Went through a very similar thing when we ‘de-cluttered’ before moving house. Also my late and very good Swedish buddy told me a story, don’t know if it’s true or just an illustration….
Someone had a surplus of apples from their garden so put a large box outside their house with a sign ‘Sweet Apples, please help yourself’. After 2 days they were all still there so the sign was changed to ‘Sweet Apes 1 Krona each’.
The next morning all apples had been taken but no money left. The moral is people will only bother if they think something is of value I guess?
BR
Colin