<p>Please don’t dump things in other parts of town! You could put it in front of your house, or list it on freecycle.</p>
<p>I do a lot of Freecycle give-away, and I really wanted to Freecycle our 1994 35" tv this weekend. But we wanted to keep the corner stand for interim for the new flatscreen, and I was not sure anybody would want just the tv. I felt bad about it, but we used the free haul away service from Best Buy.</p>
<p>In our town it is common for people to put usable furniture and electronics at the street with a sign that says Free, they rarely last a day unless it is total junk. Even if it is junk but metal, say like a dryer, someone will pick it up to sell the metal. But one of those giant TV’s - I’d say people would hesitant that it wouldn’t work and they’d be stuck with it. I’d give it to the charity that will pick it up, at least eventually someone will get the good out of it.</p>
<p>I think the guys on 12rmh18’s S’s dorm would appreciate another large TV on their hall – her S took a 235 lb TV he got for free and hauled it to his dorm! 
Took 5-6 guys to get it upstairs.</p>
<p>We had a really, really old volvo that was getting people all over the country wanting to buy via our dealership who had always taken care of it. After thinking it through, we donated it to a home for battered women. This was two years ago. The director of the home has sent us many really wonderful notes on how that old 240 has helped women in difficult circumstances. Yes, there was a tax break but we just love hearing about how our beloved old car is still helping people who really need transportation. The dollars we would have got for this car are really nothing for the good vibes we have gotten through donating it.</p>
<p>We had a beloved 1983 Volvo 240 too & donated it to the neighbor. They said it died of a broken heart shortly after we donated it because it stopped working, never to go again soon thereafter. I guess H kept it going with good thoughts and a good heart? I know we paid more than it was worth to the mechanic who helped keep it running.</p>
<p>lol _ ours was a 1988 240. It is still going strong. Lovely woman and her daughter both drive it to a community college daily and have been doing so for . . . 2 years now! Husband and I are not mechanical. Just always had it worked on by the local dealership and did whatever . . . cough . . . they told us needed doing. A good car, good vintage.</p>
<p>I would love to have your 36" tv. Our only tv is a very small portable on a cart. Unfortunately, I live several thousand miles away! </p>
<p>I would suggest looking into freecycle. It is a really great volunteer-run organization that enables people to give stuff they no longer need away to other people who can use it. Your local chapter would enable you to list it</p>
<p>Yes, I’ll put i a plug for Freecycle for items large or small. All you need is a yahoo id (easy to get, but many people already have one).</p>
<p>This is a great time of year to use Freecycle to get red of unused new or near-new items. Yes, it is easier to just send a bag off to charity. But it really helps local folks on a budget make a Christmas nicer time. Last December I did a Freecycle Offer on twp XL flannel workshhirts, new with tag… I got 23 emails (my freecycle record) responses. </p>
<p>Anything that can be used for “teacher gift” goes fast this time of year. </p>
<p>Surprisingly I had 8 responses for a freecycle offer of box of miscellaneous Christmas decorations, and that was AFTER Christmas.</p>
<p>Maybe it’s particular to where we live, but all we have to do is leave stuff by the street and it disappears. Our trash is picked up on Monday. If we have things we know the trash probably won’t take or that are still usable, we put it out on Sat. afternoon. By Mon. morning it’s gone. Thinks like a broken microwave, vacuum (haven’t tried a TV), cleaning stuff (leaky buckets, dirty mops), pieces of a dismantled swingset, lawn chairs with rotting webbing. It just goes to show that someone’s trash in anothers treasure.</p>