The Chopping Block

So, we have most of our stuff sitting in a storage unit. The rest of it is sitting in her parent's garage.

I've been entertaining the notion of selling off the appliances. The washer, dryer, fridge, and the tv. I'm not attached to those items whatsoever. They're just taking up space. I can confess that my initial intent was to try and elicit a reaction from her, in hopes of her getting off her ass and working on the relationship. Well I wasn't ready, and it almost backfired on me. I wasn't ready for the, "Ok, I have a buyer, how much". I'll never make that mistake ever again.

The decision to sell at this point is purely financial. I'd rather have the money sitting in the bank, untouched gathering interest, than losing money on it. Granted, these are appliances we're talking about, nothing all that big. Her mom advised her that we shouldn't sell the stuff, so that we'd have it for our next place. That spoke to me. Despite what I've been getting from my wife, that one sentence spoke to me. I held onto that, and I questioned the motive to sell the stuff.

This is my logical rationale.

There's always bigger and better. We can buy better stuff with the money later on. The stuff is a pain in the ass to move, might as well get it outta the way. I've got some close friends to thank, for helping me to piece this together. Every decision that has crossed my mind has been over analyzed, over scrutinized, and most likely over calculated. I want to make sure that I'm doing the right thing.

Will she be pissed? Dunno. Probably. She will be aware of it. I won't sell it without her knowing. She has maintained that those were my appliances anyway, since my parents bought them for me and "my house", before she moved in. Gimme a break already lady. That was, "our house", and those are, "our appliances", get over it.

So I've got a buyer for the washer and dryer. I was asking 500 for the pair. They're practically new. I'm settling for 450. The fridge would go for 800 firm, practically new, and the 42" plasma, with Monster power conditioner, I'm entertaining offers between 500 and 600. All practically new.

Any takers?

I've got to make the trek to the storage unit this weekend to gather the Make/Model numbers. I'll post it here, for anyone. I'm thinkin craigslist thereafter.