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Best Buy Launches Appliance & Tech Haul Away Service |
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Post# 1147026   4/20/2022 at 22:30 (707 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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Watch out scrappers, Best Buy is getting into the appliance haul away business.
"Best Buy’s offering to take away and recycle your unwanted tech and appliances for a $199 fee. The standalone haul-away service includes the pickup of two large items, like a TV or washing machine, as well as an unlimited number of smaller products, from laptops to printers. Best Buy will then send your products off to a “trusted recycling partner,” where they will be repurposed, repaired, or recycled" www.theverge.com/2022/4/2... |
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Post# 1147029 , Reply# 1   4/20/2022 at 22:42 (707 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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Don't know about elsewhere in USA, but far as one's local area don't see many paying $200 for BB to haul away anything. People will put discarded appliances out on curb for scrappers or anyone else to take. Sanitation department still collects things like fridges, air conditioners and some items for free. Electronics and other gadgets and small appliances will be put on curb for anyone to take.
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Post# 1147033 , Reply# 2   4/20/2022 at 23:00 (707 days old) by eurekastar (Amarillo, Texas)   |   | |
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Post# 1147095 , Reply# 3   4/21/2022 at 15:44 (707 days old) by Paulg (My sweet home... Chicago)   |   | |
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At first glance I wasn’t sure I liked Best Buy’s deal. However I am now having second thoughts.
I recently needed to recycle two dehumidifiers and a room air-conditioner. All still had Freon. My out-of-pocket was in the upper-hundreds to “do the responsible thing” and take them to a Freon recovery outfit. And I had to haul them to the recycling/recovery plant myself! In retrospect, if Best Buy is indeed pulling the Freon responsibly, this may be a good thing. |
Post# 1147113 , Reply# 4   4/21/2022 at 18:28 (706 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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We're blessed that here local sanitation still collects fridges, freezers, air conditioners.. anything with Freon or other gases.
You let them know what you've got, and sanitation will tell you when to put it out for someone to come around and remove gases. Appliance is then tagged safe for collection which can happen on next regularly scheduled pick-up day. www1.nyc.gov/assets/dsny/site/co... That being said more often than not scrappers or dumpster divers will pick-up any large appliance they spy. This regardless if tagged that gases have been removed or not. |
Post# 1147134 , Reply# 6   4/22/2022 at 00:57 (706 days old) by qsd-dan (West)   |   | |
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Post# 1147139 , Reply# 7   4/22/2022 at 06:45 (706 days old) by Paulg (My sweet home... Chicago)   |   | |
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Post# 1147279 , Reply# 8   4/24/2022 at 08:15 (704 days old) by polkanut (Wausau, WI )   |   | |
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