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Old Tvs, what to do with them?
gemmaking
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What do you do with your old Tvs?
any place which will will take them in for some ££ ?
any place which will will take them in for some ££ ?
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I think the majority of the time you have to pay people to take them away!
The local council run tip will normally accept.
Or try Freecycle.0 -
Nearly everyone has a mahoosive plasma or LCD TV now so old CRT's are basically not as wanted now.The are some places that will take them in part exchange for a new one,but not many.Sometimes Tescos' will do trade in's.
Best bet would be freecycle or gum tree.,although I did see a request on freecycle the other week for a 40in plasma or LCD & requests for these are increasing.0 -
I've recently Freegled (more used than Freecycle in my area) 3 CRT analogue TVs - a 32" (16:9), a 26" (4:3) and a 14" (4:3) so I know people still want them for use with either a Sky, Freesat or Freeview set top box.Moneyineptitude wrote: »I think the majority of the time you have to pay people to take them away!
The local council run tip will normally accept.
Or try Freecycle.
Having said that, the 14" didn't attract any replies so I put it on Ebay for £0.01 (collection only) - and, to my astonishment, it sold for £3.00!Time has moved on (much quicker than it used to - or so it seems at my age) and my previous advice on residential telephony has been or is now gradually being overtaken by changes in the retail market. Hence, I have now deleted links to my previous 'pearls of wisdom'. I sincerely hope they helped save some of you money.0 -
TV's with analogue tuners only are really worth nothing (but are useful for those who do not want a TV licence). I took 3 to my local tip for electrical goods recycling.0
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I gave mine to the nursing home my grandma was in. They just used a freeview box with it.0
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The British Heart Foundation's furniture shops are still selling the old CRT TVs.Who having known the diamond will concern himself with glass?
Rudyard Kipling0 -
PlutoinCapricorn wrote: »The British Heart Foundation's furniture shops are still selling the old CRT TVs.
They collected my very heavy CRT and sold it very quickly for a decent price. With Gift Aid they made a bit more from it.
http://www.bhf.org.uk/shop/donating-goods.aspx0 -
That's nonsense, analogue tuners can easily be circumvented by plugging in a digital set top box. Why would people without a TV license be therefore able to (legally) use them?TV's with analogue tuners only are really worth nothing (but are useful for those who do not want a TV licence).0 -
With a DVD player connected?Moneyineptitude wrote: »How would people without a TV licence be therefore able to (legally) use them?Time has moved on (much quicker than it used to - or so it seems at my age) and my previous advice on residential telephony has been or is now gradually being overtaken by changes in the retail market. Hence, I have now deleted links to my previous 'pearls of wisdom'. I sincerely hope they helped save some of you money.0 -
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