Interesting moral dilemma. A few thoughts...
Anything outside the box is probably NOT Good Wills
property. Probably technically litter or hazardous waste in the
case of a TV. Also its illegal dumping.
Our Good Will & other boxes say " do not put items outside
of box", that says they did NOT accept them.
At my old dump ANYTHING outside the box was fair picking
game per the GW, town workers & the PD. At the end of the
day if full a loader picked up all the stuff outside & took it
away to the transfer area to be burned.
So IMHO a favor was done for GW & the property owner.
So maybe do this. Since you benefited from the TV next time
you are in GW drop them a $5 cash donation. Win-win for all.
Last thing is a police interaction. Good chance BEFORE you state
your case you will be shaken down. Then have to ID yourself.
go with the flow ! After that you will just be warned away.
If the cop is cool ( an older cop) about it he may leave &
tell you he wont see you take it.
73 Zeno
