Brimlis5
Dumb Question

I know this is a stupid question but I have to ask it. Once your backpack is over weight is the only option, other than reels, to sell items to get it back underweight? I know you can purchase a room at the inn but do not have enough money.
put them on ah for 9999g though you have to pay a fee depending on how long you put that item there and what item it is
I call this "alt storage." It's good for long-term storage, such as recipes/schemes you can't use yet.
Selling off items is not always a bad thing. If you are level 12 and you have a few level 4 items, either use them on a nearby target or sell them.
Your best bet is make a quest for yourself and acquire the 1g50s to rent the room. That will slightly more than double your backpack capacity in a sense. It is a great way to store items that are not used very often but take up room in you knapsack.
- Red
The point about using belt for low count items was an excellent point I overlooked.
Advise from a penny-pincher: When you put items in the tavern and don't pay the rent, they will stay there until you pay the rent - you just won't be able to access them. Because of this, I use the tavern for long-term storage of items I won't likely need in the near future. I have gone many weeks before without paying the rent - that's gold saved.
A few types of items I keep but won't necessarily need soon:
1) Recipes/schemes that I don't have enough mastery to use. By the time I have the mastery they might no longer be dropping (as was the case with the 3k recipes I'm kicking myself for selling before I knew better)
2) Marks I got in drops that are waiting for future armor pieces as I gain rank/valor
3) Leather baldric for when satin baldric breaks and I'm broke. Leather is non-transfer so I hate to get rid of it outright, so instead I keep it as a spare.
4) Full set of green dragon pieces for when blue item breaks and I'm broke. This paid off today as dragon item broke and I had everything invested in Adan quests. Grab spare part - equip, then back in business only slightly degraded.
5) Dark Rum that I won't be able to use until I get 1k Corsair Rep.
6) Blue and higher dust that I only need on very rare occasions
7) Sparks I cannot use yet, like dream since stuck getting my last appeasement
8) Shards
FWIW - that's my approach. Have a good one!