I have 4' stack of Fashion Magazines all new, never looked at....What can I do to get rid of them? any ideas?

Question

They are all from 2007 from Jan to Dec....Still in the plastic bags.... I have no desire to look at them...and they are taking up space.... Is there anything I can do with them other than throw them out or is that my only option?

Answer 1

Check with your local library and see if they will take them.  Many libraries will take magazines that are less than one year old and will either put them out for readers or sell them in their bookstore.  

You should also check with you tax preparer about state and federal tax deductions that are available for donations made to libraries.

Answer 2

Sell them on ebay.. I bought a load of horse magazines there. Although you won't get very much money for them it's better than nothing. Or you could donate them to a school or college for their art and design or fashion department. :)

Answer 3

donate them to a battered women's shelter

Answer 4

well, since you don't want to look at them, cutting them up for a

collage seems out of the question, eBay, sell them as a bulk

lot? Purchaser pays actual shipping, and ah, handling, as

it's not going to be free to drive to the post office, or UPS...

other than that, have a fireplace?

Answer 5

For the plastic, you can recycle it.  For the magazines, you can cut out cute pictures of dresses and stuff and make posters and collages.  You can also recycle the paper.  Also, try cutting out peoples' heads (in the magazines, obviously) and mix and match their clothes!

Answer 6

give them to somone or recyle them thats good for the envirement and you wont have to deal with them anymore its a win win

Answer 7

You could drop them into local nail salons, doctors surgery anywhere that has a waiting room really, their always buying their own so yours would save them money for a while.lol.

Answer 8

leave them at a hospital/drs waiting room. often they are lacking in good magazines.

Answer 9

burn them or you can use them as toilet paper.

Answer 10

Actually there are several things you can do with them:

-sell them on eBay and donate the money to a charity of your choice

-give them to Dr. office maybe a children's Dr.  If you have ever had to take your kid to the Dr they never have anything for you(parents) to read or to a Cancer clinic where they do chemo treatments

-donate them to a nursing home or adult daycare, lots of times they will use magazines and old cards for craft projects

-shred them (expect for the plastic covers) and add to a compost pile

Really anything you decide to do will be better than throwing them away.

Answer 11

Either recycle them or distribute them to  doctors surgeries, hospital waiting rooms, dentists waiting rooms, hairdressers etc.

Answer 12

Donate them to a Dr's office or hospital emergency room they take donated magazines all the time infact if you talk to your dr you can have the address changed for them to be delivered to his place of business.

Answer 13

me me me since my avatar came home as a girl.. i've started dressing as one too.. and answering  questions all night as her secretary.. would love to have your magazines for fashion tips on hair and make up.. this is all so new to me could really use the help.. my hair is so long it's down past my bra strap.. any suggestions on how i could style it ..thanx.. new at this girl stuff  ..just trying to be pretty..

Answer 14

You can send them to me as I collect those kind of mags since they are helpful to me as I'm studying fashion design

Answer 15

That was the question I was asking myself the other day..... :)

I also found out that this glamourous stuff isn't interesting for me anymore, except for language-learning purposes.... I think - maybe try to sell them (via Internet!) or give them to some fashion-obsessed acquaintances or leave them with your concierge (they are bored most of the time!) or at a hairdresser's or library.

Or, to get funky!, you might use pages from magazines as wallpaper for your room - to live in this funny room, say, for a week. Get all the clothes out of your wardrobe, buy a bottle of champagne, ask a friend with a photo camera to come to your renovated room and organise gorgeous 'fashion show in Milan' photo session :)))

Answer 16

I have two different thoughts -- if there is a Fredrick and Charles (or some other) Hair/Beauty school the students learning about hair/beauty/fashion would probably apprecitate them very much. The other is similar, see if your local Junior College has classes on Dress Design/Fashion Design -- they too may appreciate having them.

Be sure to cancel your subscriptions.

Warm wishes,

Answer 17

Join freecycle.org  It is free. They will probably be gone in a day or two.  It is a great site whose mission is to keep landfills empty.

Answer 18

donate to a doctors office

Answer 19

I think its a good habit to share them with your friends, offer them to a clinic or office, gym, daycare,or even use the pics for art.

I like to cut out pics from mags for cards or put them in a picture frame gifts. All of my mags right now are holiday ads so I'm making my Christmas cards

Answer 20

Have a party in the back yard and use them for a bomb fire