primitive wants to get rid of "vintage" toys

[franksolich]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1018663637

Oh my.

fayhunter (113 posts)    Mon Sep 8, 2014, 11:10 PM

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.

*<<<wonders what that involved.

NYC_SKP (61,027 posts)   Mon Sep 8, 2014, 11:15 PM

1. I hope your post won't be deleted. I would not try to sell them.

"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.

^^^Skippy.

haele (5,973 posts)   Tue Sep 9, 2014, 12:00 AM

3. I'd like to help, seriously - perhaps only by kicking.

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.

mackerel (2,384 posts)   Tue Sep 9, 2014, 12:04 AM

4. I don't think there's a market for used sex toys, no matter how sterile.

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 (1,908 posts)   Tue Sep 9, 2014, 12:17 AM

5. I think it depends on how old the "antique" is.

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 (23,302 posts)   Tue Sep 9, 2014, 12:52 AM

6. you might research Ebay

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.

[franksolich]

Geezuz.

jmowreader (28,258 posts)    Tue Sep 9, 2014, 05:51 AM

7. How about donating the collection to PFLAG?

[Big Dog]

My son was in an accident about a year ago and passed away.

certainly can't be related to:
 

Brad was gay, which was fine with me and the rest of his family. He also had a lot of sex toys

... can it?

Antique bung hole reamer. NOT A SEX TOY.

[franksolich]

I mean, really.

If I came upon anything that had been inserted into another person's private parts, I'd don a triple-thick pair of rubber gloves, put it into a box, and ship it off to a nuclear-waste facility.

There are some things one doesn't need hanging around.

[Big Dog]

If I came upon anything that had been inserted into another person's private parts, I'd don a triple-thick pair of rubber gloves, put it into a box, and ship it off to a nuclear-waste facility.

There are some things one doesn't need hanging around.

Well said, my friend.

I found it particularly strange that the DUmmy was telling the world about her son's most private, intimate business, and playing it for laughs: "I've cleaned and sterilized them all (that was a sight)." But she is a DUmmy, after all; they have no shame.

It won't surprise me at all to see a new post in the Arts & Crafts forum, showing off the wind chimes she made from his old dildos and Ben-Wa balls; or a post about how she is keeping his old double-headed Donkey Dong next to the bed for protection, like a Louisville Slugger.

[mamacags]

There aren't enough "f"s in this world to express my WTF

[landofconfusion80]

Just store them under the sink and forget about it:

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-uD5smErJM[/youtube]

[FiddyBeowulf]

[Big Dog]

After reading about the other DUmmy, who can't figure out what to do with some half-empty bottles of Drakkar Noir and Grecian Formula, I offer the same advice:

Put all of those old sex toys in a box, and put the box in your car.

Drive all over town.

Give those old sex toys to the hobos who panhandle at intersections and on-ramps. Hobos love butt plugs!

Video your random acts of kindness, and share the videos at the DUmp.

[BlueStateSaint]

After reading about the other DUmmy, who can't figure out what to do with some half-empty bottles of Drakkar Noir and Grecian Formula, I offer the same advice:

Put all of those old sex toys in a box, and put the box in your car.

Drive all over town.

Give those old sex toys to the hobos who panhandle at intersections and on-ramps. Hobos love butt plugs!

Video your random acts of kindness, and share the videos at the DUmp.

 

H5!

[Carl]

Why isn`t skippy advising the OP to not post such disgusting personal info?

[JohnnyReb]

DUmmie could give them to the local high school for use as teaching aids in sex education class.....the small ones could go to a middle school.

[Dori]

Donate them to the Klams.  We need more material before the DOTY elections.

[landofconfusion80]

try them out at the local batting cage?

[Chris_]

Halloween is coming up.  Give them out to the neighborhood kids as treats.

[67 Rover]

I guess I just reached the end of the first paragraph of scrotie mcboogerballs.    

Southpark reference.

[landofconfusion80]

I guess I just reached the end of the first paragraph of scrotie mcboogerballs.    

Southpark reference.

[GOBUCKS]

fayhunter (113 posts)    Mon Sep 8, 2014, 11:10 PM

My son was in an accident about a year ago and passed away.
 
Brad was gay. He also had a lot of sex toys.

Perhaps there was a connection between the accidental death and the "toys".

Remember one of our favorite DUmmies, Fat Che's little brother, PAB.

His homosexual honeymoon ended with a rather large toy Volkswagen lodged in his descending colon, followed by emergency surgery.

Queer romance can be deadly.

[Bad Dog]

There aren't enough "f"s in this world to express my WTF

I'm with you.

[SSG Snuggle Bunny]

Well now we know how he got all those chipped teeth.

[JohnnyReb]

How old, crude or used do sex toys have to be to be considered "vintage"?

[franksolich]

How old, crude or used do sex toys have to be to be considered "vintage"?

I'm surprised that Judy grasswire, who's into things "vintage," hasn't shown up at this thread.

[JohnnyReb]

I'm surprised that Judy grasswire, who's into things "vintage," hasn't shown up at this thread.

DUmmie could take them to the next "Antique Road Show" and find out what they're worth and the best way/place to sell them.

[Big Dog]

I'm surprised that Judy grasswire, who's into things "vintage," hasn't shown up at this thread.

I don't remember seeing "pine cone on a string" listed among those vintage gay sex toys. That's what tugs on ol' Judy's bobber!


Oh, wait, Judy grasswire's the one who buys junk and sells it as treasure, right?

[franksolich]

I don't remember seeing "pine cone on a string" listed among those vintage gay sex toys. That's what tugs on ol' Judy's bobber!


Oh, wait, Judy grasswire's the one who buys junk and sells it as treasure, right?

Right.  This sort of thing's right up her alley.