# How do I get rid of a 60" TV without using craigslist **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 31, 2017, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-rid-of-a-60-tv-without-using-craigslist/787789 "2017-05-31T19:02:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2017, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-rid-of-a-60-tv-without-using-craigslist/787789/21 "2017-06-01T03:25:51Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > Not true! We cleaned out the garage this weekend and I put my old Lawn Boy mower out on the curb with a “free” sign on it, and half an hour later it was gone. I had the same result with a used toilet :eek: ---
**Author:** ![race\_to\_the\_bottom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c4cdca/32.png) [@race\_to\_the\_bottom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/race_to_the_bottom)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2017, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-rid-of-a-60-tv-without-using-craigslist/787789/22 "2017-06-01T04:19:37Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > A few years ago someone used my dumpster at work. A nosey neighbor saw and got his license plate number (plus the moron left the address labels on the stacks of magazines he discarded). I called the state cops. > > The cop picked up the guy and brought him to my location. He asked if I would be satisfied if the guy removed everything from my dumpster. I agreed to everything being removed (dumpster was probably 1/4 full before he dumped his load). Plus, these days there are cameras everywhere; small, undetectable cameras. This is also something to keep in mind if you are planning “revenge”. ---
**Author:** ![Elemenopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b5e925/32.png) [@Elemenopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elemenopy)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2017, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-rid-of-a-60-tv-without-using-craigslist/787789/23 "2017-06-01T04:30:47Z")
Just n-thing…put it out on your sidewalk and it will be gone sooner or later. ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2017, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-rid-of-a-60-tv-without-using-craigslist/787789/24 "2017-06-01T05:31:25Z")
> [@Si\_Amigo](#): > > Why not craigslist? I’ve advertised give away stuff on there and just left it out on the curb. If it still turns on that is a big plus for people who collect this type of trash, so take a picture of it on with it’s big red strip. Use google maps to show your location, not an address and no phone number. Don’t reply back to emails and make that clear in your ad. Once it’s picked up delete the ad. Do this. It’s a pretty sure thing to work. I’ve left old computers, furniture, etc. It always gets picked up by someone eventually. The other option is to break it up and put in trash bags and put it out with the regular trash. ---
**Author:** ![Reply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reply/32/15952_2.png) [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2017, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-rid-of-a-60-tv-without-using-craigslist/787789/25 "2017-06-01T06:23:10Z")
To the people suggesting putting it out on the curb… isn’t it kind of a jackass move to make someone haul a huge 60" TV only to find that it’s pretty broken afterward? ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2017, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-rid-of-a-60-tv-without-using-craigslist/787789/26 "2017-06-01T06:27:20Z")
> [@Mudshark](#): > > The other option is to break it up and put in trash bags and put it out with the regular trash. Or: - We can’t accept a 60" TV. - Will you accept four 30" TVs? ---
**Author:** ![MandaJo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@MandaJo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MandaJo)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2017, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-rid-of-a-60-tv-without-using-craigslist/787789/27 "2017-06-01T10:42:26Z")
> [@Reply](#): > > To the people suggesting putting it out on the curb… isn’t it kind of a jackass move to make someone haul a huge 60" TV only to find that it’s pretty broken afterward? Who would expect a tv left on the curb to be functional? ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2017, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-rid-of-a-60-tv-without-using-craigslist/787789/28 "2017-06-01T13:07:32Z")
> [@Reply](#): > > To the people suggesting putting it out on the curb… isn’t it kind of a jackass move to make someone haul a huge 60" TV only to find that it’s pretty broken afterward? If you put a sign on it that says “this TV works perfectly,” then yeah. If you make no claims as to its state of repair, then…uh what’s latin for “let the hauler beware”? ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2017, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-rid-of-a-60-tv-without-using-craigslist/787789/29 "2017-06-01T13:54:03Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > You know that’s illegal, right? Yes, but I’m morally ok with putting trash in a dumpster. > [@kayaker](#): > > A few years ago someone used my dumpster at work. A nosey neighbor saw and got his license plate number (plus the moron left the address labels on the stacks of magazines he discarded). I called the state cops. > > The cop picked up the guy and brought him to my location. He asked if I would be satisfied if the guy removed everything from my dumpster. I agreed to everything being removed (dumpster was probably 1/4 full before he dumped his load). You called the cops on a guy putting trash in a dumpster? How about: Befriend a person that lives in an apartment complex with a dumpster. Hang out after work and on weekends for a few months. Travel around the country on various trips, trying new food and drinks. After a year or 2, tell them you have an old TV that you don’t need and offer to give it to them. Take it to their apartment and hook it up. Act surprised when it doesn’t work. Offer to pay someone to look at it. Call a repairman that you similarly befriended 6 months ago. Pay your repairman friend to declare that the TV is broken and not cost effective to fix. Apologize profusely to your friend and offer dinner to make up for it. On the way to your car to get dinner, drop TV off in dumpster. Eat dinner, stiff your friend with the bill by walking out right before dessert. Never call them or the repair guy again. Better? ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2017, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-rid-of-a-60-tv-without-using-craigslist/787789/30 "2017-06-01T13:54:39Z")
Goodwill offers free electronic recycling. In my job I have occasion to haul off a fair amount large screen TVs. Goodwill always takes them. ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2017, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-rid-of-a-60-tv-without-using-craigslist/787789/31 "2017-06-01T15:01:24Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > Yes, but I’m morally ok with putting trash in a dumpster. Are you OK with stealing water and electricity from your neighbor too? Were you under the impression that dumpster services were provided for free? > [@Slash1972](#): > > You called the cops on a guy putting trash in a dumpster? He called the cops on a guy putting trash in _his_ dumpster - the one that he had to pay to have hauled away when it got full. Did you never wonder why it’s illegal to put items in a dumpster that’s not yours? ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2017, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-rid-of-a-60-tv-without-using-craigslist/787789/32 "2017-06-01T15:03:44Z")
> [@Machine\_Elf](#): > > Are you OK with stealing water and electricity from your neighbor too? Were you under the impression that dumpster services were provided for free? I don’t equate putting trash in a dumpster and stealing water and electricity from my neighbor. > [@](#): > > Did you never wonder why it’s illegal to put items in a dumpster that’s not yours? Sometimes, but it’s not high on my “Things to worry about” list. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2017, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-rid-of-a-60-tv-without-using-craigslist/787789/33 "2017-06-01T15:25:34Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > You called the cops on a guy putting trash in a dumpster? You’re fucking right I did. I pay a decent amount of money each month for that dumpster and its weekly emptying. I bring my garbage from home and dump it. I allow friends, who ask me, to use it when they need to. They sometimes thank me with a six pack. So, yeah, some asswipe who gets caught using my dumpster is going to get the police showing up. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2017, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-rid-of-a-60-tv-without-using-craigslist/787789/34 "2017-06-01T15:43:47Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > I don’t equate putting trash in a dumpster and stealing water and electricity from my neighbor. It’s too bad for you that the legal system disagrees. Whether or not you think it’s moral is irrelevant. It’s illegal to do, so advising someone else to do it is a stupid thing to post. ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2017, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-rid-of-a-60-tv-without-using-craigslist/787789/35 "2017-06-01T15:53:34Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > I don’t equate putting trash in a dumpster and stealing water and electricity from my neighbor. That’s what I thought - and that’s the problem. ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2017, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-rid-of-a-60-tv-without-using-craigslist/787789/36 "2017-06-01T16:35:59Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > It’s too bad for you that the legal system disagrees. > Whether or not you think it’s moral is irrelevant. It’s illegal to do, so advising someone else to do it is a stupid thing to post. I never opined that it was legal or that the legal system agreed with me. Going faster than the speed limit is illegal too. Trash in a dumpster? meh ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2017, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-rid-of-a-60-tv-without-using-craigslist/787789/37 "2017-06-01T16:37:18Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > You’re fucking right I did. I pay a decent amount of money each month for that dumpster and its weekly emptying. I bring my garbage from home and dump it. I allow friends, who ask me, to use it when they need to. They sometimes thank me with a six pack. So, yeah, some asswipe who gets caught using my dumpster is going to get the police showing up. Yep, how DARE a guy use a dumpster to throw away trash. Should be a 5 year minimum sentence :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2017, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-rid-of-a-60-tv-without-using-craigslist/787789/38 "2017-06-01T16:39:13Z")
> [@Machine\_Elf](#): > > That’s what I thought - and that’s the problem. If people throwing trash into a receptacle designed to receive trash is the biggest problem you have to worry about, then good on you! ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2017, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-rid-of-a-60-tv-without-using-craigslist/787789/39 "2017-06-01T16:43:28Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > Yep, how DARE a guy use a dumpster to throw away trash. Should be a 5 year minimum sentence :rolleyes: I never suggested prison, but the idiot had to haul away the disgusting contents of my dumpster (including dog shit scooped and emptied into the dumpster) in his family car in order to avoid being charged. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2017, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-rid-of-a-60-tv-without-using-craigslist/787789/40 "2017-06-01T16:46:59Z")
Manson, where do you live? I’ve got some stuff to get rid of and I figured I’d put them in your garbage can. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-rid-of-a-60-tv-without-using-craigslist/787789.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-rid-of-a-60-tv-without-using-craigslist/787789.md?page=3)