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i have a 28" tv that i don't need, it still works so i really don't want to bin it. I am guessing i could try and ebay it but having had a look there are a fair few and don't really attract much attention as far as i can see.
What other options exist, i am sure i saw somewhere that most charity shops won't touch electricals?
Put it outside with a notice saying "For Sale, £10". It'll get stolen pretty quickly, despite the fact that CRTs are pretty much worthless.
CRTs dont fetch much - try gumtree or freecycle or Ebay (with buyer collects) means you should have the min of hassle - freecyle will get it gone quick.
we've picked up a few TVs this way.
One things for sure - if you do happen to take it to the local tip - put a hammer through the screen first, otherwise you'll see it at your local car boot sale within the week!
My friend got her tv from a charity shop, so some must accept them..
if you use this [url= http://www.charityshops.org.uk/locator.php ]link[/url] and type in your town, maybe something will come up? I tried this with edinburgh - for some reason, if I chose a 'specialist' field, nothing came up. Tried again with no preference and loads came up that [b]do[/b] accept electricals.
One things for sure - if you do happen to take it to the local tip - put a hammer through the screen first, otherwise you'll see it at your local car boot sale within the week!
God forbid somebody should reuse something you've thrown away.
freecycle
Z-11 breaking everything you are binning so no one else can use it seems to sum you up perfectly .... pointless and an utter waste. 😆
Marks and Spencer will give you a hundred quid for it,problem is you then give them 700 quid for a new sony tv.
Or you could book into a local hotel and throw it out of the window.
Junky, isn't it reasonable to suggest that somebody being paid to process waste should not then steal it and sell if for personal profit?
There are official recycling and charity collection methods that take white goods and electricals for donation to needy causes - many of these offer collection services and others have a contract with the council to accept items from domestic refuse sites, however (direct recollection from a friend who works in the sector) they magically never appear to receive these items, which get diverted to local boot sales illegally by thieving tip raiders!
http://www.wigantoday.net/news/pair_stealing_from_tip_1_201261
oh ratty the ever hurtful Junky jibe mine was much funnier wasn't it?
You appear to be getting quite wound up about this "junky" issue Junky - I'm not the only person who's noticed! 😉
You're not going to go all "Fred" on me now are you?
i am sure i saw somewhere that most charity shops won't touch electricals?
plenty do though, and more and more are doing so, mainly because we no longer wait for stuff to wear out or break down before we're itching to replace it, so a lot more electronic/electrical stuff is entering in to the charity shop chain in much larger quanities than used to.
Many charity shops are now WEEE recycling centres now too. British Heart Foundation were are probably more geared up than most for electricals and the now have shops that deal principally in electricals, white goods and furniture (rather than musty smelling clothes and incomplete sets of sherry glasses), but plenty others are geared up for electrical stuff now. Have a look at some of the shops in your high st. If they sell it they'll take it.
Freecycle.
Had to shift one blocking the narrow entrance to a bridleway today, together with all the packaging from a new one.
Send it to Vietnam?
yes z-11 really wound up at the schoolboy way you abbreviated a nom de plume on an Internet forum...you are razor sharp.
lol! Seriously, if you've thrown it away are you still trying to get righteous about what happens to it? 🙄
I always break stuff I am throwing away so it can't get pikeyed for profit by the binmen or people at the tip
*shakes head*
Some forward thinking council tips host recycling charities, who collect, refurbish and resell the goods that people are throwing away. So when you arrive at the tip you have the choice whether to donate your stuff to the charity, or smash it all up in front of them then wave your cock about.
I always break stuff I am throwing away so it can't get pikeyed for profit by the binmen or people at the tip
If you are throwing something away why on earth would you care if someone else retrieves it and makes use of it, unless there is a safety or personal details issue???? I'm sorry I just dont get that! 🙄
There are official recycling and charity collection methods that take white goods and electricals for donation to needy causes - many of these offer collection services and others have a contract with the council to accept items from domestic refuse sites
Ah, so not only are you destroying something which works, you're also depriving a charity of the potential chance of making some money out of it.
Please don't break stuff you are throwing away. We have enough problems in this country getting rid of waste correctly without selfish people damaging it so it [i]has[/i] to go to landfill. Don't be dumb, your rubbish is someone elses treasure. We don't have enough facilities for recycling waste WEEE yet, and if you break a tv by smashing it is so much harder to process and recycle or dispose of.
do you live in a university town?
I'm sure there are loads of students who'd be happy with a perfectly working TV for a small fee; I would have been when I was a student
check with the student onion, they should have a "for sale/wanted" newssheet kind of thing
Freecycle. Will be collected as soon as the email goes out.
And on your local boot sale next Sun, but so what.
I always break stuff I am throwing away so it can't get pikeyed for profit by the binmen or people at the tip
Amazing. 😡
some people are so spiteful.
Freecycle, gumtree, craigslist.
Another over here in Aus post...
We have an annual put shiat you can't bin onto your front lawn and get it collected day (catchy name). I ditched an old strimmer, push mower, pool steps and some other stuff.
Anyway, before the bin lorry comes round various types come round with their utes and pick out the salvageable stuff. I say good luck to them and what an excellent system.
We now posses a mini see-saw for the kids that was being thrown out. Next year I'm going to canvass a posh road's houses - should be good stuff there!
edric64 and zulu- eleven why oh why would you want to increase your council tax by dumping a perfectly usable item, just to spite someone who has the time and inclination to make a few quid recycling it? it may have slipped your notice but we have a diminishing amount of space to hide our waste for future generations to deal with.
I once pushed/carried an old lawnmower about a mile to the local tip
Later that day, my next door neighbour was cutting his grass with it - turned out he'd paid the fella at the tip £12 for it
Marks and Spencer will give you a hundred quid for it,problem is you then give them 700 quid for a new sony tv.
From looking in the sony shop yesterday, you can trade it in for £100 and end up paying £450 for a 32" HD tv, which didn't seem too bad. If I had £450 spare.
If you want to give it to charity, I think the british heart foundation sell a lot of electricals. If not take it to the tip, but no point breaking it cus if someone else can use it then surely thats a good thing?
Or if you want to sell...stick an add in the paper
I once pushed/carried an old lawnmower about a mile to the local tipLater that day, my next door neighbour was cutting his grass with it - turned out he'd paid the fella at the tip £12 for it
Why didn't you just ask your neighbours if they needed it first? Would have saved you the walk, and them £12
Didn't occur - he already had one, which he ended up giving to his daughter
Have to agree that it is wasteful to break something that is working.