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Who on the North Shore will collect old computer screens etc.

On 16/05/2011 12:01 p.m., Roger Dewhurst wrote:
> Who on the North Shore will collect old computer screens etc.
>
and microwave cookers?

On , , Mon, 16 May 2011 12:07:31 +1200, Re: Computer screens, Roger Dewhurst
<> wrote:

>On 16/05/2011 12:01 p.m., Roger Dewhurst wrote:
>> Who on the North Shore will collect old computer screens etc.
>>
>and microwave cookers?

Put them out on your front lawn with a "For Sale" sign and a price on them.
They will be stolen fast.
Don't whatever you do, put out a sign saying "Free".
People won't take them because they don't believe anything free is any good.
It works for me, I put them out at night around Te Roti and people passing
through take them away with monotonous regularity.
--
"The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor
to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread."
Anatole France.

On 16/05/2011 12:25 p.m., Msgr Scooter wrote:
> On , , Mon, 16 May 2011 12:07:31 +1200, Re: Computer screens, Roger Dewhurst
> <> wrote:
>
>> On 16/05/2011 12:01 p.m., Roger Dewhurst wrote:
>>> Who on the North Shore will collect old computer screens etc.
>>>
>> and microwave cookers?
>
> Put them out on your front lawn with a "For Sale" sign and a price on them.
> They will be stolen fast.

That is an idea. I do not have a lawn facing the road but I could put
them on the back of my ute with a FOR SALE notice and park it near the
supermarket.


> Don't whatever you do, put out a sign saying "Free".
> People won't take them because they don't believe anything free is any good.
> It works for me, I put them out at night around Te Roti and people passing
> through take them away with monotonous regularity.

On 16/05/2011 12:45 p.m., Roger Dewhurst wrote:
> On 16/05/2011 12:25 p.m., Msgr Scooter wrote:
>> On , , Mon, 16 May 2011 12:07:31 +1200, Re: Computer screens, Roger
>> Dewhurst
>> <> wrote:
>>
>>> On 16/05/2011 12:01 p.m., Roger Dewhurst wrote:
>>>> Who on the North Shore will collect old computer screens etc.
>>>>
>>> and microwave cookers?
>>
>> Put them out on your front lawn with a "For Sale" sign and a price on
>> them.
>> They will be stolen fast.
>
> That is an idea. I do not have a lawn facing the road but I could put
> them on the back of my ute with a FOR SALE notice and park it near the
> supermarket.
>
>
They'll probably take the ute.
I've gotten rid of old TVs etc by selling on TradeMe with $1 reserve and
$1 "buy now" auctions - with promise I'll refund the $1 if they use the
"buy now" when the buyers collect. Items have sold within minutes, costs
a few cents for listing fee - but saves me money and hassle carting
stuff away for recycling, and there are people out there who genuinely
want and need some of this old stuff for spares or whatever.

In article <iqps3o$gg4$>, Roger Dewhurst <> wrote:
>On 16/05/2011 12:25 p.m., Msgr Scooter wrote:
>> On , , Mon, 16 May 2011 12:07:31 +1200, Re: Computer screens, Roger Dewhurst
>> <> wrote:
>>
>>> On 16/05/2011 12:01 p.m., Roger Dewhurst wrote:
>>>> Who on the North Shore will collect old computer screens etc.
>>>>
>>> and microwave cookers?
>>
>> Put them out on your front lawn with a "For Sale" sign and a price on them.
>> They will be stolen fast.
>
>That is an idea. I do not have a lawn facing the road but I could put
>them on the back of my ute with a FOR SALE notice and park it near the
>supermarket.

... someone will nick the ute ?

On 2011-05-16, Me <> wrote:

> They'll probably take the ute.
> I've gotten rid of old TVs etc by selling on TradeMe with $1 reserve and
> $1 "buy now" auctions - with promise I'll refund the $1 if they use the
> "buy now" when the buyers collect. Items have sold within minutes, costs
> a few cents for listing fee - but saves me money and hassle carting
> stuff away for recycling, and there are people out there who genuinely
> want and need some of this old stuff for spares or whatever.
>

Heard about Freecycle?

http://groups.freecycle.org/Auckland...reNZ/posts/all

http://www.freecycle.org/search is place for NZ wide list of groups

On 16/05/2011 4:14 p.m., Bruce Sinclair wrote:

>
> .. someone will nick the ute ?
>
>
>
Heh more likely dump their own CRT monitors in the tray.