How to get rid of old stuff, sell it for more, and use Amazon as cheap storage
I wish I could ship everything in my attic to Amazon and they would photograph, catalog and store the stuff privately.Then for some kind of low annual fee I could ship things in and out as needed.This service would include pre-scheduled shipments of holiday decoration.The problem I have is that I forget what is in my attic. On a few occasions I've purchased something  only to find out I already own one. It was just buried in the attic and I forgot about it. If I try to buy something on Amazon, this service would remind me that I already own it and ship it to me.Besides the attic stuff, I also have small random, rarely-used things that I know I'll need in the future, but don't know where to store them so I'll find them in the future.Someone once suggested that I just keep a running list of items near the attic door. I tried it, but didn't keep up with it.It would be nice to set some kind of expiration of my stuff as well. If I don't request an item from Amazon Attic in 18 months, it can be sold. Maybe that's a way to offset my fees.Another idea... This could have a social aspect (what doesn't these days!?). I could give select friends access to my personal Amazon Attic catalog and they can borrow something, again for a low shipping fee. Amazon will send them a friendly email to return it and then charge them eventually if they don't.(YC, here I come.)