Mulligan said:Geesh I miss the days when I could just put my girlfriend in the closet, when I wanted some time to myself.
Wads said:nice post op, need to clear out the closet for gf

Just take the air out first.

To save money buying shipping materials (if you don't have them handy) and time packing up those old CRTs, printers, etc. you'd better first check free ewaste collection in your local community. Just load your junk in your car/truck and drive to drop-off location; there may even have staffers/volunteers there helping you un-load yours. Quick and easy.

For those of you surprised that you don't have to be a member of costco to use this program, it's really nothing surprising. You don't even have to be a member to shop there. In fact it is cheaper if you aren't a member to shop there (B&M, not sure about online). If you have a costco gift card (bought for 90-95% of face value on eBay of course), you can show that as proof of membership when you walk in. Then when checking out all you have to do is show them the gift card, and they will accept it no questions asked, they won't (shouldn't) even ask you for a membership card.

Thus, it's cheaper to shop there without being a member, why pay a $40 dollar membership fee?

michaelkenyon said:When the Costco recycling deal is the hottest one to be found at FW on a Sunday, it makes me wonder what's going on.

Stores are getting tired of giving stuff away cheap and losing money, then people want to return them and get a price match since it went on clearance.

jayK said:Bowen said:Thus, it's cheaper to shop there without being a member, why pay a $40 dollar membership fee?Opportunity cost and convenience. If you always need to buy a costco cash card in advance (99% of face value is a better estimate for eBay purchases), you lose the use of that money between the time you buy the card and the time you make the purchase. Costco makes money on this float.

You also lose the ability to earn rewards on your purchases, not to mention the loss of the interest-free 30 day loan you get when purchasing with a credit card. Plus, if you need to buy more than you have on a Costco cash card, you're out of luck.

You also might run into trouble returning an item without a membership.

The times I've went, the CSRs are clueless about the Gift Card and ask me for a membership card anyway. I think it works fine for groceries but if you're buying a big ticket item, you may have problems returning it. The membership is $50 dollars now.

cnIsfg said:All of these programs offered by retailers and manufacturers (ie Costco, Staples, HP, Sony, etc ) are all run by the same Canadian company Mediagrif.

The other 25% of trade-ins Market Velocity collects are simply too damaged for resell or contain hazardous materials such as CRT monitors.Those item are shipped to Galveston TX and loaded on barges. Those bardges are then sent to Indonesia where environmental laws don’t exist.

Could someone please give some credible references to these claims? That all the remaining items like CRT monitors are shipped to Indonesia.

Palm Treo 750 = $144 (Value)

Buy from AT&T Premier for $99 and turn into Costco for $144 x as many times as you want = a little profit.

MasterX said:grusty3 said:How do you check worth at Circuit City ?

Ditto, did a quick Google and did not find anyting. Inless I missed it.

Look up DealTree, I believe the address for the program is cc.eztradein.com or something of the sort. Other retailers participate in that too, but CRTs and printers are not accepted IIRC.

" About 75% of the junk Market Velocity collects and sells to salvage dealers ends up on eBay and then eventually ends up right back in your communities"

This is the best form of recycling. 100% of the material is recycled, compared to melting it down and salvaging maybe %50.

Where can I buy treo 750's? Do you have to buy it with a plan?

Green for you OP for saving me money even though I have nothing of trade-in value!