Goodwill Scrap TV's

[Eric H]

I went to the Goodwill Recycling center in Santa Ana today to pick up a Toy I had won on their Auction Site.

I was told to go in the back of the Warehouse to pick it up, on entering I saw pallet after pallet of CRT type TV's stacked 7 ft all and wrapped in plastic, labeled "Scrap"!

I looked them over pretty good and didn't see anything I'd lose sleep over losing, the oldest thing I saw was a Sony 12" Trinitron, possibly late 70's early 80's with knob tuning and a Sharp Lynitron of similar vintage.

There was a Toshiba 16:9 CRT set in one of the bundles and a large (36"?) Pro Scan in a tall console.

Most of it was Black or Silver Plastic junk from the 90's like Sharp, Sanyo, Magnavox, there were some Panasonics and Sony's also.

Seems a shame to send them to recycling when many of them could be fixed for a few bucks but there's just no profit in it I guess, especially when they get so many sets that don't need repairs they can sell.

At least they're not going into Landfills or beside the road.