Selling Something of Sentimental Value

Senna

Would you sell something you had inherited from a loved one if you though you could get a few quid for it??



I was watching a few episodes of Pawn Stars and the amount of people who will gladly sell things that their father, mother, grandfather etc left them for just a couple of hundred quid.
I'm not on about things that have no sentimental value, like a car or something that could be bought anywhere, i'm on about things that would have meant a lot to the person who left them to you, things that are hundreds of years old and really should have more value to you than the money you would get.

SafeSurfer

Senna wrote: »

Would you sell something you had inherited from a loved one if you though you could get a few quid for it??



I was watching a few episodes of Pawn Stars and the amount of people who will gladly sell things that their father, mother, grandfather etc left them for just a couple of hundred quid.
I'm not on about things that have no sentimental value, like a car or something that could be bought anywhere, i'm on about things that would have meant a lot to the person who left them to you, things that are hundreds of years old and really should have more value to you than the money you would get.

It depends what it is.

Grandads war medals would be a tough one, Aunt peggy's wooden leg meant the world to her but is **** all good to me so sell away.

LighterGuy

Yeah, you see alot of people selling stuff like that on the show.

I dunno, i cant help but feel that some of them just dont give a fuck that it was sentimental to relative before being passed onto them. I could understand if something was worth like 20,000. Thus effecting your choice to sell. But selling something for a couple of bucks?

LH Pathe

Senna wrote: »

I was watching a few episodes of Pawn Stars

Not hardcore pawn? Good lord; antiques roadshow for young people

acidskiffle

Nope.
Not my bag I'm afraid.
I still have my father's wallet with a few quid he had in it and can't bring myself to spend it.

IM0

Senna wrote: »

Would you sell something you had inherited from a loved one if you though you could get a few quid for it??



I was watching a few episodes of Pawn Stars and the amount of people who will gladly sell things that their father, mother, grandfather etc left them for just a couple of hundred quid.
I'm not on about things that have no sentimental value, like a car or something that could be bought anywhere, i'm on about things that would have meant a lot to the person who left them to you, things that are hundreds of years old and really should have more value to you than the money you would get.

:pac: name win!

Marty McFly

No way some of the stuff you see them selling has been passed down through a few generatios then they go in and casually sell it for a few hundred quid, so some randomer can have it.


Does make for some good television though.

Temptamperu

Sure i would sell me hole if I thought i would get anything for it :pac:

IM0

well I thrashed the fcuk out of my first electric guitar I had in furious anger with life changes I had to go through and had it about 15 years at that stage, twas the end of an era in may ways

after that Id sell anything

LighterGuy

Temptamperu wrote: »

Sure i would sell me hole if I thought i would get anything for it :pac:

Yer man Rick from Pawn Stars would bargain you down even if you were charging 2 euro. :P

Most of Pawn Stars is staged. The producers pay peopletip bring in something they own that's unique and they go through the whole ordeal of looking for money for it, the fat bald guy calls in his expert, the item is discussed, the customer is lowballed with an insulting offer. They then try to negotiate the price up and either they sell the item or head home with it. The cameras stop rolling and the producer hands the item back, thanks the person for coming in as they hand them their pay and waves goodbye.

later12

My Granny left me a bit of land and I converted it into my masters degree. She asked me to build a house on it, and some people thought it was a little cold to sell it on. But you can't be a slave to the desires of the dead, even if they leave you a legacy.

So equally, if someone left me a lump of precious metal which could do something good instead of sitting in a bank vault, I'd have little hesitation in selling it on.

It's the valueless trinkets that i value most. I might have sold my Granny's field but I kept all her personal letters. Far more special. And anyway, sure who would buy them:pac:

The Internet Explorer

I guess you could say, selling something of sentimental value.

nice_very

Pawn Stars is awesome, Chumlee is the star of the show..

couple of things on this thread are wrong:

Yer man Rick from Pawn Stars would bargain you down even if you were charging 2 euro

not true, he drives a hard bargain yes, but there is 1 episode where he actually tells a woman, this is worth a lot more, and gives her more than she asked for... could be the fabarge spider brooch if I remember correctly.

Most of Pawn Stars is staged. The producers pay peopletip bring in something they own that's unique

again not true, what they do is: if someone comes in with a rare item, they clear the shop (it is a functioning shop after all) to film with just that person.. thats why it looks always empty


Rick is actually quite the expert on history.. a good businessman and a hard but fair negociator

Wibbs

Yea you see similar with that Flog It yoke on the Beeb. Stuff of clear sentimental/familial value and they're happy to sell for peanuts. Well I suspect many are genuinely broke and it's often cringeworthy when the presenter asks what they're going to do with the pittance they usually get for the item. Then again it might be the TV effect. "Oh jayzuz I'm on de telly" rabbit in headlights kinda thing, so some may regret it later.

Nothingbetter2d

SafeSurfer wrote: »

It depends what it is.

Grandads war medals would be a tough one, Aunt peggy's wooden leg meant the world to her but is **** all good to me so sell away.

how much for the wooden leg?

Nothingbetter2d

later10 wrote: »

My Granny left me a bit of land and I converted it into my masters degree. She asked me to build a house on it, and some people thought it was a little cold to sell it on. But you can't be a slave to the desires of the dead, even if they leave you a legacy.

So equally, if someone left me a lump of precious metal which could do something good instead of sitting in a bank vault, I'd have little hesitation in selling it on.

It's the valueless trinkets that i value most. I might have sold my Granny's field but I kept all her personal letters. Far more special. And anyway, sure who would buy them:pac:

i bet your glad now ya didn't hang a big overpriced morgage on your head for the next 30 years had you built that now underpriced big house in your granny's field.

stupidusername

It depends on what it is.and the reason it was left to you.my mam left me her engagement ring,it's worth about 3000 but no i'll never be that stuck to sell it. But I also have land (no road frontage) that I probably would sell,cause I don't exactly want to build a house in the back end of nowhere.and I know she left me that for financial security.

ejmaztec

From what I've seen of that programme, most of the people in it would sell their granny's kidneys for a few quid.

I dunno. I wouldn't do it, but I'm a slightly sentimental person. In saying that, I've wanted to get rid of my wedding dress for years but I'm not allowed :rolleyes:

Anyway, I suppose some people just don't get sentimentality from a vase, ya know. Maybe material items aren't what some people need to remember their loved ones. Maybe they have something of zero monetary value that means a lot more to them than an antique?

I haven't seen the programme but it could be that they're just stoney broke and need the cash?

ejmaztec

Deleted User wrote: »

I've wanted to get rid of my wedding dress for years but I'm not allowed :rolleyes:

There's nothing worse than being jilted?:(

Never mind, you might get to use it someday.:)




:pac:

later12

stupidusername wrote: »

the back end of nowhere

Pfft, speak for your own parish:pac:

vader65

It would depend on how desperate I was for the money, if need for money > sentimental value of item then sell, though I don't think i'd be able to do so lightly.

stupidusername

later10 wrote: »

Pfft, speak for your own parish:pac:

I do believe at least mine is a village whereas yours is a junction. Literally blink and you miss it kinda place. Do you want to move to the suburbs? I'll sell ya my land

ejmaztec

ejmaztec wrote: »

There's nothing worse than being jilted?:(

Never mind, you might get to use it someday.:)

I feckin used it once too many times
Nine years the thing is hanging in the spare room wardrobe. Biggest waste of money ever :pac: