Some people are possessed by their possessions, whereas others give it away freely. My dad was one of those people always possessed by the money he paid for his stuff. If he wanted to get rid of his old bicycle for instance, and nobody wanted to pay enough for it, he'd rather saw it in half and dump it, rather than letting anyone have it for less...
I know, don't speak ill of the dead, especially because he was the main reason I came out to be the exact opposite: If I buy something new because I want to upgrade, the old thing usually gets recycled by passing it on to friends, family, neighbors or even the secondhand store for free.
