/p>\n
Yep, decluttering is a great way of giving yourself a bit of financial breathing space \u201d\u201c and it can make you feel happier too<\/a>!<\/p>\n Here are a few ways you can get the best value for your unwanted stuff.<\/p>\n Clearing out your CD collection can be difficult because music is an emotional experience; it\u2019s completely natural to feel emotionally attached to our CDs, even if said CD is Ricky Martin\u2019s Livin\u2019 La Vida Loca.<\/em><\/p>\n If you aren\u2019t listening to a CD, though, there isn\u2019t much point holding onto it \u201d\u201c you\u2019d be better off making a bit of cash for it. Take a look through your collection and consider selling anything you haven\u2019t listened to for a long time.<\/p>\n Other common reasons for selling CDs include outgrowing a band or a hanging dread that someone will discover one of your embarrassing albums. Check out this post<\/a> for some more CD decluttering tips!<\/p>\n Picking out the films you don\u2019t watch anymore is easy; it\u2019s selling the DVDs that you don\u2019t realise<\/em> you aren\u2019t watching that\u2019s hard.<\/p>\n They exist in every DVD collection, the films you own but don\u2019t really think about. And they\u2019re usually the DVDs that get missed during decluttering.<\/p>\n The best way to root out these hidden sources of cash is to re-organise your collection so that the DVDs you don\u2019t watch end up near the backend of your collection. Check out a few of the organising methods in this post<\/a> if you need a few pointers.<\/p>\n If you got any new DVDs over Christmas, try selling 2 DVDs for every new film you got. Not only will you make more cash, but you\u2019ll have more space too.<\/p>\n One of the main reasons people hang onto their games is that they haven\u2019t completed them yet.<\/p>\n Well, here\u2019s some good news for you: most people never complete the games they buy anyway. According to advice given to an employee at Activision, 90% of people will never see the end of a game they start playing<\/a> (unless they watch it on YouTube). A talk at the 2014 Game Developers\u2019 Conference suggested a similar theme<\/a>.<\/p>\n Basically, don\u2019t be averse to selling a game you don\u2019t play but haven\u2019t completed yet. Most of us never complete them anyway!<\/p>\n As more and more of us start buying more and more devices, electronics are becoming a major cause of clutter. Our recent Nation of Clutter study found that the average home has 3 old mobile phones hidden away<\/a>.<\/p>\n The longer you leave your old electronics hidden away, the less they\u2019ll be worth. So, sell your laptop, phone, tablet, console or anything else you don\u2019t use anymore.<\/p>\n Why not find out how much you could make for your unwanted stuff? Just click the button below to start selling, or click here to download our iOS or Android app<\/a>.<\/p>\n If you need any further decluttering tips, or just need a bit of motivation, check out the below posts.<\/p>\n
\n\u00a0CDs<\/h4>\n
\nDVDs<\/h4>\n
\nGames<\/h4>\n
\nElectronics<\/h4>\n