My Stuff- I Can't Give It Away (UPDATE)

     (Originally posted on Wednesday, August 20, 2014)


It's pathetic when I can't give my stuff away free

Two pieces of furniture I wanted to donate

I was under the mistaken impression if I called a couple of local charities they would swing by and pick up my donations It appears my stuff is so crappy it's not good enough for the so-called needy.

I have a wooden crib, high chair and playpen in near perfect condition. I've been told local agencies neither accept upholstered furniture nor baby stuff more then five years old. The wife also wanted to give away 22 VHS exercise tapes. That's a no-go too. However I did find one that will accept my 2 DVD players, 1 DVR, TV Stand and 23 audio CD's.. well la-di-dah for me!

As for the sofa-bed and loveseat, it's still in my finished basement. I will continue to use it every day for many more years just as I have been.

My Take On This Is...
So-called Lehigh Valley agencies for the poor would prefer perfectly good furniture end up in the dump rather then give it away. What's good enough for us (living in the West End) doesn't measure up to the standards of those living amongst Allentown's impoverished.



If this stuff is good enough for our asses, tell your clients to go get a job and work for this stuff like we had to. So much for us wanting to help out what I thought were people less fortunate then ourselves It now makes me wonder who really are the less fortunate. We or they?



UPDATE
FREAKING UNBELIEVABLE!
One of the charities finally came out. I called 3 of them (this one twice). When I explained this stuff was in the basement and they should pull around back for easy loading they told me they aren't allowed to either pull in back or enter my basement. Are you F*&KING ME!!!!

So now the hell with all of them. The crib, playpen, high chair, 2 perfectly good DVD players, DVR recorder 22 VHS exercise tapes, 23 audio CD's, clothing items, stacked snack trays, TV Stand, shoes/clothing and the outdoor motion display projector are all going to the dump. I figure this stuff is worth a couple of hundred buck$.

I don't want to ever hear again about the good work these Lehigh Valley charities supposedly do. Yeah I get it now. If I was giving them cash they'd be banging down my door. It's a damned shame I should have to kiss their ass rather then contribute to the already overflowing dumps.

I've never felt so insulted that I should have to crawl up their behinds to give away good quality (slightly used) stuff that I worked hard for and thought someone else could use. I learned my lesson. I'm not going to jump through hoops to give this stuff away when they act like they're doing me some kind of favor.

Nobody else cares if we fill up the dumps. Now I don't either. Congratulations for bringing this 66 year old up to speed on how the generations after mine now do things. From now on everything goes into the trash.. END OF STORY.

      Damned right I'm pissed!

Unlike people from my generation and those before, unless there's money to made by the people running these organizations they could give a damn less about their so-called missions to help the poor. A bunch of phonies.. the lot of them. I'm so done with my concerns over filling the dumps and the phony baloney bullshit about recycling items that others could use.

I tried. I know when to give up. I'm not going to frustrate myself another couple more weeks trying to do something nice for others when the deck is stacked against me. They say you're never to old to learn. Boy have I learned!