He thinks that if he goes on ebay, the trolls and detractors would find him. Its not like its not possible to get free priority mail boxes shipped to your home by the USPS, print exact postage on your printer, schedule a free pickup of the packages from the USPS, post the exact postage on ebay, use a new ebay account to sell the things to avoid the trolls. It might take him a day to take photos and do all of the ebay listings, but he COULD sell the stuff he doesnt need. Instead, he puts all of that money in the trash.
Might as well put that money in that expensive gas fireplace of his.