Late model Sony Trinitron Spotted outside a Goodwill dropbox...

[Sandy G]

NOT meaning to "Brag"-Well, not TOO much, anyhow, I DO have a nice roster of "Boatanchors", About 3 dozen TVs, & a GINORMOUS assortment of "Civilian" radios. One of my FAVES is my little 2-tube Arvin 38, FROM 1938. Ain't no R-3XX, but its still DELIGHTFUL for what it is..

[WISCOJIM]

Just an FYI to those that believe ALL Goodwill stores no longer accept CRT TVs: I was in the neighborhood of the local Goodwill in Appleton, Wisconsin today and stopped in to see this.

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[Sandy G]

My wife, my little "Girlfriend", her husband, & a few other folks know that I DON'T want my stuff trashed. I have told them if THAT happens, I shall come back & HAUNT them... Would YOU really want a baleful, ANGRY Ghost after YOUR Butox ? Neither do I.. BOOO !!! (grin)

[rca2000]

Originally Posted by WISCOJIM

Just an FYI to those that believe ALL Goodwill stores no longer accept CRT TVs: I was in the neighborhood of the local Goodwill in Appleton, Wisconsin today and stopped in to see this.

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Maybe...they are 'seeing the light"..regarding all of those "reliable" flat-panels that "never break down"....ESPECIALLY those "led backlight sets" that "never break".... I know for a FACT...OTHER thrift stores have done so !!

[Beachboy]

Goodwill's around here vary in their CRT TV policies. The stores affiliated with one part of the state won't accept any TV's, but stores affailated with the other part of the state willl accept CRT TV's, including consoles and projection sets. The Salvation Army seems to accept any CRT's, and at the local Salvation Army I was in a couple weeks ago, they not only had a Hitachi 27" highboy console, they had one of those insanely huge Sony Triniton 40" monsters! They were asking $10 for the Sony. Most the smaller sets, such as generic 13" and 19" models were priced at $1.

[Jon A.]

Originally Posted by Sandy G

My wife, my little "Girlfriend", her husband, & a few other folks know that I DON'T want my stuff trashed. I have told them if THAT happens, I shall come back & HAUNT them... Would YOU really want a baleful, ANGRY Ghost after YOUR Butox ? Neither do I.. BOOO !!! (grin)

Nah, especially not one with a machine gun.

[Captainclock]

Well like I said those goodwill stores are apparently not following company policy then because goodwill had said that they weren't going to accept TVs anymore and that it was supposed to be a nationwide policy, so to you guys who seem to insist on raking up this issue over and over again, PLEASE DROP IT! I had already asked someone at my local goodwill if it was alright that I hauled off that TV set and they it was fine, and they said that any tv dropped off like that was going to be recycled anyways because they don't take TVs anymore period. So please stop bringing up all of this crap because it doesn't affect me because I don't live in wisconsin or kansas where apparently they like to disobey company policy because they think they can get away with it!

[Captainclock]

Originally Posted by WISCOJIM

Just an FYI to those that believe ALL Goodwill stores no longer accept CRT TVs: I was in the neighborhood of the local Goodwill in Appleton, Wisconsin today and stopped in to see this.

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http://www.amazinggoodwill.com/donat...nor-guidelines

If you follow this link it will tell you what all Goodwill can and cannot accept, and what do I find listed in the "items we do not accept" area but TVs of all kinds including CRTs, Rear Projection TVs and HDTVs! Read it for yourself, and this is on their Corporate website meaning its supposed to be nationwide and that any goodwill stores that are accepting these items and putting them on the floor are breaking company policy!!

[rca2000]

A few years back...I had a couple of peoople want to GIVE me one of those 40 inch sony sets... I DECLINED . They ONLY weigh at LEAST 350 Lb, WITHOUT the stand--which these supposdely had , most of the ones I saw--even NEW--had purity issues and NO ONE wants to deal with them anymore--so What could I do wiht them--after I fixed them ? the garbage man will not even THINK about picking up one !!

[rca2000]

Originally Posted by Captainclock

http://www.amazinggoodwill.com/donat...nor-guidelines

If you follow this link it will tell you what all Goodwill can and cannot accept, and what do I find listed in the "items we do not accept" area but TVs of all kinds including CRTs, Rear Projection TVs and HDTVs! Read it for yourself, and this is on their Corporate website meaning its supposed to be nationwide and that any goodwill stores that are accepting these items and putting them on the floor are breaking company policy!!

Likely...they are getting "feedback" from the other thrift stores that DO sell tv sets....and so GW in those areas ALSO want a little "skin i the game".

[Eric H]

It says they do accept Flat-panel monitor HDTVs only, so Plasma & LCD are okay.
Basically they don't want Obsolete stuff like rear projection of any type.

[etype2]

Goodwill is a non-profit organization founded by a Methodist minister. Local Goodwill stores are "community owned" or franchised. Goodwill's policy is to prevent perfectly good items from reaching the landfill. Goodwill encourages that items that cannot be sold in stores, be creatively recycled so that funds can be generated from those items.

So, following these guidelines, individual local Goodwill store managers are most likely using descreationary options on how items are disposed of or recycled. I would expect that some store managers see value in CRT televisions.

[AUdubon5425]

All the Goodwill stores in this region never stopped selling crt tvs. The pricing varies depending on the individual store.

[Eric H]

They have an online auction as well, I've bought several vintage sets from there.

Seems like only the larger regional centers participate in that, there's one in Orange County out here. I went there to pick something up once and they had rows of pallets stacked high with TV's for recycling, mostly BPC but also some older Sonys and Woodgrain sets from the 70's and 80's.

[Captainclock]

ALL of the Goodwill stores in my area stopped taking TVs of any kind so for my area its a mut point so it really doesn't matter in my case, like I had previously stated several posts back I had asked an employee who worked at the local goodwill store near me if it was ok to haul off a CRT TV that was dumped outside of one of their donation boxes and they said it was fine because they weren't taking TVs anymore so like I said its a mut point right now.

I don't need people from other states where just because in your state they still supposedly take and sell tvs in them yet telling me that I can't rescue a TV from the Goodwill dropbox just because you think it might be considered stealing when in reality what Goodwill stores in your state doesn't have any affect on what Goodwill stores do in my state so in reality its none of your business what me or other members on here want to do as far as rescuing older TVs and how we want to do it! if it means scrounging for vintage tvs outside of a goodwill dropbox in an area where its known that Goodwill isn't taking TVs anymore then so be it! Like I said according to the people at the Goodwill themselves they said it was perfectly fine to take a TV from outside of a dropbox since they don't take them anymore!

So lets just drop this ok?! No need to keep to keep beating a dead horse!