I have an old leather chesterfield that I've been trying to give away. There is nothing wrong with it except two rips in the middle cushion. Most places I phoned (Women in need, street kids ministries, etc.) didn't want it because of the rips. After about a half hour of phoning, I find a drop-in center that wants it. Sure enough, they don't show this morning and when I phone to find out what's up, this person says they won't accept it.

You'd think in a city of a million people, someone would take it off my hands. I'm tempted to put it on the front lawn with a big sign, "Help Yourself!"

I have an old leather chesterfield that I've been trying to give away. There is nothing wrong with it except two rips in the middle cushion. Most places I phoned (Women in need, street kids ministries, etc.) didn't want it because of the rips. After about a half hour of phoning, I find a drop-in center that wants it. Sure enough, they don't show this morning and when I phone to find out what's up, this person says they won't accept it.

You'd think in a city of a million people, someone would take it off my hands. I'm tempted to put it on the front lawn with a big sign, "Help Yourself!"

Hey man, you pay the shipping and i'll take it. :D

You'd think in a city of a million people, someone would take it off my hands. I'm tempted to put it on the front lawn with a big sign, "Help Yourself!"

That is guaranteed to work. I once had someone haul off a old rotted section of fence. Another time, someone took an ugly faded orange chair that stunk because my cat had repeatedly sprayed it.

you could just drive to a random part of the city, dump it on someones lawn, and go.

That is guaranteed to work. I once had someone haul off a old rotted section of fence. Another time, someone took an ugly faded orange chair that stunk because my cat had repeatedly sprayed it.

Ahh, i miss the good old days of clean up week. Garbageman takes ANYTHING put out, the whole town becomes a scavenger hunt looking thru other peoples trash, sad and fun at the same time.

you could just drive to a random part of the city, dump it on someones lawn, and go.

Typical.
:)

Leave it at an apartment complex dumpster. Someone is almost certain to take it...

Craigslist.....

I've never had something put on my lawn with a "free" sign last longer than 3 hours. really handy. broken TVs, chairs, old couch, even a behemoth of a desk - I really think that if I just bagged my garbage, wrote "free" in magic marker on the side, and just tossed it on my lawn, I could stop paying for trash pickup.

I hate to think how much it would cost to ship it across the entire continent. I could probably buy a new one when everything was figured into it. :)

Put it on ebay and Suicane will probably bid on it.

Hey man, you pay the shipping and i'll take it. :D
I hate to think how much it would cost to ship it across the entire continent. I could probably buy a new one when everything was figured into it. :)

I've never had something put on my lawn with a "free" sign last longer than 3 hours.
I might just do that. I've got so much crap lying around, especially old Home Theater stuff. Anyone want a Dolby Prologic receiver? Or a laserdisc player? Or a tape deck? The stuff was expensive when it was bought but now I probably couldn't give it away...

The first thing I would set it on the lawn like others have mentioned, the tape deck, laserdisc, and receiver would most likely see E-bay and see if you can find anyone to take them off your hands.

You may think "Ah noone will want a laserdisc player." So I did a little search and came up with this... http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=3317&item=5755888444&rd=1

You'd think in a city of a million people, someone would take it off my hands. I'm tempted to put it on the front lawn with a big sign, "Help Yourself!"
Works like a charm in Lawrence, Kansas. Then again, we're a college town.

SI