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Computer Donations?
Posted by:
Redhead Kingpin and the FBI
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Date: March 20, 2008 03:38PM
Does anyone have information as to where one could donate a computer, monitor, printer and accessories in the Fairfax area? Thanks.
Re: Computer Donations?
Posted by:
Adam
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Date: March 20, 2008 03:42PM
Free ad on Craigslist, you won't even have to drop it off.
Re: Computer Donations?
Posted by:
Low_IQ_Fox
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Date: March 20, 2008 03:57PM
I've seen people leaving old computers and monitors in front of
Micro Center. (intersection of Nutley and Lee Hwy... a couple of
miles from Merrifield post office)
Micro Center. (intersection of Nutley and Lee Hwy... a couple of
miles from Merrifield post office)
Re: Computer Donations?
Posted by:
geek
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Date: March 20, 2008 05:26PM
ill gladly take'em
Re: Computer Donations?
Posted by:
Grand Pupa
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Date: March 20, 2008 06:00PM
Perhaps I should've phrased my question a little better:
Does anyone have information as to a local non-profit charitible organization where one could donate a computer, monitor, printer and accessories with full tax-deductability? Thanks.
Does anyone have information as to a local non-profit charitible organization where one could donate a computer, monitor, printer and accessories with full tax-deductability? Thanks.
Re: Computer Donations?
Posted by:
Mike Sorce
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Date: March 20, 2008 06:27PM
Grand Pupa Wrote:
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> Perhaps I should've phrased my question a little
> better:
>
> Does anyone have information as to a local
> non-profit charitible organization where one could
> donate a computer, monitor, printer and
> accessories with full tax-deductability? Thanks.
I hate to sound like a pessimist, but good luck with that. I had a bunch of computers in the past year that I tried to donate and I came up empty. So many non-profits became dumping grounds for broken, badly out-of-date and otherwise useless computers that they stopped taking donations entirely. It became their problem to dispose of this stuff and they lacked both the manpower and budget since it was rarely a cost-free disposal.
I thought that Catholic Charities might be a good starting point, but they told me what I am sharing with you. You might want to try listing it for free on Craigslist or Freecycle, but it is unlikely that you are going to find an organization which will give you a tax deduction. The exception might be if you left it for a Purple Heart of Amvets pickup. You could also try to leave it with the Salvation Army thrift store in Annandale.
If you belong to Costco you can try their recycling program. Again, you won't get a tax deduction, but will know that it is being disposed of properly. The website for more information is:
http://www.greensight.com/CostcoTrades/Common/equiptypes.aspx?SiteXfrMsg=1
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> Perhaps I should've phrased my question a little
> better:
>
> Does anyone have information as to a local
> non-profit charitible organization where one could
> donate a computer, monitor, printer and
> accessories with full tax-deductability? Thanks.
I hate to sound like a pessimist, but good luck with that. I had a bunch of computers in the past year that I tried to donate and I came up empty. So many non-profits became dumping grounds for broken, badly out-of-date and otherwise useless computers that they stopped taking donations entirely. It became their problem to dispose of this stuff and they lacked both the manpower and budget since it was rarely a cost-free disposal.
I thought that Catholic Charities might be a good starting point, but they told me what I am sharing with you. You might want to try listing it for free on Craigslist or Freecycle, but it is unlikely that you are going to find an organization which will give you a tax deduction. The exception might be if you left it for a Purple Heart of Amvets pickup. You could also try to leave it with the Salvation Army thrift store in Annandale.
If you belong to Costco you can try their recycling program. Again, you won't get a tax deduction, but will know that it is being disposed of properly. The website for more information is:
http://www.greensight.com/CostcoTrades/Common/equiptypes.aspx?SiteXfrMsg=1