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fayhunter

(221 posts)
Mon Sep 8, 2014, 11:10 PM Sep 2014

Sincerely, need advice on how to sell vintage dildos

I know that a jury will probably delete this post but I'm putting it up here because I don't think this community will humiliate me.

My son was in an accident about a year ago and passed away. I immediately put his things in storage and just recently was able to dig up the emotional courage to go through and sort them out.

Brad was gay, which was fine with me and the rest of his family. He also had a lot of sex toys that I found in storage, which is fine by me. That was his business.

What I don't know is how I should get rid of them. There are a couple boxes of them. It's not the kind of thing you hand to a garbage man or drop off at Goodwill.

I've cleaned and sterilized them all (that was a sight). It seems to be an expensive collection. Rather than bring them to the dump, I'd like to sell them and donate the money to PFLAG. I'm not trying to sell them here. I'm just wondering if anyone knows where I can.

Maybe this is pointless. But any information or ideas would be appreciated.

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Sincerely, need advice on how to sell vintage dildos (Original Post) fayhunter Sep 2014 OP
I hope your post won't be deleted. I would not try to sell them. NYC_SKP Sep 2014 #1
Insightful fayhunter Sep 2014 #2
Nice post, Skip. Feral Child Sep 2014 #8
I am tempted fayhunter Sep 2014 #10
THAT made me LOL. n/t Feral Child Sep 2014 #18
If you gotta... politicat Sep 2014 #16
Valid suggestion! Feral Child Sep 2014 #17
I'd like to help, seriously - perhaps only by kicking. haele Sep 2014 #3
Thanks for helping fayhunter Sep 2014 #11
I don't think there's a market for used sex toys, no matter how sterile. mackerel Sep 2014 #4
I think it depends on how old the "antique" is. newcriminal Sep 2014 #5
you might research Ebay steve2470 Sep 2014 #6
How about donating the collection to PFLAG? jmowreader Sep 2014 #7
Oh, if only MFM were still with us. malthaussen Sep 2014 #9
a demonstration may work lame54 Sep 2014 #12
You could donate them to quite a few people in GD right now. Kaleva Sep 2014 #13
Oops, wrong poster- good luck?! bettyellen Sep 2014 #14
ebay? cwydro Sep 2014 #15
I neglected: Feral Child Sep 2014 #19
Send all of them to republican politicians Taitertots Sep 2014 #20
craigslist Kali Sep 2014 #21
There IS a market on EBay for them (I'm such a freak I did an EBay search) riderinthestorm Sep 2014 #22
adult-only Ebay listings for dildos, didn't see any used steve2470 Sep 2014 #23
You could always try the flea market here KamaAina Sep 2014 #24
 

NYC_SKP

(68,644 posts)
1. I hope your post won't be deleted. I would not try to sell them.
Mon Sep 8, 2014, 11:15 PM
Sep 2014

"Expensive collection" seems a relative term, and I suspect that the real value her is that they were your son's property.

I can't blame you if you're averse to just kind of concealing them in the trash, or the neighbor's trash, or one at a time at the local Chic Fil A trash.

Goodwill is just out of the question.

I would put them in general pick up, maybe over a period of a few pickups, in plain bags and mixed up with general refuse.

Don't feel shame, shame is a product of "community values" not real values.

Bless you and take care.

Feral Child

(2,086 posts)
8. Nice post, Skip.
Tue Sep 9, 2014, 09:36 AM
Sep 2014

I agree with your advice.

Except, I might just drop them w/Goodwill. Sometimes I get this nasty streak...

fayhunter

(221 posts)
10. I am tempted
Tue Sep 9, 2014, 10:44 AM
Sep 2014

to see their faces when a grey-haired lady drops them off and says she doesn't need them anymore.

Feral Child

(2,086 posts)
17. Valid suggestion!
Tue Sep 9, 2014, 04:37 PM
Sep 2014

They hassled my SO last holiday season when she responded "Happy Holidays" to their "Merry Christmas".

haele

(12,647 posts)
3. I'd like to help, seriously - perhaps only by kicking.
Tue Sep 9, 2014, 12:00 AM
Sep 2014

Not only because it's painful to throw away a collection that apparently meant something to a lost loved one, but if some of the items are vintage, they might be worth something to a collector of such items. I've discovered over the years that there is a market for pretty much anything, if you know where to look.
My only thought would be if there an "adult" store in town you might not be to squigged out to walk into, you may want to ask them if they know of a collector who might be interested in actual vintage items, or how to otherwise dispose of them. (20 years ago, I had a temporary rent-mate who worked behind camera in the gay porn business and in an adult novelty shop, and some of the stories he could tell...) There may be a market for used sex toys, if they have been sanitized and are in decent condition.
Good luck, and maybe one of the lounge residents who are more familiar with the kinkier side of town might have a good suggestion.


Haele

fayhunter

(221 posts)
11. Thanks for helping
Tue Sep 9, 2014, 10:51 AM
Sep 2014

I suspect there is a market but I don't know where to find it. That's a good lead.

mackerel

(4,412 posts)
4. I don't think there's a market for used sex toys, no matter how sterile.
Tue Sep 9, 2014, 12:04 AM
Sep 2014

I think the suggestion of slowly tossing them over a period of weeks is you best option. If you have any male gay friends you might want to check it with them.

 

newcriminal

(2,190 posts)
5. I think it depends on how old the "antique" is.
Tue Sep 9, 2014, 12:17 AM
Sep 2014

If we are talking about used sex toys, then no I don't think so, but if we are talking about kinda artifact old dildos then I think there is a market. What do you mean by antique?

I am so immature I still can't believe I just typed dildo.

steve2470

(37,457 posts)
6. you might research Ebay
Tue Sep 9, 2014, 12:52 AM
Sep 2014

I don't know if you're allowed to sell those there, to be on the safe side, but worth checking out. They sell almost anything there, as long as it's not illegal.

Kaleva

(36,294 posts)
13. You could donate them to quite a few people in GD right now.
Tue Sep 9, 2014, 01:54 PM
Sep 2014

Help them take their mind off of things. Calm them down a bit.

 

Taitertots

(7,745 posts)
20. Send all of them to republican politicians
Tue Sep 9, 2014, 05:44 PM
Sep 2014

I'll pay for the postage to send one of them to Paul Ryan.

steve2470

(37,457 posts)
23. adult-only Ebay listings for dildos, didn't see any used
Tue Sep 9, 2014, 07:07 PM
Sep 2014
http://www.ebay.com/sch/Dildos-/166843/i.html?_fln=1&_npmv=3&_catref=1


Half-baked thought, if you offered a discount and stated upfront the disinfection fact, you might be able to sell.
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