Had an idea, might backfire, might not, what do yall think?

I recycle TV's and CRT's for a living, as most of yall know. I've been mulling around an idea, of putting an ad up on CL, offering "free drop off" of tube TV's. Here's the ad i posted.







Here at OLD SCHOOL RECYCLING we are doing our part, by correctly processing old tube tv's, and computer monitors!

You can drive them all the way to the dump, and waste $30 in gas, or you can drive them to the OLD SCHOOL RECYCLING drop off spot, for free!

We are conveniently located in Meridian, Crossroads are Meridian, and Cherry LN. Just 3 miles from Boise, and 5 miles from Nampa!

WHAT YOU CAN DROP OFF!

Old tube TV's
Computer Monitors
Big screen "projection" TV's. *Their is a $5 fee for these to be dropped off*
Old computer towers

WE ALSO OFFER PICKUP OF YOUR TV'S!

We will come to your house and pick them up from the curb, or driveway, for a fee of $5 *in the Boise/Meridian area*

Please call OLD SCHOOL RECYCLING at 208-389-8849 for location, and more information!

Thank you and have a great day!













What do yall think? Any and all criticism is welcome!

Just realized my phone number's still on there. I'm too dang tired/lazy to edit my post.

If i get any crank calls.....LOL

It could work. I have thought about doing the same for appliance drop offs. My concern would be getting calls of where I am located, and it being a thieving scrapper looking for a place to clean me out.

About a month ago I saw a guy on the Boise CL advertising his address of where to drop off stuff. Wouldn't surprise me if some scumbags took a trip out there to see what could be had.

Yeah i thought about that. You've met me and my old man, we aint exactly the type of people thieves want to be meetin' up with. ;-)

Looks good to me. Wish I had a place in denver to get rid of the tubes.

here we had several drop off sites with big signs, couple of years ago every time I drove by one there was always 2 or 3 appliances sitting there, in the last 6 months I havent seen one appliance at any of them, unemployment here is at 14% or better, and the scrappers # are growing like an ant colony.

I think that is a good idea. The only downside I see is craigslist. I don't think you get enough exposure. The only people that are going to drop the stuff off are the people that cruise craigslist. You have to get to the masses and the non craigslist viewers in my opinion to make it work big.

We have a local electronic recycle company that runs radio adds for drop offs or for a one day collection event. They usually fill 2 tractor trailers or more and the traffic is usually baked up to get to them. Yes You are going to have more costs for advertising but you could get a big bang for your buck and get to the people that don't even read or care about craigslist.
I know there is a lot of competition out there for scrappers but it amazes me to see how much more can be gotten by just with the right advertising. I go to our local landfill a couple times a month and they have a container for steel only that is always full. The thing is people are bringing this stuff to the landfill and having to pay to get rid of it. I also see pallets of car batteries there too. So somehow we need to get to these people and I don't think it is on craigslist.

I take my tv/monitor tubes to best buy but its $10 a tube but you get store credit. So I am saving them up for new plasma tv. Lol

my goodwill doesnt want them at all, complete with cord or gutted, must be nice for you who can drop them off at goodwill.