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This sounds like a potentially very useful service. The one downside is that objects with a value below a certain threshold will not be worth their time, and would likely just be moved to a landfill.

Out of personal interest (as a potential user): can you name some of these businesses?

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The one I know of, in the Chicagoland area, is "iSold It on eBay." I believe it is a franchise with a bunch of locations.

They have certain categories of things they will try to sell, and things they won't bother with. If it sells, they can mail you a check. If not, you can pick it up, or they can donate it to charity.

They may accept things to sell by mail, but then of course you're taking a further hit on shipping.

I've walked into one of these in Chicago - not sure if it's that exact one. I recall the fee being something like 40% of the item...

Considering they do pretty much all the work for you, that doesn't sound too bad.

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