I didn't realize that they did this every month (3rd Saturday, 9-noon). Just unloaded a couple of old minitowers and a couple of really old ink-jet printers.

They do charge a little ($15-$25) for anything with a screen. The guy in front of me had a 150 pound 40 inch mid-2000s CRT TV, so he had to pay $30.

It's set up in the Metra station parking lot, incredibly easy.

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"When people want their version of the truth, they go find it, no matter how baseless their beliefs." -- Ken Rosenthal

Goodwill takes that stuff for free any day of the week, even gives us a tax rebate.

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I don't think Goodwill takes tube TV's anymore.

They don't.

And giving Goodwill a 2004 Pentium desktop, old burner flip phones which can't be used after e911, a broken vacuum cleaner, or a printer where HP doesn't make the cartridges any more seems a little mean-spirited.

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"When people want their version of the truth, they go find it, no matter how baseless their beliefs." -- Ken Rosenthal

Goodwill doesn't resell that garbage, they recycle it ya dopes.

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In Madison we have to pay $50 for any screen. Even if it's lcd. Even worse is led lcd. There isn't anything more dangerous in those than a toaster oven .

F that. Just smash the thing up into bits and put it in your trash can.

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the world will always the world. your entire existence is defined by your response.

http://www.amazinggoodwill.com/donating

We cannot accept the following items:

CRT and DLP TVs, or rear-projection flat screen HDTVs
Cribs

Dope that !!!

I stand corrected.

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I don't get to spike the ball too often. Just giving you some shit.

DLP televisions? That's surprising. Maybe because of the pricey bulb replacement.

Nomination denied.

Seriously, if you've ever seen office space how could you possibly dispose of electronics any other way than the way Mike judge taught you how to do it (with a proper rap soundtrack and the whole 9 yards)??

btw no matter how horrible my now-actually-sooner-than-later rapping endeavors go I promise you I will NEVER start a verse off with "BACK UP IN YO ASS WITH THE RESURRECTION" #WordIsBond =]

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CFMB: we even have strong opinions about recycling electronics...

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Congrats dumbass on paying $20 for something you could have smashed up and put in a black garbage bag for free.

My theory is that the price of scrap metal combined with the state probably not paying people may have led to the demise of the free recycling programs. People who didn't get rid of their old TVs for free when they had the chance missed the boat.

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God is the uncaused cause of the universe. He had no beginning and has no end. He is not bound by the laws of the universe he created.

Amen sir

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they just write it off

Or just illegally dump it into a random dumpster.

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This is the correct procedure.

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"I honestly don't see a good bet on the board here."

Or throw in into the Cal Sag Channel.

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Who's writing it off?