Are non-flat screen TVs really that worthless?

[cahabalily]

Yep.

[atouchofklasse]

Yes

[limey]

Yes. My sister had the same issue with her 32" TV this past summer when she moved.

[KaraOrNot]

Our Goodwill won't take them. You could check w/ shelters, etc to see if they would have a use for it. If not, Best Buy recycles them for free.

[StJess80]

There is a sign on the door at my local goodwill saying that they don't take them anymore.

[jackie011]

Nov 25, 2012 21:45:54 GMT -5 StJess80 said:

There is a sign on the door at my local goodwill saying that they don't take them anymore.

I was just going to say that

[cherry1111]

Free on Craigslist?

[gretchenindisguise]

We sold ours with a small stand for like $30. The woman wanted it for her mom who just went into a nursing home.

Maybe donate it to one around you?

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[ssmjlm]

My county has a bi-monthly electronic recycling drop off that's free. Do you have anything like that?

[Deleted]

We gave ours away for free at a garage sale.

[KaraOrNot]

Nov 25, 2012 21:55:36 GMT -5 toriwc said:

Good suggestions. I am going to check out the Best Buy thing bc DH has one close to work. I've never heard of our county doing that, but I can investigate. And I forgot about Craigslist. Hopefully I can get this thing out of here in the next few days. Thank you!

www.bestbuy.com/site/Global-Promotions/Recycling-Electronics/pcmcat149900050025.c?id=pcmcat149900050025

I forgot that our county also has a recycling program. I have never used it because it is only certain months/days. Our Best Buy just has a cart that you set them on. So simple!

[chessie]

Yes, restore wouldnt take mine, had to take mine to the dump.

[anna7602]

Um, I still have mine from 1998 sitting in my living room in NY. So, not entirely worthless. I used it to watch coverage of Hurricane Sandy when I was home last month.

No idea when we'll take the plunge and upgrade to a flat screen.

[dochas]

I don't think they're worthless. Try joining freecycle - things never last long on there. We only have one flat screen tv. I'm not upgrading the others until people stop giving us their old non-flat screens!

[sporky]

We just replaced our 10 year old non-flat screen TV two weeks ago. We drug the old one out the curb one night and it was gone within 24 hours.

[kershnic]

Goodwill by me was happy to take mine. They didn't act like they thought it was useless, but who knows what they really thought.

[Doggy Mommy]

I know at least one of the thrift stores near us also had a sign saying they wont take them any more. I'd offer it free on Craigslist or Freecycle. We also saw one in our neighborhood with a "free" sign on it, and we actually took it. It's hooked up in the basest in front of the elliptical.

[lishie]

yes. during our neighborhood's last yard sale I put an old one of ours out that said free, and no one would come near it.

[pugz]

we donated ours to a local charity that works with adults with disabilities.

[Susie]

Nov 25, 2012 21:01:49 GMT -5 toriwc said:

I read somewhere (no clue where now), that they aren't really wanting them these days.

True.

We have two in our basement that we haven't successfully gotten rid of. Don't waste the time trying to take them to Goodwill/etc.

[Deleted]

We brought ours to Best Buy.

[papie]

That's why I'm keeping mine until it dies.

[midwest07]

I recently listed one (27 inch) for free on Craigslist, and put it on the curb with a Free sign. It was gone in around 2 hours, someone who responded to my Craigslist post came and took it.

[heygrey]

I work at a homeless shelter thrift store, and we only take them if it comes with other donations. If someone rolls up and wants to drop off just a tv we give them the address of the local electronics recycling center. Save us the trip because that's probably where it's going anyway :-)