Donating instruments: A pain in the arse!

[two fingers]

Public schools are pretty much a travesty from top to bottom. Bureaucratic Charlie Foxtrots and nothing more.

Find a private or charter school to donate to next time. Less hassle and they probably have a better program anyway.

 

[Gravedigger Dav]

Oh, I took you literally (a Squier Affinity P sells for way less than $500).

The last one I bought was $58.00. It is just a way of getting people to donate to a charity. It didn't bring that much.

 

[Kukulkan61]

Funny, the hippies that came and bought it totally looked like throwbacks to the 60's.

Hippies their ain't no more Hippies, their all Freeze dried or doing hard time Man...

 

[Kirk Bryant]

I call BS on that, I'm still a hippy at heart. Just an older, crankier, beat up, and wore down one.
Heck I just cut the long hair about 10 yrs ago because I refused to look like those guys who are bald on top and still have a ponytail. Haha
Peace ya'll.
Kirk out!

 

[Ritchie_Darling]

You will all be glad to hear that I dropped off the basses today.

The band director and the students were thrilled to get them!

Apparently, they are used to getting junk. But, these were in good shape.....

The band director even asked me if I was sure that I wanted to donate them.

And I got a receipt right away. All in all it was a good experience.

They even want me to come back and do a demo....

SCARY!!

 

[bobba66]

I just leave stuff in front of my house and donate it to whoever gets there first.

 

[zontar]

We donated an old piano--we go it for free--and didn't have the space for it--it wasn't in tune either--I would have loved to have kept it, but it didn't make sense--so one day I will buy an electronic keyboard that will use up less space & not require tuning. (I can easily tune guitars, basses, etc.)
We know a music teacher who asked about it when we were looking to get rid of it. Used acoustic pianos are a tough sale...

 

[Aberdumbie]

We donated an old piano--we go it for free--and didn't have the space for it--it wasn't in tune either--I would have loved to have kept it, but it didn't make sense--so one day I will buy an electronic keyboard that will use up less space & not require tuning. (I can easily tune guitars, basses, etc.)
We know a music teacher who asked about it when we were looking to get rid of it. Used acoustic pianos are a tough sale...

Five years ago I picked up a 150 year old foot pedal organ from the front yard of an elderly lady that sold her home. She was throwing it out!! Much of it was in pieces. Not a big deal to me as woodwork is one of my passions. I spent the rest of the weekend helping her as felt I needed to do something for this piece of history. It's been an ongoing restoration project for me and is a proud addition to our family room.... But yeah I bet I couldn't give the thing away.