Boomers are not only unaware of depreciation, most of them also cannot wrap their heads around a sunken cost fallacy.
Or opportunity cost. They would've been further ahead giving the furniture away, rather than paying monthly rent on a storage unit waiting for a unicorn to buy that shit at MSRP (in 2025 dollars, not 2000 dollars) just to "break even."
I've explicitly laid that out. Even appealed to their selfishness with a vague "if you donate enough in one year, it might be worth some kind of tax write-off." No luck. Dad understands depreciation just fine when it comes to vehicles. But when it comes to indoor things, they have this child-like notion of an objective, true value.
They need to spend a couple weeks watching an MMO's auction house.
Or opportunity cost. They would've been further ahead giving the furniture away, rather than paying monthly rent on a storage unit waiting for a unicorn to buy that shit at MSRP (in 2025 dollars, not 2000 dollars) just to "break even."
I've explicitly laid that out. Even appealed to their selfishness with a vague "if you donate enough in one year, it might be worth some kind of tax write-off." No luck. Dad understands depreciation just fine when it comes to vehicles. But when it comes to indoor things, they have this child-like notion of an objective, true value.
They need to spend a couple weeks watching an MMO's auction house.
Oh no, they believe in Labor Theory of Value.
Or an estate sale, like u/Benevolentdictator mentioned. Tell them it'll be their shit sitting in the rain when their time comes.