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   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.   
   >   
   > 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.   
      
   Why don't you sell them for *your* profit instead?  Instead of offering them   
   for free, offer them for some sum that covers your effort.  That might be a   
   low figure if you got the broken device for free, or depend on what parts   
   and labour it needed.   
      
   If nobody buys, either you're doing something wrong (eg listing them in the   
   wrong place), or the 'flippers' are adding some value to achieve a price   
   more than you could (eg selling in a locations where there are more buyers).   
   It may be that they are expending some effort to make sales where you can't,   
   in which cane that's their value-add.   
      
   Or it could be that you aren't adding enough value to make it worth your   
   while.  In which case you have to put a value on how much you're willing to   
   expend to keep the item from landfill (or being recycled).   
      
   Theo   
      
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