# How can I get my family to stop pawning off useless crap on me?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 14, 2014, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-get-my-family-to-stop-pawning-off-useless-crap-on-me/698483 "2014-09-14T17:02:41Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 17, 2014, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-get-my-family-to-stop-pawning-off-useless-crap-on-me/698483/52 "2014-09-17T20:33:24Z")

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My parents gave me a falling apart couch and falling apart wagon wheel tea caddy. When I moved out of my apartment I left them by the curb.

My brother ‘told on me’ and my parents were upset because it was such great stuff. I said I called the salvation army and they wouldn’t even take the couch. Then I got a lecture about how spoiled those charities are or something (I didn’t quite follow).

Anyway, the upshot is they no longer give me their old crap.

Thumbs up!

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