From: blockedofcourse@foo.invalid   
      
   On 12/16/2025 5:28 AM, legg wrote:   
   > 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.   
      
   You're absolutely right.  But, the locations you mentioned likely aren't   
   interested in DEFECTIVE kit (by your own admission).   
      
   I can, of course, just leave them broken and maybe someone else with   
   skills, time and funds might opt to take on that task.   
      
   Or, not.   
      
   > If someone resells it, what's it to you?   
      
   I choose not to spend MY time (and monies) working for others'   
   profits.  As how I spend my time is ENTIRELY my choosing, I can   
   set any arbitrary criteria on how it is spent.   
      
   [How many hours a week do you spend donating your time and monies   
   for *others* to profit?]   
      
   I can, instead, let TVs head to the landfill (which is where they   
   would have headed in my absence -- treating that as an issue for the   
   local government to address with FEES on said disposals) and spend my   
   time on some other task with more desirable outcomes.   
      
   That's the great thing about charitable endeavors -- YOU decide how   
   your time is spent!  And, there are hordes of folks looking for   
   any "hours" you'd care to donate!  You can pick and choose, as you   
   deem appropriate, using whatever criteria are important 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.   
      
   The issue is "solved" even if it *is* in a landfill.  I just decide that   
   it isn't something worthy of my time.  The NEXT generation can tackle   
   the problem when they run out of places to dump the stuff (or, it   
   leaches into the ground water).   
      
   I can spend that time reading a book for my own enjoyment!   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)