So...out of the goodness of our hearts we decide to donate some items that we no longer need. It includes clothing, brushes, etc. Also included are pots/pans/cooking utensils and the best thing (or so I thought) were various printers.
2 of the printers are HP that were maybe $17? The other one is a copier/scanner/printer All-in-One. I called them and asked if they'd accept them and they said yes. All of this stuff was in GREAT condition.
I get there and ask where to donate. They tell me and I drive around. My stuff is taken out of the car where they dump it on the concrete. The glass top to a small croc-pot breaks and they tell me they can't accept if it it's broken. Um...they JUST broke it. They look over the pots and pans and say "these are crappy" when I use pots and pans that are the same thing...I just happen to have multiples of it.
They refuse to accept the printers without giving me a reason and throw the clothing to the side like yesterday's garbage. I ask if I need to sign anything and they say "No...we're probably not going to use any of this anyway."
If that were the case I could have saved that "stuff" from them and thrown it in the trash where some hobo would have found it and loved it. Where do they get off telling me my stuff is trash and that it isn't good enough for them to use?
So I say "alright..I'll just pawn off the printers." Wrong. Nobody will pawn off printers.
So now I'm stuck with the All-In-One, and two printers that I'm probably gonna have to sell on Craigslist, because I see no need in throwing away PERFECT printers! They all work great. I just happened to find a REALLY good one for $25 on sale at Wal-Mart for Christmas....
Sorry...just made me really angry. I don't think I will ever donate again. The same thing happened with Habitat for Humanity when I tried to give away my sofa that I'd been using, some paintings, some fans and a recliner that was too small for us. Grrr...
2 of the printers are HP that were maybe $17? The other one is a copier/scanner/printer All-in-One. I called them and asked if they'd accept them and they said yes. All of this stuff was in GREAT condition.
I get there and ask where to donate. They tell me and I drive around. My stuff is taken out of the car where they dump it on the concrete. The glass top to a small croc-pot breaks and they tell me they can't accept if it it's broken. Um...they JUST broke it. They look over the pots and pans and say "these are crappy" when I use pots and pans that are the same thing...I just happen to have multiples of it.
They refuse to accept the printers without giving me a reason and throw the clothing to the side like yesterday's garbage. I ask if I need to sign anything and they say "No...we're probably not going to use any of this anyway."
If that were the case I could have saved that "stuff" from them and thrown it in the trash where some hobo would have found it and loved it. Where do they get off telling me my stuff is trash and that it isn't good enough for them to use?
So I say "alright..I'll just pawn off the printers." Wrong. Nobody will pawn off printers.
So now I'm stuck with the All-In-One, and two printers that I'm probably gonna have to sell on Craigslist, because I see no need in throwing away PERFECT printers! They all work great. I just happened to find a REALLY good one for $25 on sale at Wal-Mart for Christmas....
Sorry...just made me really angry. I don't think I will ever donate again. The same thing happened with Habitat for Humanity when I tried to give away my sofa that I'd been using, some paintings, some fans and a recliner that was too small for us. Grrr...
