I've just taken a 14 inch Sony telly from my parents. Good working order with built if DVD player and remote. I could have chucked it in the bin, but I thought I'd take it to a charity shop, maybe they'll get a couple of quid for it. First one I went to, "Prince of Wales hospice" said they couldn't take it as it "wasn't flat screen". I said surely someone needy would take it, but she says "we're fussy what we take" and told me to try another one in Hemsworth as they'll "take owt" . I chucked the telly back into the van and went to the next one, and they sat and looked at me as if I wag trying to sell them drugs - after a short silence a woman poked her head around the corner and shouted "take it!" It's little wonder people leave stuff by the door in boxes.
Surprised at that as a good charity shop has rag guys for clothes, electricals etc, so would take literally anything. Then if they don't want it, pass it on to those guys for a bit of money. If you get a charity bag put anything in them. Even worn underwear and socks will get weighed so they can be paid so much per KGs in rags to be recycled. Bulky TVs, VHS tapes and even DVDs aren't wanted anymore.
As I was leaving the second shop there was a bloke looking round the telly I'd just put on the counter. They are probably quids in already. Thing is, next time I've got something to donate, it'll go to shop B, not because shop A wouldn't take a non flat screen, but because of their attitude in saying "were fussy". Those two words eroded my future goodwill.
I kind of get where you're coming from, but if you can't sell it - and a 14 inch non-flat screen TV would be a hard sell (I bought a second hand 15" flat screen with HDMI inputs etc for under £50 about five or six years ago I think) - then it just costs them money. Money to do the electrical safety checking, money to store, money to get rid of.
I didn't try to sell it. I just thought I'd give it them rather than it going in the bin. I understand about testing it etc, but "we're fussy"? That's not good. As I say, it was looking like the second shop was selling it straight away. Plug it in, see if it works, sell it for a tenner. Job done.
Put it art at front of house. label it, working free to collect, ill bet thi a tenna its not there long. Ive put double glazed door art went wiin an hour old hoover, dvds, table and chair. Ill tell ya all, theres a market art there for evrything and evrybody wants wot thar dunt.
Yeah they should take absolutely anything and then pass it on to their recycling guy for some coin, if they don't think it's worth taking up shop floor space. Turning it down was ignorant.
I didn't mind the turning it down, it was the attitude. I saw something last week about people dropping off all sorts of broken and half missing stuff, and it being impossible to shift, so I fully understand that bit.
The attitude could've definitely been better. If they'd explained why they couldn't take it, then fair enough. But this sounds like a rather unprofessional way of dealing with people. However I can understand why they wouldn't take it. I remember we were getting rid of some old computers 10 years ago or so. After a quick glance they told us to stick it in the recycling bin. That bin was completely full of such items with large monitors. There's plenty of supply, but no demand. So I can imagine that ten years on, the market for such screens is most definitely non-existent.
Unbelievable. didn't think charity and fussy came hand in hand. Good on you for donating it rather than taking it to a tip
Just started volunteering at barnardos. The one in monk bretton takes big stuff like that and furniture
