Comments on: Get rid of that darn storage unit

By: SaveBuyLive

SaveBuyLive — Sat, 02 May 2009 02:31:00 +0000

Whenever I’m cleaning out my apartment I ask two questions. “Have I used this?” “Do I foresee a need for this?”

If I can’t answer “yes” to both of those questions I throw it out.

By: Dr. Faith

Dr. Faith — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 16:41:00 +0000

Well, right now having a storage unit is less expensive than an apartment. For instance, my dad hasn't had steady income for the last 3 months. He had to move out of his house that he was renting and is moving in with my aunt. Rather than selling all of his stuff, he is willing to pay the $80/month to keep all of the furniture until the job market improves. It is cheaper in the short run to do this than to have to sell all the furniture now and rebuy furniture later.

For him it makes sense, even if he is using it for 6 months or a year.

But yeah, at one point my step-dad had THREE storage units full of crap. He just didn't want to get rid of everything. He ended up building his own house with an AIRPLANE hanger size garage - and all of the stuff that was in the storage units is now in his MASSIVE garage.

I do not look forward to going through all that stuff when he passes away -- no thank you.

By: Jesse

Jesse — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:48:00 +0000

I agree too. I am lucky enough to have a wife that will not let me keep ANYTHING I dont use.

Just this past week, after I begged and held on for 2 years, she made me throw out a Christmas gift that I had never even opened. (I unwrapped of course but never took the gift out of its package)

I am so sentimental that every few months it would come up and I would beg to keep it, saying I would use it soon but I never did.

My wife has also been selling things I have been holding onto for a few years and we have made a good chunk of spending money from it.
I guess sometimes you just have to let go.

By: calquist

calquist — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 14:56:00 +0000

I agree. I am moving in with bf in a month and I have been debating whether or not a storage unit would be useful. I have a mattress and a frame, small TV, and maybe a couple boxes of things that I won’t need at his place, but are things that I would need for when we have a house (and like a guest bedroom). I still can’t decide if it will be worth my while and maybe we will have just have to see what we can store in our new place and then just sell the rest…