The Salvos have left me stunned !!!!

[ptrott]

I got on the phone this morning and rang the Salvation Army to offer them a Sony 32" (76cm) flat screen TV, complete with Set-Top-Box for digital transmissions, all in as-new condition.
The reply was, "Is it LCD or LED, if not we don't want it".

I am wondering what the expectations of people seeking emergency accommodation are these days. If it was me, I would not give a stuff if the TV was a LCD/LED or a CRT, in fact I would think it a bonus to even have a TV supplied for free,....maybe I'm just too old for this modern world, I just don't seem to understand the modern thinking at all......

P.S. If you, or anyone you know that lives within striking distance of Bunbury (W.A) wants a perfectly good NON LED/LCD TV for FREE, with a Set Top Box included, drop me a PM.

[Waldo]

We've tried to offer stuff as well, with the same results. It's a bad reflection when charity organisations won't accept things - fair enough if damaged etc.

[Stringy]

Don't think this is a reflection on the charity organizations at all, but a reflection on welfare recipients and their expectations that they don't want stuff that is not top of the line!!!!!!

They won't take items like this so the charity is stuck with it and then has to pay the big $'s for disposal!

[ptrott]

I would have thought that the bar would be set by the provider, not by the recipient.
A bit of "That is what we have got, take it or leave it" would not go astray it seems.

It also occurs to me that the Salvos, and probably others too, are maybe doing far too much for those who are not really that much in need???

[TermiMonster]

Generally, the salvos et al, send your gifts/donations to their op shops. There they try to sell them back to people like you and me. The money is then used for charity (also, they give tokens to the needy to get stuff free or cheap from the shop).
So basically, if you wouldn't buy a CRT screen (which I'm betting you wouldn't), they can't sell it, so they have to pay to send it to waste. And as I understand it , they spend a lot of money sending stuff to the tip, because people see them as a place to dump their rubbish.
So don't be too hard on them, they are basically running a business, and they know what they can and can't sell.
cheers
TM

[ptrott]

So don't be too hard on them, they are basically running a business, and they know what they can and can't sell.
cheers
TM

I take your point, however, if I were flat broke and my TV died, I would be very happy to be given a free set like the one above. It just stuns me that there is not a need for items that are perfectly useable, to place with uninsured families who are victims of floods, fires, theft etc. etc. unless those items are 'Latest Tech'.

[Avery]

I take your point, however, if I were flat broke and my TV died, I would be very happy to be given a free set like the one above. It just stuns me that there is not a need for items that are perfectly useable, to place with uninsured families who are victims of floods, fires, theft etc. etc. unless those items are 'Latest Tech'.

TermiMonster has it dead right.

If it is such a great TV why don't you keep it or list it on Ebay. If it sells you can donate the money to the Sallies.

[robbygard]

I got on the phone this morning and rang the Salvation Army to offer them a Sony 32" (76cm) flat screen TV, complete with Set-Top-Box for digital transmissions, all in as-new condition.
The reply was, "Is it LCD or LED, if not we don't want it".

I am wondering what the expectations of people seeking emergency accommodation are these days. If it was me, I would not give a stuff if the TV was a LCD/LED or a CRT, in fact I would think it a bonus to even have a TV supplied for free,....maybe I'm just too old for this modern world, I just don't seem to understand the modern thinking at all......

P.S. If you, or anyone you know that lives within striking distance of Bunbury (W.A) wants a perfectly good NON LED/LCD TV for FREE, with a Set Top Box included, drop me a PM.

I think all the charities are the same and one of the other posters has explained the reason.

Have you got local "free cycle" .... Www.free cycle.org.au.

I find it works quite well locally. ... It saves putting stuff into landfill when someone else can make use of it


Regards. David

[seanz]

Yeah nah but.......

Due to recent events, it has been bought to my attention that there is a big difference between "office decisions" and "real world decisions" when you are dealing with charities. BIG difference.
If you want to donate the telly and the Salvos won't take it, ring another charity.

[ptrott]

TermiMonster has it dead right.

If it is such a great TV why don't you keep it or list it on Ebay. If it sells you can donate the money to the Sallies.

I don't recall describing it as a 'Great TV', or claiming it to be worth any amount of money at all.
Like the Salvos, there are obviously many who think that if it isn't worth $$$s, then it isn't good enough for anybody,....as I said, my time is gone, and it is a sad place I will leave behind me with these modern attitudes and ways of thinking.
Mine was a time of being over the moon when one could finally achieve the deposit for the 3 X 1 with bare floors, unpainted walls, no curtains or blinds, no ready planted lawns or gardens, an open carport if you were really lucky, where you could park your 10 year old pride & joy set of wheels.

I leave this conversation now, while my memories survive and sustain my state of mind to the point where I at least can refrain from removing what little hair I have left, strand by strand.....

[Avery]

I don't recall describing it as a 'Great TV', or claiming it to be worth any amount of money at all.
Like the Salvos, there are obviously many who think that if it isn't worth $$, then it isn't good enough for anybody,....as I said, my time is gone, and it is a sad place I will leave behind me with these modern attitudes and ways of thinking.
Mine was a time of being over the moon when one could finally achieve the deposit for the 3 X 1 with bare floors, unpainted walls, no curtains or blinds, no ready planted lawns or gardens, an open carport if you were really lucky, where you could park your 10 year old pride & joy set of wheels.

I leave this conversation now, while my memories survive and sustain my state of mind to the point where I at least can refrain from removing what little hair I have left, strand by strand.....

Jeez Phil!!!

I'm the same age as you. Get over it.

You sound like the 3 yorkshiremen sketch from Monty Python.


"Oohh, but we 'ad it 'ard!"

[TermiMonster]

I was putting my old CRT TV out for the rubbish the other day, when a drug addict was passing by. I said to him: " do you want a tv for free (save breaking into my house and costing me a new window, etc)?",
He said: "Is it a wide screen?"
.....................

[ptrott]

............"Oohh, but we 'ad it 'ard!"

=

Mine was a time of being over the moon .......

????????????

We had it GOOD

[wheelinround]

Have had the same reply from a number of Charities re-age of goods "sorry if its over 10 yr old we don't want it " this includes washing machines, fridges etc.

I must admit with digital media products coming in TV's, Radio etc.

Now ring your council state or federal member and enquire to where do you dispose of these things.

[Sturdee]

Generally, the salvos et al, send your gifts/donations to their op shops. There they try to sell them back to people like you and me. The money is then used for charity (also, they give tokens to the needy to get stuff free or cheap from the shop).

TM

And another problem for them, at least in Vic., is that if they sell electrical goods they have to make sure that it is safe (electrical testing is not cheap) in case a fault occurs and they are held liable.

This was the reason why the op shop I worked in stopped taking and selling electrical goods.


Peter.