most difficult item to discard or sell...

Dan Schultz · Post by **Dan Schultz** » Sun Apr 06, 2008 10:42 pm

- Old upright pianos.
- Large appliances of about any kind.
- A '90 Olds that doesn't run.
- A commode you replaced and your wife won't let you keep around for a flower pot!
- A 1965 seventeen foot 'Magnolia' runabout that is now filled with dirt that I use for a flower bed.
- Any size fish tanks.

And.... yet to be reckoned with.... those new-fangled 'energy saving' light bulbs that contain mercury!

As a note... I actually cut up and burried a '69 Chevelle chassis a few years back and burried it where I removed a swimming pool.

I'm sort of glad that I don't have me for a neighbor!

oldbandnerd · Post by **oldbandnerd** » Sun Apr 06, 2008 10:48 pm

I donated a perfectly good refrigerator to my son's Boy Scout troop. It was 15 years old and ran just fine . The wife bought a modern looking one with a satinless steel front and the water and ice dispenser in the front .

iiipopes · Post by **iiipopes** » Sun Apr 06, 2008 10:53 pm

Our dryer quit. All it needed was a drum belt, but in the meantime the washer had quit (not reparable -- bearings went and some other items not cost effective to replace or fix) and we got a larger washer. So we had to get a larger dryer to match as the larger washer loads were what stressed the mechanism and caused the belt to fail. In spite of needing only a single part, I couldn't sell it or give it away, and it ended up tipped out of the back of my SUV at the local metal recycling collection point.

MartyNeilan · Post by **MartyNeilan** » Sun Apr 06, 2008 11:02 pm

Big old CRT monitors; can't hardly give them away and too heavy to ship cheaply. Ones with fuzzy screens or severe burn-in are even harder to get rid of. Where I work we have to pay a company by the pound to haul them off; it is illegal to throw them in the dumpster.

Brassdad · Post by **Brassdad** » Sun Apr 06, 2008 11:07 pm

MartyNeilan wrote:Big old CRT monitors; can't hardly give them away and too heavy to ship cheaply. Ones with fuzzy screens or severe burn-in are even harder to get rid of. Where I work we have to pay a company by the pound to haul them off; it is illegal to throw them in the dumpster.

Probably no more illegal than cutting up a 69 Chevelle and burrying it in the yard,

SplatterTone · Post by **SplatterTone** » Sun Apr 06, 2008 11:43 pm

I was hoping a video would be online of the Yardapult commercial from Saturday Night Live -- exactly what you need for this kind of stuff.

I have an old refrigerator out in the storage building. And I have a cutting torch. The thought has crossed my mind.

My old CRT monitor, 19-inch Samsung SyncMaster 900p, is still doing a crisp 1600 x 1200 resolution.

Carroll · Post by **Carroll** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 12:14 am

bloke wrote:I'm the guy that *picks up* those monitors off the curb. Each of our three computers has a curb-treasure monitor.

This *particular* computer's monitor is very washed out, and has a 1/64" split down the middle of the screen. Occasionally, it crackles and pops (along the split). When it isn't warmed up, the picture jumps all over the place.

Your company should toss its old monitors in the Goodwill or Salvation Army "dumpsters".

bloke " ...on borrowed time...' well past time to pick up *another* one from the curb"

Next time I come out West your way... I'll bring you TWO!

Todd S. Malicoate · Post by **Todd S. Malicoate** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 1:26 am

tubashaman wrote:Old furniture at the curb.

YOu can sit on it, or use it but with 2 kids in the house it gets beat up after 10 years

I have no idea what that means...are you saying if you don't have 2 kids in the house...then...old furniture at the curb is ok...for YOu to sit on or use? How long does it takes for the 2 kids to beat up new furniture? Will they still be kids when it's worn out? Man, I hate these word problems late at night...

I seem to have a problem getting rid of old golf clubs. You see, I'm a bit of a golf club slut, buying a new set at least 3 times a year. Nobody wants the old ones and they're just piling up in the closet. Can't even see the coats in there anymore. Fore?

The Big Ben · Post by **The Big Ben** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 5:01 am

bloke wrote:What is the most difficult household item to discard or sell?

...something big, that - even in perfect working order - might actually have *negative* worth...??

Here's my entry to get the thread going:

My father wanted one of those badly... Unfortunately for him (and you) he passed away 25 years ago...

sungfw · Post by **sungfw** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 9:20 am

Todd S. Malicoate wrote:
tubashaman wrote: I seem to have a problem getting rid of old golf clubs. You see, I'm a bit of a golf club slut, buying a new set at least 3 times a year. Nobody wants the old ones and they're just piling up in the closet. Can't even see the coats in there anymore. Fore?

Play It Again Sports buys SOME used golf clubs: if it's older than, maybe 10 years, they won't want it. Prices are pretty lowball (about 50% of what they can sell it for), but it's better than nothing.

Or you could donate them to a group like Big Brothers/Big Sisters, Police Athletic League, whomever, in exchange for a tax deduction.

Tubaryan12 · Post by **Tubaryan12** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 11:52 am

Todd S. Malicoate wrote:I seem to have a problem getting rid of old golf clubs. You see, I'm a bit of a golf club slut, buying a new set at least 3 times a year. Nobody wants the old ones and they're just piling up in the closet. Can't even see the coats in there anymore. Fore?

You wouldn't happen to have a Nickent P.I.P.E. putter in that collection of unwanted clubs, would you?

Uncle Buck · Post by **Uncle Buck** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 12:45 pm

TubaTinker wrote: And.... yet to be reckoned with.... those new-fangled 'energy saving' light bulbs that contain mercury!

I also have a growing pile of these in my garage that need to be properly disposed of. I'm still glad I bought them - the savings on electricity bills has been exactly "as promised."

But, the advertised seven-year-life of the bulbs is complete bull.

Todd S. Malicoate · Post by **Todd S. Malicoate** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 2:27 pm

Tubaryan12 wrote:You wouldn't happen to have a Nickent P.I.P.E. putter in that collection of unwanted clubs, would you?

No, I don't like the Nickent putter. I have played with people who use one, though...generally speaking, those players are among the worst putters I've played with.

Todd "who finds it's harder to locate the spot to putt toward and the speed at which to hit the ball than to accurately putt in that direction" S. Malicoate

Rick F · Post by **Rick F** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 3:52 pm

For me, it's a Dual—1019 turntable that I bought in 1969 while in the service. Just can't bring myself to tossing it even though I don't have any records to play on it any more. It was always a great turntable.

Tubaryan12 · Post by **Tubaryan12** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 4:23 pm

Todd S. Malicoate wrote:No, I don't like the Nickent putter. I have played with people who use one, though...generally speaking, those players are among the worst putters I've played with.

Sounds like me....you should see them without it.

SplatterTone · Post by **SplatterTone** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 7:13 pm

But, the advertised seven-year-life of the bulbs is complete bull.

Yep. I think it is only if you turn it on one day per week. The normal on-off-on-off of daily use burns these suckers right out. Maybe the LED bulbs will be better if they ever get the cost down. The LEDs seem to be working OK in traffic lights.

J Stowe · Post by **J Stowe** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 8:05 pm

Are those color keys according to Rimsky-Korsakov or Scriabin's standards?

DonShirer · Post by **DonShirer** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 10:19 pm

How about a 20 year old impact printer? Or even a 10 year old inkjet printer which doesn't have drivers to modern computers. Can't even give them away.

SplatterTone · Post by **SplatterTone** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 10:22 pm

Just hang on that old stuff for long enough. I have a Friden rotary calculator with the ten key multiplier pad. And it works. Don't you know there are some folks who would love to get their hands on that.

tubatooter1940 · Post by **tubatooter1940** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 1:13 pm

We have a hard time disposing of building materials left from demolition or leftover new. Nobody wants to buy them. The city won't pick them up. We have to load them on our trailer and pay the dump to take them.

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