# Need To Get Rid Of Old Television **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 4, 2013, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-to-get-rid-of-old-television/673095 "2013-11-04T20:57:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MindsEye\_Watering](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindseye_watering/32/3619_2.png) [@MindsEye\_Watering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindsEye_Watering)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2013, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-to-get-rid-of-old-television/673095/1 "2013-11-04T20:57:54Z")
I have a Sony 40" CRT (HD sort of) television that still works perfectly, though I am sure that there would be no buyers for this 300+ lb beast. Does anyone know of a charity that would like to have it? ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2013, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-to-get-rid-of-old-television/673095/2 "2013-11-04T21:10:55Z")
Do you have Goodwill stores around there? I expect they would take it. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2013, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-to-get-rid-of-old-television/673095/3 "2013-11-04T21:15:52Z")
Goodwill or Amvets. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2013, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-to-get-rid-of-old-television/673095/4 "2013-11-04T21:18:54Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Goodwill or Amvets. A lot of Goodwill stores in the Houston area won’t. Not worth the trouble. The one nearest my house recommended recycling. ---
**Author:** ![Running\_with\_Scissors](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@Running\_with\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Running_with_Scissors)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2013, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-to-get-rid-of-old-television/673095/5 "2013-11-04T21:19:13Z")
If no stores will take it, put it up on [Freecycle](http://my.freecycle.org/home/info) or Craigslist free stuff. ---
**Author:** ![rogerbox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/76d3ee/32.png) [@rogerbox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rogerbox)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2013, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-to-get-rid-of-old-television/673095/6 "2013-11-04T21:20:03Z")
Post it for free on Craigslist, there are families that could use it, and you won’t have to move it. ---
**Author:** ![MindsEye\_Watering](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindseye_watering/32/3619_2.png) [@MindsEye\_Watering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindsEye_Watering)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2013, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-to-get-rid-of-old-television/673095/7 "2013-11-04T21:20:42Z")
> [@control-z](#): > > Do you have Goodwill stores around there? I expect they would take it. Looks like I do have a Donation Center not far away, but I don’t think that they will pick up. There’s no way that I’m going to move this myself. ---
**Author:** ![MindsEye\_Watering](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindseye_watering/32/3619_2.png) [@MindsEye\_Watering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindsEye_Watering)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2013, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-to-get-rid-of-old-television/673095/8 "2013-11-04T21:24:13Z")
> [@rogerbox](#): > > Post it for free on Craigslist, there are families that could use it, and you won’t have to move it. That sounds like a pretty good idea, but I’m not sure about inviting potential wackos or ax-murderers into my home. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2013, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-to-get-rid-of-old-television/673095/9 "2013-11-04T21:25:45Z")
It really depends on your locale. In the state of Oregon, places that sell TVs have to take old ones for “recycling”. So Goodwills there (since they sell used TVs) will take them. In California, I believe, there’s a disposal fee you have to pay and locations where you can drop it off are limited. Around here, Goodwill just takes them anyway. The ones that work are resold and the ones that don’t … But other thrift shops generally don’t take any CRT TVs or monitors. None the above concerns the issue of getting it somewhere. Different problem. (I have one remaining CRT device. A pretty hefty TV. I’d take it to Goodwill but I want to save my back until later.) If you can get it to the curb before garbage day, it might disappear during the night. ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2013, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-to-get-rid-of-old-television/673095/10 "2013-11-04T21:30:29Z")
The last one I got rid of I just wheeled it out with a dolly and set it next to the trash cans. Before I even set it down someone who happened to be walking by asked me if it still worked. I told him it was still working the last time I tried it, and he could have it if he wanted. It was gone a half hour later. ---
**Author:** ![Running\_with\_Scissors](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@Running\_with\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Running_with_Scissors)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2013, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-to-get-rid-of-old-television/673095/11 "2013-11-04T22:05:26Z")
[QUOTE=Mind’s Eye, Watering] There’s no way that I’m going to move this myself. [/QUOTE] > [@MindsEye\_Watering](#): > > That sounds like a pretty good idea, but I’m not sure about inviting potential wackos or ax-murderers into my home. Make up your mind, you can’t have it both ways. Do you have a porch or driveway that you can move it to? If so, list it on Craigslist or Freecycle and then tell the responder where they can pick it up. ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2013, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-to-get-rid-of-old-television/673095/12 "2013-11-04T22:40:11Z")
Put it on the curb, tape a sign to it, “Free - it works!” ---
**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2013, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-to-get-rid-of-old-television/673095/13 "2013-11-04T22:42:10Z")
If you can’t get it onto your porch or into your garage, you could try to sell it on Craigslist for maybe $50 cash. Or even only $20. I’d expect asking for money would get a better normal-to-wacko ratio. ---
**Author:** ![Fleetwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fleetwood/32/271_2.png) [@Fleetwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fleetwood)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2013, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-to-get-rid-of-old-television/673095/14 "2013-11-04T22:53:38Z")
> [@Icarus](#): > > Put it on the curb, tape a sign to it, “Free - it works!” Better yet, put a sign on it saying “For Sale - $50”. Someone will steal it. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2013, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-to-get-rid-of-old-television/673095/15 "2013-11-04T23:03:30Z")
My parents had a 36" Sony CRT television that also weighed about 300 pounds. When they were ready to replace it with an LCD television, I strongly suggested that they buy the new one from a place like Best Buy that offered free pickup of the old set as part of the sale. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2013, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-to-get-rid-of-old-television/673095/16 "2013-11-04T23:36:32Z")
You won’t get $50. You might get $20, but even that is iffy. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2013, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-to-get-rid-of-old-television/673095/17 "2013-11-05T02:02:59Z")
Why don’t you offer it to your family, friends, neighbors, coworkers? ---
**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2013, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-to-get-rid-of-old-television/673095/18 "2013-11-05T02:39:49Z")
Actually, Goodwill in some areas will NOT take CRT tube devices anymore. (For a second, I thought the OP asked how to get rid of a skeleton! Yikes!) ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Downtown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Mr\_Downtown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Downtown)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2013, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-to-get-rid-of-old-television/673095/19 "2013-11-05T03:57:37Z")
Goodwill declined mine, but Salvation Army says they still are happy to get them. Even better are some “off-brand” thrift shops that support a single home-grown drug treatment program or similar local charity. ---
**Author:** ![chacoguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@chacoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chacoguy)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2013, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-to-get-rid-of-old-television/673095/20 "2013-11-05T04:26:52Z")
> [@Icarus](#): > > Put it on the curb, tape a sign to it, “Free - it works!” Waaay too complicated, it’s better to consult the internets. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-to-get-rid-of-old-television/673095.md?page=2)