I know I don't post on that often. Between the new job and the wedding coming up my free time is not as much as use to have. Last night after working on the ol'Saab it became more and more clear the car is just short of needing the motor rebuilt. after much thought and not wanting to dump the car on some unknowing person we have decided to donate the car to Goodwill. Has any one done this before?
thank you Dave
My neighbors donated a car to the foundation for the blind... ironically enough the brakes were bad.
They did it for tax purposes and I'm sure the FFTB just scrapped it. I would have gladly paid them whatever it save them on their taxes and made a cash donation myself... but its whatever.
My boss and his wife bossette have a Jeep Cherokee in the parking lot they keep saying they're going to donate. But if you ask him he says she has to finish it, ask her and she says she's waiting on him. Meanwhile it's totally in the way when they try to actually plow the snow for us...
...but from what I've heard it's a matter of just calling Goodwill & they send the truck to retrieve it. Not sure how much tax writeoff comes from it. I've been to one Goodwill car auction, years ago. Almost bought a $400 mini van for daily/carrying photo equipment.
Has anybody donated parts?
It used to be that when you donated you could claim Blue Book for the deduction. The IRS got wise to this and changed the law. Now, when the charity donates it they send you a receipt for what they got for it. That is what you get to deduct.
I don't really like the idea of donating cars that are at all interesting because they just get scrapped. Is it really bad enough that selling it wouldn't work?
The car is pretty bad off when thinking about selling to some one. The controls for heating and ac have been broke off by PO along with the inside drivers door handle. It needs a new head gasket maybe a new head/engine. It will be needing brakes and the exhaust ends at the catilict converter. The car has 175k on it. It's not a car that would ever be restored or as seen a desirable car. That's why I would just rather donate it.
Guess you could always post a listing at like $100 and explain everything wrong. Never know when another Saab owner needs a few parts & is willing to trailer the whole carcass home to get those parts.
you'd get more selling it for $350 as a parts car than you would using the charitable donation on your taxes. it doesn't mean you get xxx back on your return, it just lowers your intake by xxx and you get y back. like $5
Prob get more for sending it to the junkyard.... about a year ago they gave me 400$ for a non runner 91 escort.... and they picked it up
Can we donate a canoe?
Canoe deleted.
A few years ago, I bought an early S-10 project. It turned out to be more than I could/wanted to handle. I donated it to the local Public Radio station.
The flatbed that came was from the Pull-A-Part. The service that NPR used for it's donations brokered it straight to the junkyard.
The Junkyard would have payed me $400 minus $100 tow fee. I couldn't take the tax write off, anyhow.
I just felt better about giving. If you need the money, call around. Everything is worth a few bucks these days, even if you have to get it towed.
One local agency has a "Drive to Work" program.
So of course the car has to be driveable.
Junkyards, especially the big ones like Pick and Pull, are lowballing everyone on cars these days, claiming that steel prices are way down. Couple years ago got $400 for an old Accord. Called them on another today, same year and model, and was offered $150. They have gotten so big, or maybe they have so many people turning in cars, they can do this and still get them. Guess it's supply and demand.
I've been to a few goodwill auctions and there are often some odd/interesting cars there so don't assume they're going to be scrapped. Most buyers were small car lots or shops looking for stuff to fix and flip. Plus the odd enthusiast buying Saab convertibles. Powar to the white courtesy phone please.
This seems like the appropriate place for this:
In Eugene, OR if anybody is dumb enough...
About ten years ago, I bought a Toyota Van from Goodwill. Not an auction. I bought it from the store. They had it in the parking lot, right in front of the store. It was a 1987 Toyota Van LE in 2wd with ice maker, third row, rotating second row captain seats, rear AC and dual power sunroofs. Asking was $900. Paid $400.
They don't auction everything.
Junkyard_Dog wrote: I've been to a few goodwill auctions and there are often some odd/interesting cars there so don't assume they're going to be scrapped. Most buyers were small car lots or shops looking for stuff to fix and flip. Plus the odd enthusiast buying Saab convertibles. Powar to the white courtesy phone please.
That's me, but this post is over a year old. It was bumped by a canoe and no one is paying attention to the date nor the fact that ECM even mentioned deleting the canoe.
Oh well, it is a good subject anyway.
I noticed the date only because it popped up in "your threads" and I was like "when did I comment about Goodwill auctions??"
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