Charity shop taking electrical items?

[Sue]

Admin, please move if this isn't in the right section.

I have a record deck I'd like to take to a charity shop (the deck has connections to convert vinyl to MP3s or whatever via appropriate software).

Does anybody know if either the hospice shop or the Mind shop takes electrical items? I know when I took an old vintage lamp to the hospice shop they wouldn't take it until I had removed all the wiring, however this deck is newer than the lamp was (though around ten years old I think).

[OutOfFocus]

My understanding is the British Heart foundation are more accepting of electrical goods.

We bought a DVD Player from their bromley branch, and named them British SCART foundation (groan).

[siousxiesue]

Hospice shop doesn't

[Sue]

Thanks, I don't really want to go too far afield in the current circumstances.

Maybe I'd be better just giving it away on here.

That's how I got the newer version I have now 🙂

[ctovey]

ALD Life in Peckham takes electricals. They might collect from you

[Sue]

ctovey Wrote:

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> ALD Life in Peckham takes electricals. They might

> collect from you

Ah thanks, I'll look into that.

I'd rather it went to a charity.

ETA Thanks so much, I just looked at their website and it does seem they collect.

I have some other things to donate as well, some quite bulky, so that would be really helpful

[ruffers]

British Heart Foundation will probably collect.

[seenbeen]

siousxiesue Wrote:

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> Hospice shop doesn't

I took an electrical item there 2 weeks ago and they accepted it in the large branch of the St Christopher's Hospice shop?

[Sue]

seenbeen Wrote:

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> I took an electrical item there 2 weeks ago and

> they accepted it in the large branch of the St

> Christopher's Hospice shop?

Oh that's odd.

What was it?

Could it have been a new person who didn't know they didn't take them?

[almost peckham]

St. Christopher's have a list online of what they will and won't take but it doesn't really tally with what they will and won't take when you turn up with stuff.

[seenbeen]

Sue Wrote:

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> Could it have been a new person who didn't know

> they didn't take them?

The person who took it off me checked with someone out the back. It was new and maybe the person out the back wanted it for themselves!

[DulwichFox]

Charity shops will no longer take used electrical items

They have to be PAT Tested for them to sell them.

That's the law..

Foxy.

[Sue]

DulwichFox Wrote:

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> Charity shops will no longer take used electrical

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> They have to be PAT Tested for them to sell them.

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> That's the law..

Yes, so the charity shops which do take them get them PAT tested.

I've always assumed they have a volunteer who does this for free, as it probably wouldn't be worth their while otherwise.

I've also always assumed that the ones who don't take them don't have such a person.

But of course I could be wrong on all counts 🤣

[Sue]

Thanks for the private messages!

I can't reply to any more till I've deleted some messages, which I will do shortly :(