We did the filing cabinets about 2 months ago ... we have been *ok* since then. Ok, but not super.

With buying/swapping/selling - we're yet to actually sell anything much. Quite a bit of stuff has been freecycled or given away to people we know. If no one picks it up from freecycle within a reasonably short space of time (a week or two) we donate it to charity if it's something they can realistically sell.

If it's something the Salvos can't realistically sell (offcuts of wood, something which needs repairing, etc) and no one from freecycle nabs it, we bin it.