How the hell do you get rid of a TV?
 

Ok so I have this 47" panasonic rear projection tv sitting in my garage that I need to get rid of. It's impossible. I have called good will, salvation army, habitat for humanity, and finally waste management and nobody will take this thing. Any ideas? Leads?

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Put it beside the road with $150 sign on it and someone will steal it!

Does it work?

I don't know about where you live, but in my area if you put that out, it would probably be gone before the trash guys showed up.

You can also try craigslist or freecycle.com. Someone will take it for free.

Put an add in Craigs List. Put it on your front curb near the street.

Goodwill won't take it? They just took a 40+" CRT 2 weeks ago from me.

Find a house under construction and ask the workers if anyone wants a widescreen television. They will fight over who gets it and will most likely have a truck to haul it away......

Yep, we call these people "***** gitters". As in "Put it out by the road and the ***** gitter 'll git it"...

I repair TV's from time to time. On rear projection units like those when they arent worth fixing I usually have to disassemble the cabinet and break the entire unit down to small pieces so the trash pickup will collect it

College Fraternity. My son took all of our big/heavy tv's to school.

Did you try Craigslist or Freecycle?

Just leave it on the street for a day.

I put an ad on CL just now. I will push it to the curb for the day too. What a PITA.

does yer area not have mexican scrappers? they've taken anything i put out there. oil pans, exhausts, rims

u could just leave it outside your garage door and post up "it's at the garage, just come grab it"

My office is in an industrial area. There is a large food processing plant just down the street with many immigrant workers.

We can put almost anything on the curb next to our dumpster and it will be gone in short order. I have "recycled" an old toilet, kitchen sink, worn out brake rotors, a 60 inch wide ink-jet printer, gold velor chairs, an old couch and lots of other treasures.

When it doubt, put it out. It's a free for all :cool:

I would have taken the 60 in inkjet.

I would have too....

A bit over a year ago I did the same for an older 50" rear projection. The TV turned on but the picture was scattered with 1/2 screen dark. I listed it in the free section and it was gone before dinner time. Super nice guy came by with a truck and even though it was free he left me a $25 Starbucks card as a thanks. Nothing but good experiences with Craigs list.

All the waste disposal places are getting really finicky about CRT screens (lotsa' nasty toxic stuff in 'em) and won't take them now.

I second using the CL or curbside method to dispose of, although admittedly it is kind of "kicking the can down the road" environmentally. Eventually those things do have to end up in some sort of waste disposal conduit, whether by you or the next person.

I'd blow it up... But I'm just a backasswards redneck.

I know best buy will take smaller CRTs, not sure about a big rear projection unit like the one you have but it might be worth a call if you have a store near by.

Nope, just Amish, and they don't use electricity.

A few years ago I had a working 21" CRT monitor that I tried to give away, nobody wanted it. Had it in front of the garage first with a "For Sale: $50" sign and then a "Free - works" sign - no takers. Finally just hefted into the trash can.

You know those themed pieces of art they place around cities? Like horses, lizards, cows, guitars, etc. Well paint that T.V. up and then go downtown and put it somewhere on one of the streets. Anyone asks, say it's one of those themed pieces of art. Be sure to put a plaque on it stating who did it. For example you could use the company you work for and the name of your boss. This will let you keep tabs on your art work.

If you cannot get rid of it, feel free to come down and toss it in my dumpster.

I had a 50" philips tv very similar to that one a couple years ago. One of the color boards went out and it would have cost more to fix than it was worth so I replaced it with a plasma.

I set the old TV in front of my house with a big FREE sign on it.
15 minutes later it was loaded onto someone's truck and gone.

Buy a new tv and have the delivery guys remove the old one.

In the local Pioneer high school parking lot, there is a once-yearly event for dropping off electronics.
50-80 workers take the goods from a line of cars, sort, and load them into a line of semis.
Amazing operation.

Go to Google Maps. Enter your address and click "search"
When the map comes up, click the link that says "Search nearby"
Type "electronics recycling" then click "search"

I went to one of those last year, free drop off for electronics recycling.

They tried to charge me $15 to get rid of a small microwave and $5 each for two computer monitors.

Amazing was not the word I used to describe that particular "operation".

That sucks. I don't go because there is usually a line, they want your ID to see that you live within the prescribed area, blah blah. I just set it out in the alley.

"Gone in 60 seconds"

that parked on the curb with a FREE sign..would create a traffic issue. it would be gone in minutes..

True enough 'bout that.
Our local Reuse-Recycle drop off station is completely self-funded. Place is a muddy pothole dump far from downtown. They charged me $15 bucks to get rid of a small microwave as well. Once. Now they charge a $3 entry fee and are still, um, scrapping by.

There has to be a better way of collecting these things without hassle and expense. Even a last-friday-of-the-month program would keep this stuff from going into the landfill. Or make the big-box store charge a refundable deposit. I don't know.

I have a no-op 2-year old Cuisinart stainless steel microwave sitting on my back porch. Everything works except for the requisite heat.

I consulted the internet for a DIY fix. After reading the first two pages on "Caution" and "Beware.... can cause death", etc., I decided on option B.

Anyone want a large capacitor (with extras) for fun and games? :) Free.

I'll perform the curb service trick next week, but worry about the potential hazard (see above).

Sherwood

I put it to the curb, and it was gone in 2 hrs. So I put a pressure washer with a blown engine out there too. Took about an hour for that to go. Amazing. It was like puttin' out sugar for ants.

Did anyone say Sawzall? I've had a couple of 914s go that route...

We have E-Waste drop offs here every two weeks. It has been a real hassle-saver for me as I always have miscellaneous old computer and appliance crap to get rid of... You might check your local city web site or neighborhood newspaper to see if such a thing exists in your area.

A guy in CA I know actually disposed of an entire 944 chassis after parting it out by cutting it up into very small pieces with a sawzall and sticking bits/pieces into his household residential trash pickup. LOL!

I had the same problem last year with a big rear projection - sawzall to the rescue. I actually found someone to take the CRT, so I just cut up the rest in small pieces and put in the trash.

I got rid of about 400 sq ft of tile that way after demoing it out. One plastic grocery bag per pickup, and the trash was never too heavy for anyone to notice.

LOL a long time ago I bought about 3/4 of a 914 for $50, complete with title.
I loaded it in the back of my chebby pick-up and drug it home.
it took about 6 months to finally get rid of the last of that car, one small piece at a time in the trash can.

Somewhere around here I still have a picture of that 914 sitting in the back of my truck.

Our city has a facility where I can bring any household chemicals or hazardous waste. I store up my oil motor oil, antifreeze and brake fluid and just go by there. They even take electronics. I have an old dead CRT monitor I need to take over there. I can bring them my burned out mercury lamps, paint, yard chemicals all the stuff that should not go to the landfill.

They will take it all for free, well it is actually paid for by my city water & trash bill no no extra money.