Thank you for the welcome. And its a pleasure to get to know so many eonderful people on this site.
Yes, its fascinating to read about different culture. Things are so different in my country. You know my family would be mortified if I told them that I wanted to arrange a garage sale here. It will be a great loss of face here. And god forbid if a well to do family were to have a garage sale. It would be considered scandalous to do something like that instead of giving away things to the poor.
We have this particular type of brokers here who old buys stuff and resell them elsewhere. These days with the rise of internet sites like ebay and olx are used to sell old stuff. Most of the things are either given away to poor relatives or just thrown away.
I know what you mean. I give away much of what I don't use, not that I am in any way wealthy. Have a good day!