donator's viewpoint
Quite a bit of effort went into going thru things and loading a 6' x 20' trailer - full of clothes, toys, and old electronics. Goodwill's website says they take old electronics and I called ahead to confirm. Yes, we take them all. Well, they don't, and I loaded them for nothing and still have a trailer with a dozen items. Also, there is no attempt made to value the contribution. Boxes and boxes of sorted, folded clothes and bags of unsorted, some new, all good, overwhelming amount, and so I made no inventory. For a decent tax deduction I will, I am sure, need someone's estimate outside of my own. But all Goodwill provides is a blank signed card. A great place to buy, I'm sure. No so great for donations.
