Throwing away stuff

[erika]

Public libraries also take CDs. All different sorts. You can write them off as a donation if money is a priority.

[senorcorazon]

I think Goodwill is ok. I worked with them for a while. Salvation Army too... Has anyone heard anything to the contrary?

If you're willing to pay domestic shipping rates (which really aren't that much money in the whole scheme of things) you can donate used CDs to the troops:

http://soldiersangels.org

My mistake - Goodwill is pretty good - salvation army is TUBULAR. But giving stuff to charity at all is better than landfilling it.

And yes, The Soldiers of DFK accept all music. No tax write-off, but apparently they give lectures to the community about getting off syrup. 

[Andy]

if anyone has old panties they are planning on throwing away, let me know.

[Omar]

Keep on selling your cds and records guys! My collection gets bigger on the cheap!

Seconded.  I store CDs in Jewel Sleeves, which allows for keeping the front booklet and the tray card while ditching the space-filling jewel cases.  The 3-drawer chest holds 1,000 CDs in 4 square feet of space.

[Sarah]

if anyone has old panties they are planning on throwing away, let me know.

Andy, if only you'd spoken up sooner!  I just tossed a pair.  They're out in the trash right now, but I don't feel like rifling through it in the rain to retrieve them for you.  Selfish of me, I know.

[Andy]

no I won't