While following my own advice to rid yourself of clutter I decided to donate stuff to Goodwill. I had some ancient exercise dvds that I thought someone could benefit from, so I threw those in with the stuff and hauled it off to the store with me. However, when I got there and handed the man the bags he gave back the exercise stuff. When I asked why he said “we don’t take anything related to exercise.” I then said “is it because Goodwill is then liable?” He said “yeah someone got hurt.”
If you search the web for this info you won’t find anything on a lawsuit against goodwill. However what you will find is a lot of REALLY happy customers talking about their great exercise bargains. This makes me think that this is a recent change to Goodwill’s protocol. The sad part is that a lot of people could be benefiting from someone else unused equipment. If you aren’t sure what you can, and can not donate here is a detailed list.
Items We Can NOT Take:
- Any clothing that is ripped, stained, missing buttons and snaps
- Air conditioners
- Automobile parts
- Baby furniture
- Box spring or mattress
- Carpeting
- Clothes hangers
- Desks (Heavy metal ones, wood is fine)
- Exercise equipment
- Firearms
- Furniture needing cleaning
- Head and foot boards
- Lawn mowers
- Lumber
- Magazines
- Major appliances
- Microwaves
- Pianos and organs
- Scooters
- Sofa beds
- Stereos (consoles)
- Swing sets
- Tires
- TV
- Hospital beds
- Wall heaters
- Windows, screens and doors
This list seems a tad off … I did see a tv in the truck when I went to drop my stuff off. If you have exercise equipment that you want to get rid of try using Craig’s list, ebay, or give it to a friend. Spread the exercise and fitness wealth instead of just throwing it away!
Adria Ali
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