How to lose unwanted furniture

Posted by austria (87 days ago)

Despite having moved house/flat several times in Hong Kong, I find myself with a problem I haven't really faced before. I am moving to something much smaller than my present flat and need to get rid of masses of stuff.

Of course I have advertised it here in the Classifieds, but am not getting much response for the big stuff (beds, table and chairs) - can't even give it away!

Assuming that this is not simply the result of my terrible taste in furniture, I guess that this is not an unusual difficulty. How do you get rid of furniture that nobody wants? Is there a house clearance service and if so, how much does it cost?

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Posted by sona (87 days ago)

You can try this company, the person who call Fedrick 62336029, i have a got old furniture they help me to get rid of, just try,,
Cheers

Posted by Wiz Bang (87 days ago)

did fedrick charge you anything?

Posted by KennyL (87 days ago)

Causeway Bay. Rent a truck and dump it at night. Or if you don't think the people in your hood will get mad, just dump it on the street around 2AM. Can saw it up and put it in trash bags if it makes you feel better.

Posted by austria (86 days ago)

Thank you, Sona, I will give it a try.

Kenny, your suggestions sound more exciting but also like a lot of hard work that may land me in jail.

Posted by pccw (86 days ago)

hey guys i found this guy in a-z directery really good try him 6120 7310 .

Posted by Wiz Bang (86 days ago)

what does he do? and what are his charges

Posted by sistim (85 days ago)

You can fill in a form on the Crossroads web site & tell them what you have, then they'll get in touch & tell you what they want- they will pick up but sometimes you have to wait a couple of weeks till their van's in your area. Please don't dump it, that's such an irresponsible suggestion!

Posted by sistim (85 days ago)

http://www.crossroads.org.hk/

Posted by Wiz Bang (85 days ago)

i think crossroads in not really a viable option for dumping unused items for the folowing reasons

1. They have a long period waiting time for pick up of goods so not a good solution if you need to get rid of stuff soon

2. they only would be able to receive specific items -

Posted by Applepup (82 days ago)

How about 2nd Chance? They are online, and their phone no. is 2496 1222.

Posted by Wiz Bang (39 days ago)

fyi - 2nd chance does not deal with ikea, pricerite and similar items and also electrical appliances

Posted by Yep (39 days ago)

Crossroad can take your funiture but the waiting time for a team to pick up is long except if you can load the furniture in the truck yourself, they can send you a truck to pick up the furniture quickly but you will have to load it yourself.

Last time i moved crossroad send me a truck one week after i asked them and i asked some friends to help me load the truck.

Posted by koko2 (37 days ago)

call kenny at 93386653 he charged at reasonable price to dump your furnitures
and appliances.good luck

Posted by Wiz Bang (37 days ago)

for appliances - give st. james settlement a call. they have a long waiting list for several working appliances for the elderly and for needy families ie. big tv's, refrigerator, radio, washing machine.

accdg to their website, they have no need for microwaves but they were happy to pick up mine for someone in need.

they pick up the big items too

Call Mr. Mak - 2795 7068


ps. I am not in any way connected with this organization
Just thought that it could be useful for anyone to donate their appliances rather than dump them. At least someone is going to make use of them.

It's a small gesture to help the community.

http://www.thevoice.org.hk/electrical/main_e.htm

Posted by homely (37 days ago)

Take a look at the asiaxpat's 'WANTED' page - a lot of people asks for free stuff for their home or wanted to buy them at a very low & affordable price.