From: legg@nospam.magma.ca   
      
   On Mon, 15 Dec 2025 13:06:44 -0700, Don Y   
    wrote:   
      
   >On 12/15/2025 6:55 AM, legg wrote:   
   >> On Sun, 14 Dec 2025 12:26:58 -0700, Don Y   
   >>  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> I repair a lot of LCD/LED TVs -- to keep them from the land fill.   
   >>>   
   >>> But, there are only "so many" people/places you can find who   
   >>> are willing to give a home to said rescued kit (free).   
   >>   
   >> Maybe you're advertising 'free for pick-up' in the wrong places.   
   >>   
   >> Never had that problem with TVs or microwave ovens with a free   
   >> listing on Kijiji, but my location is central in a major   
   >> metropolitan area with educational and imigrant populations.   
   >>   
   >> This despite low cost availability from Goodwill, Sally Anne   
   >> Thrift Stores or Value Village outlets. These are also good   
   >> places to drop off unwanted, but working, consumer products.   
   >   
   >I have to *fix* them.  I'm not keen on turning them into someone   
   >else's profit at my expense (parts and labor).  Many of the "for free"   
   >sources, here, are, effectively, suppliers to folks who are looking   
   >to pick something up and flip it for THEIR profit.   
      
   You don't 'have' to fix anything.   
      
   If someone resells it, what's it to you?   
   >   
   >When I convince a friend or neighbor to site one on their porch   
   >or garage, I know they will take it *if* they will find a use for   
   >it, there; they won't be tossing it out some months later.   
   >   
   >Or, trying to SELL it.   
      
   If it's not in land fill, the issue is solved.   
      
   RL   
      
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