Donation question

[alleinesein]

Donate it to a local organization- look for a teen center or a womens shelter. You could also see if any organizations are helping people who have lost their homes to fire/flood/etc.

[qwerty]

You could always post it on Freecycle if you can't find anywhere else to donate to.

[imojoebunny]

We have good luck donating appliances/electronics to local groups that help people coming out of rehab or refugee groups, but the larger places you mentioned, not so much.

[awkwardpenguin]

Almost nowhere takes CRTs anymore. We ended up paying $70 to recycle our CRT.

[womet]

We tried donating ours and no one would take it. We paid for 1800gotjunk to take it off our hands

[Deleted]

As much as I do not like supporting Good.will... In CA, they have free E-waste collection.

[liveintheville]

We put ours on the street with assign that read " still works" and some took it within 24 hours. Of course this will only work in certain areas.

[genet313]

Apr 27, 2016 16:56:09 GMT -5 @lemonlover said:

As much as I do not like supporting Good.will... In CA, they have free E-waste collection.

No snark, I'm genuinely curious.  Why not?

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Apr 28, 2016 11:52:05 GMT -5 genet313 said:

Apr 27, 2016 16:56:09 GMT -5 @lemonlover said:

As much as I do not like supporting Good.will... In CA, they have free E-waste collection.

No snark, I'm genuinely curious.  Why not?

I believe their mission statement and their use of labor laws allowing disabled associates to earn less than minimum wage are conflicting. To be honest, I haven't looked the organization up in the last few years so I do not know if it has changed so I may be unfairly boycotting them.

[sadlebred]

Goodwill in my area doesn't take them. My local recycling center does, but there is a small fee. I'd look up electronics recycling in your area and try to take them that day, especially if there is not a fee.

[Balki.Bartokomous]

Apr 28, 2016 14:27:01 GMT -5 @lemonlover said:

Apr 28, 2016 11:52:05 GMT -5 genet313 said:

No snark, I'm genuinely curious.  Why not?

I believe their mission statement and their use of labor laws allowing disabled associates to earn less than minimum wage are conflicting. To be honest, I haven't looked the organization up in the last few years so I do not know if it has changed so I may be unfairly boycotting them.

I don't think they necessarily conflict. The lower wages may keep them eligible for certain benefits that phase out when your income gets to a certain point. Anyone who is in those types of jobs is likely not that high-functioning and likely qualifies for some sort of federal and state assistance.

My sister is disabled, has worked at Goodwill as well as workshops and restaurants with the constant supervision of a job coach and it's really more about getting her out of the house and maintaining basic skills than providing productivity for a company. Honestly, if these laws were not in place, my sister and her friends would probably be sitting in a house most of the day bc no company in our capitalist society would be able to keep them on staff.

[Balki.Bartokomous]

OP, you might also want to post on NextDoor.

[lys]

The sub min wage workers at our Goodwill are residents of a facility for the mentally handicapped, and have medical, food and housing taken care of. Their "work" participation at Goodwill requires a paid (minimum wage or higher) worker to supervise their "training" or "participation" in the workforce. Their being there is not a productive activity nor benefit financially to Goodwill bottom line in any way. Goodwill is doing a service that benefits the participants greatly in a variety of ways.

Check out your local Goodwill store - you might be pleasantly surprised what you see.

[llamamama]

Goodwill took a couple of tv's from us. What about posting on Facebook to see if a friend wants it? Our tv just died and a friend of mine just got rid of hers. I wish I had known because I would have taken it off her hands.