I actually did the "get it or I give it away". I had an ex who wasn't in a hurry to move his stuff, he was treating my house like it was free storage. So I boxed up all his stuff, told him it would be available on my driveway on Saturday. Whatever was left would be part of my garage sale on Sunday morning. It wasn't fun, there was a lot of stuff after 6 years, including furniture. But when he realized I wasn't kidding....he managed to come get it all on Saturday.