Comments on: 10 Alternatives To Paying For A Storage Unit

By: jay

jay — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 01:22:14 +0000

Agreed!

By: connie

connie — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 10:11:48 +0000

We have storage because our house burned up and are in a trailer til we find a house and what we did salvage we did not have room for it all so storage we got. I do think the cost of these units are way over priced but not alot of other choices in my case.

By: Tony

Tony — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 06:43:01 +0000

Of course, there are situations where storage is needed, but most of the time, it is just a waste caused by people trying to hand on to too much. Look at it this way. Are you really going to use that stuff you have in storage? Even if you do, is it worth the expense?

Nowadays, you can just sell all that off. Even if you have to repurchase again someday, when it is all said and done, you will almost certainly have spent less when you consider what you got for selling and what you saved not paying for storage, moving things etc.

What you own ends up owning you. If you cannot fit it into your home, you probably have too much and it is just weighing you down!

By: jay

jay — Sat, 27 Oct 2012 16:58:10 +0000

Thought I’d add a warning regarding lending/storing with a friend: we stored a couch and a case of wine with my in-laws. The wine was “stolen” and the couch became a permanent fixture in their family room. Hard to argue with your in-laws. Was a bit annoying to visit on holidays, and see *our* couch being so well used… SIGH

So, if you store/lend get something in writing regarding what and how long they’ll hang on to it. Otherwise, even if it doesn’t become part of their household, it can be sold as abandoned property within a relatively short period of time.

By: Maggie@SquarePennies

Maggie@SquarePennies — Sat, 27 Oct 2012 05:59:43 +0000

This is a great list! I often find ways to consolidate items to be stored. Pinterest has a lot of good tips for organizing. Getting rid of things you haven’t used in the past year often helps with the problem of too much stuff! Sell or give items away. You can sometimes get a tax write-off for donations to charities. So instead of paying storage fees, you can collect some money–all the while helping others. That’s a pretty good deal.