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Swap your junk for something better on these new-age barter platforms

You can also swap movie tickets, event passes and such like, but it has got to be an exchange -- you can't sell your stuff for cash

idYAY Creations, a creative company run by Sumit Sharma (right) and Adhikar Vaish, offers its services on barter platforms
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idYAY Creations, a creative company run by Sumit Sharma (right) and Adhikar Vaish, offers its services on barter platforms

Priyadarshini Maji New Delhi
You've been rummaging through your drawers and find plenty of worthless stuff you'd much rather discard -- old utensils, clothing, the dinner set you received as a wedding gift, and a whole lot of knick-knacks you're never ever going to use. You could simply give some of it away to the needy, and sell off most of what's left for less than peanuts to the scrap dealer.

But wait a bit. You would have heard the old saying: 'One man's trash is another man's treasure'. What this typically means is that what may be worthless to you, may be of