lol
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 28 December 2011 18:51 (twelve years ago) link
rent a room on the upper floors of a highrise hotel and throw it out the window
― t. silaviver, Wednesday, 28 December 2011 18:52 (twelve years ago) link
CRT's are no joke, though; they contain giant capacitors which can store tens of thousands of volts of electricity which can seriously injure somebody. and heavy metals. </serious dad>
― nice catch cuauhtemoc blanco niño (dayo), Wednesday, 28 December 2011 18:54 (twelve years ago) link
i remember when I moved to New York in like 2002, i needed a TV and would find like medium sized CRTs at stoop sales for like $80. It's barely 9 years later and people just leave giant 70" monsters on the curb for a week and no one bothers to even pick em up for free
― miranda lambo (dealwithit.gif), Wednesday, 28 December 2011 20:45 (twelve years ago) link
A dude down the block from us put out a huge ass CRT in an old wooden console with a 'FREE' sign in the alley. Somebody came by and decided they just wanted the scrap metal, so they kicked in the tube and yanked stuff out, leaving a broken CRT in the alley for four fucking months.
― shakur rump (I left my login in El Sandboxo), Wednesday, 28 December 2011 20:47 (twelve years ago) link
Dunno if they do this in the states but we got rid of ours by calling a local charity shop that has a furniture/electrical store and they came and picked it up. We later got a letter telling us they sold it for £20.
― Fake Eyeball, Wednesday, 28 December 2011 20:48 (twelve years ago) link
Charity shops around our area won't take electrical items, not even battery powered stuff.
― In other news: worldwide MJpopcorn.gif shortage (snoball), Wednesday, 28 December 2011 21:17 (twelve years ago) link
not sure if it's true everywhere but in DC at least Goodwill has an electronics recycling program... i just took in a huge CRT monitor + a broken laptop this afternoon.
― aglet, Thursday, 29 December 2011 01:27 (twelve years ago) link
i was almost killed in college when, while moving out of the dorms, some assholes through their old CRTTV off the roof and it landed about five feet away.
― Dranke, the German Drake Impersonator (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 29 December 2011 04:58 (twelve years ago) link
i had a similar incident except it was a fire extinguisher thrown from the 13th floor
― t. silaviver, Thursday, 29 December 2011 07:16 (twelve years ago) link
take it to Best Buy. peace
― maghrib is back (Hungry4Ass), Thursday, 29 December 2011 07:25 (twelve years ago) link