NPR claims that their vehicle donation program delivers 70% to the station. Whether it’s true or not is an exercise for the reader.
Seventy percent of what?
Seventy percent of the gross.
Here is the transcript of a Planet Money podcast on exactly this subject. It follows one car from donation to an auto auction to a used car dealer.
Selling my car today. (Why does the font in this text box look wonky?) Anyway, selling it through Peddle who gave me the best offer. It’s been a great car and while I don’t get sentimental about these sort of things, I’m kinda sad to see this one go. It was a great Uber vehicle, and I had lots of stories because of it.
Here’s one of a number of threads in Site Feedback and ATMB: