Please explain Cash in the attic to me...selling your possessions is one thing but

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the lady who I've just seen said 'Yes it was a broach my mother used to wear on special occasions' in a fond, whimsical sort of way and then say 'yep, I'll sell it for dd's school trip to Japan.'

Is it just me but is that a bit sad?

Don?t get me wrong, sell your junk to raise extra cash but selling your memories?

You can't sell your memories and I am sure Granny would be pleased she is helping her GD go on a trip.

and yes I don't know ther circumstances and they may be strapped for cash but I would never expect my parents to have sold grandmother's jewellery so I could go on a school trip. In secondary school I didn't go on any school trips as we didn't have the money...

I'm obviously too sentimental.

I know! They regularly sell stuff they really like/need, to fund their dog's new kennel with trampoline attachment, or similar.

"Well, now we've sold the bed at auction for £20 we will have to sleep on the floor, but at least Rover will have a bouncingly good time"

I'm over-sentimental about stuff. So have a house full of crap. I am trying to get more practical. Keep some very special things but bin/give away/sell the rest.

I'm not saying if either ds needed something I wouldn't (we don't have much worth selling anyway ) but I just find it sad. Also what happens for any other dc?

I hate it when people sell their grandads war medals like it doesn't mean anything that they faught for out country

I always find this baffling too, especially when they get a value of about twenty quid...They shrug and carry on, all grist to the mill! Sometimes it can be a beautiful piece of relatively essential furniture like a dining table, it's estimated at, say £200, and they agree to sell it, and I think why? You couldn't even replace it from Ikea with a half-decent one for much less than that. Daft, just daft.

Totally agree. There are some things you should keep out of respect.

My Granddad specificiall told my parents (executors of his will) to make sure that his War Medals were sold and the proceeds added to the monetary value of his estate. He said that he knew the cash value of them would be worth more to his family than the actual medals, as he'd told us so many stories of the war that he knew we wouldn't forget that he'd fought in it.

i thought you were gonna say having those creepy telly wierdy folks in your house / attic was too much

if its in the attic though she aint wearing it she might have ishoos she cant broach ..

I just find it odd that most of the time what they're going to do with the money is so incredibly lame - most of the time it seems to be GP's selling their possessions so their GDC can go on holiday without them.

I'm not sure what's supposed to be so wonderful about that - getting rid of junk yes. But spend the money on something for you or some REAL memories instead.

There was one I quite liked where the couple were going to get some custom jewellery made with some of the stones from jewellery that had been handed down to them. Now that's nice - swapping memories for other ones.

A friend of mine used to work as a camerman on this, he has some awful stories about people being coerced into giving things up to sell.

But it's hard to feel sorry for them, why go on a programme like this anyway?

Really? Go on DWP, give us a heart-string tug and tell us!

I ahve no feelings of sentimentality and whenever my mother buys anything and makes sounds about it being a nice thing for the grandchildren I give her a glare and remind her that it will "be in the skip with the rest of your rubbish"

she knows I am joking

a bit

Anyway, I have an EMPTY attic. Who needs crap? Much better to fill it with insulation

I saw an episode of cita where some woman was thanking her parents for supporting her through university by selling their stuff on the telly v odd.

One particular episode, they clearly thought the crockery and vases etc they had were worth more, so when it came to the valuations the lady said it wasn't worth selling them.

They had also agreed to sell some furniture listed on their original application for the show, but changed their minds once filming had started. They ended up being coaxed into selling a lot of things.

IIRC they were raising money for a computer and webcam so they could see their grandchildren who'd moved to America. They persuaded the old guy to sell his vintage train sets and model cars as well. He was fuming off camera, ad said he'd wanted to pass them on to his grand children.

But that's just telly for you.

I have an empty attic also. We aren't boarding it as my family we would no doubt fill it with crap.