RE: Donation
Hi Diane. I'm sorry that it has taken me a couple of days to get back to you.
Setting up an Ebay account is pretty painless. Most of the work will be in deciding what you want to sell, determining prices, and then listing your items. If you can organize all of the details on paper before you attempt to list your items, the process isn't unpleasant at all. I guess what I'm trying to say is, be organized. I made the mistake of trying to wing it on my first attempt and ended up bailing because of frustration.
I found that listing my remaining vhs exercise collection as a large lot was much less work than offering each video individually. Maybe I could have made more money on individual items, but I would have spent more time and money on packing materials and shipping, so it really balances out in the end.
Gretchen's idea is great. Unfortunately, I don't itemize at tax time so I couldn't use the write-off :-(, but if you do, that may be the easiest route.