Comments on: My Storage War http://thebillfold.com/2012/06/my-storage-war/ Everything About Money You Were Too Polite To Ask Wed, 22 May 2013 07:06:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: EricBosloor http://thebillfold.com/2012/06/my-storage-war/#comment-31030 EricBosloor Thu, 17 Jan 2013 07:45:19 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=7108#comment-31030 I also almost had the same experience but was able to nip it in the bud. I broke up with my boyfriend and had no immediate place to go. I immediately got myself a storage space to put away our common items. However, I thought that I had to dispose a lot of things since I planned to move to another place in order to start afresh. I was not able to immediately throw away stuff because I was busy planning, until I found out that my storage bill was not worth it to store things that I would eventually throw away. I had to quickly change my strategy, and instead cleared most of the stuff in the storage that eventually I did not have to rent anymore. I was glad that I did it early and I was able to save some money. I also almost had the same experience but was able to nip it in the bud. I broke up with my boyfriend and had no immediate place to go. I immediately got myself a storage space to put away our common items. However, I thought that I had to dispose a lot of things since I planned to move to another place in order to start afresh. I was not able to immediately throw away stuff because I was busy planning, until I found out that my storage bill was not worth it to store things that I would eventually throw away. I had to quickly change my strategy, and instead cleared most of the stuff in the storage that eventually I did not have to rent anymore. I was glad that I did it early and I was able to save some money.

]]> By: Jenny Rogers@facebook http://thebillfold.com/2012/06/my-storage-war/#comment-8201 Jenny Rogers@facebook Tue, 26 Jun 2012 21:27:25 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=7108#comment-8201 This was so well written. This was so well written.

]]> By: Deb of last year@twitter http://thebillfold.com/2012/06/my-storage-war/#comment-8197 Deb of last year@twitter Tue, 26 Jun 2012 20:56:34 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=7108#comment-8197 I've never understood the mentality of holding on to things in storage, but I do like fresh starts. Keeping a mattress, box spring, old television (that probably won't even work now with a digital box?), and a few pieces of tattered furniture for two years hardly seems worth it, regardless of their sentimental value, when all that money spent on storage fees coulda paid for new furniture in the future. Such a waste of money. I’ve never understood the mentality of holding on to things in storage, but I do like fresh starts. Keeping a mattress, box spring, old television (that probably won’t even work now with a digital box?), and a few pieces of tattered furniture for two years hardly seems worth it, regardless of their sentimental value, when all that money spent on storage fees coulda paid for new furniture in the future. Such a waste of money.

]]> By: Jenn@twitter http://thebillfold.com/2012/06/my-storage-war/#comment-8162 Jenn@twitter Tue, 26 Jun 2012 19:29:08 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=7108#comment-8162 WOW. I felt guilty when I made my friends help me move out of my house quickly during my divorce because my ex-husband and I had agreed upon a specific 6-hour window during which he would be out. I don't feel so bad now. (But I still feel bad that when I moved back into the house after he left, my boyfriend of only a month or two had to help clean up the ex's massive mess, including a caked-on line of salt around all the windows and doors. I didn't have any friends good enough or available enough to help with that, so he got stuck helping me. I knew he was a keeper then.) WOW.

I felt guilty when I made my friends help me move out of my house quickly during my divorce because my ex-husband and I had agreed upon a specific 6-hour window during which he would be out. I don’t feel so bad now.

(But I still feel bad that when I moved back into the house after he left, my boyfriend of only a month or two had to help clean up the ex’s massive mess, including a caked-on line of salt around all the windows and doors. I didn’t have any friends good enough or available enough to help with that, so he got stuck helping me. I knew he was a keeper then.)

]]> By: Reginal T. Squirge http://thebillfold.com/2012/06/my-storage-war/#comment-8153 Reginal T. Squirge Tue, 26 Jun 2012 19:09:55 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=7108#comment-8153 These kinds of friend obligations are the worst. I once helped a friend move out of his house when he was leaving his wife. She showed up halfway through the move. He hadn't told her he was leaving nor had he told us (his friends) that he hadn't told her. These kinds of friend obligations are the worst. I once helped a friend move out of his house when he was leaving his wife. She showed up halfway through the move. He hadn’t told her he was leaving nor had he told us (his friends) that he hadn’t told her.

]]> By: Jenn@twitter http://thebillfold.com/2012/06/my-storage-war/#comment-8152 Jenn@twitter Tue, 26 Jun 2012 18:57:19 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=7108#comment-8152 This is exactly why I will never get a storage unit unless I have a concrete exit strategy. Plus, I kind of hate the places now: I recently helped a friend clean out one she had shared with her ex, and it was a horrible ordeal, lots of trips in both our cars, trying to get it done before her ex showed up and trashed everything that had belonged to her. This is exactly why I will never get a storage unit unless I have a concrete exit strategy.

Plus, I kind of hate the places now: I recently helped a friend clean out one she had shared with her ex, and it was a horrible ordeal, lots of trips in both our cars, trying to get it done before her ex showed up and trashed everything that had belonged to her.

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