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Wanted to get rid of a small TV we weren't using. Goodwill won't take tv's. Best buy advertises free recycling, but charges $25 for tv's. Blue star recycling charges $2 per inch, but won't take tv's, no room.
Stores charge a lot for electronics, obsolete them too soon and now expect us to pay fir disposal. Not going to do that. It will go with the trash on Monday.
put in trash bag, smash to bits. or set on curb and some metal recycler will do that for you. (copper windings)
Does it still work? If so, give it away free on Craigslist.
This. It is surprising what you can get rid of on CL by offering it for free. Most things that I think have no value and will cost me to dispose of, can be left at the curb and an ad on CL. Disappears almost like magic.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jim B
Good idea other than not wanting to deal with the goofballs on craigslist. May be worth a try. It foes still with, just dated.
Take it to bestbuy
Read the entire post by the OP...............[Tooth]Quote:
Originally Posted by Mazin
Just saying if rather pay the $25 then having to deal with people off cl [Coffee]Quote:
Originally Posted by SideShow Bob
You don't have to deal with them.
"Free. Will be at the curb. First come, first serve. As is. Dont ring my doorbell, just load it up and drive away. Just seeing it gone is thanks enough for me. Don't ask me if it is still available, I won't respond. If this ad is still up, it is still here. I will take down the ad as soon as it disappears. Do yourself a favor and come get this marvel of technology."
list address or, my preference, nearest intersection and a direction from there. Put a "free" sign on it.
you will still get some dumbasses emailing to ask if it is still there, can you hold it cause we are so far away, sob stories about hard times, yada yada. Ignore it all or auto trash them.
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Originally Posted by Mazin
Putting a FREE sign on it, has it sit there a few days.Quote:
Originally Posted by clodhopper
Put a First $5 takes it, sign on it. Usually gone before sunrise.
I had this same issue with a 50" projection tv. A NY friend suggest I haul it to wal mart and wait for someone to park a truck. LMAO!
List on Craigslist for $100, get low-balled for $25, begrudgingly accept the offer.
My neighborhood has 2 TV's at one house sitting for 2 weeks now for free. My old CRT has been thru 2 garage sales for free. If you still have a old clunker, it's hard to get rid of.
Put on curb, place "For Sale" sign and it will be gone as soon as it is dark. I do it all the time. I tried to take a baby swing to a consignment shop and they yelled from the counter that it was too old as I was dragging it in the door. Goodwill wouldn't take it either. I put it on the curb, it got picked up, then my wife saw it at a garage sale a week later.
Check with your city. They may have recycling program.
Forgot the ad, the only time I see tube tv's, is when some A-hole just pushes them out of the back of a truck next to a field. The city, or someone, usually has them picked up in a day or two.
I listed my old, broken (cracked housing), but still working 25" tube TV on CL for free and it was gone in 30 minutes. List it and put it on the porch.
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Originally Posted by Irving
Dupe of #10 sheesh
About 6 months ago I got rid of 5 old TVs on craigslist posting them for free and had enough people respond to get rid of another 6 if I had them.
Before we moved I got rid of our old worn out mattress the same way. Numerous people wanted it.
The buyer mentality can be strange. I was doing a construction job at a car repair shop/gas station years ago. The owner put out a set of 4 decent tires with a "free" sign on them. After a few days of no interest at all he put "$25" on the sign. Gone the first day.Quote:
Originally Posted by Irving
****Find your funny bone before reading on****
Hell, take it to a public outdoor shooting range. Seems to be the hot item to shoot at these days. Then leave a huge mess for me to clean up. Love setting up targets and needing lineman boots with a steel shank so my feet don't get puncture wounds.
Funny that I was just thinking "take it up to Carnage, poke a hole through it and leave it for someone else to clean up".Quote:
Originally Posted by ColoradoTJ
Something that sticks around at Free, but disappears with a small cost..... many will think if you are giving it away there must be something wrong with it, put a small fee on it and suddenly there is a degree of value. Or, it may just be they one guy that wants it didn't see your ad until you updated it with a fee.
You did with that good disclaimer! Someone would have been along to tear you a new one.Quote:
Originally Posted by ColoradoTJ
Tannerite?!
only if you put a mower blade on it first.Quote:
Originally Posted by CO Hugh
El Paso or Teller county and less than a 19" TV? Easy, the HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE FACILITY, 3255 AKERS DRIVE, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80922 (just off of Marksheffel)Quote:
Originally Posted by 10x
http://adm.elpasoco.com/Environmenta...ty%20Flyer.pdf
The only problem is their not-so-convenient hours (7-5).
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