That was easy

  Of all the things we are throwing away or donating a few are too large to easily do so. One of those was the patio furniture, a large glass topped table and 6 chairs. No way for us to easily transport somewhere and nothing really wrong with them. So we decided to sell them quickly. Being the modern day and craigslist existing on the internet I put up a for sale advert on there. Within 2 hours we had 3 offers to buy it (although one offered too little). One phone call and email later we had an appointment for someone to take a look at it. A couple of hours after that I had money in hand and helped someone load up their pickup truck with the furniture. All told, one photograph taken, 1 minute to put advert online and 4 emails and a phone call and the furniture was gone.

  Compare that to how it could have been before the internet made this possible. Advertise it in a local shop or newspaper maybe. Possibly get some interest in a few days. Eventually get a phone call and sometime someone shows up and buys it. Things are so much easier nowadays with the internet making communication so much more instant and to a pretty wide audience if need be. I'm just glad our first craigslist experience was not of the scummy variety you hear about sometimes.