 Rank: Queen of the Quackery Posts: 4,001
Location: In my little Bubble
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We are having a new washing machine and couch delivered tomorrow and the thought just crossed my mind, how do we get rid of the old ones? They are definitely not good enough to sell and we don't have a ute or trailer and if we did I still wouldn't know where to take them so how to I get rid of them? Is there a service or something that does it or something like that?
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Rank: Queen of the Quackery Posts: 2,596
Location: Brisvegas
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Are they good enough to give away to charity? If so you can call St Vinnies / Salvos and they usually will come and pick up. They do need to be in working condition though... Our little Isabelle Rose born 18 September 2009 Me (Amelia) 34, DH 33, Our Darling Girl 2My milky loving girl has now self weaned at 26 months Operation MIBS (Make Isabelle a Big Sister) is taking way too long but we are determined to get there in the end!  
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Rank: Queen of the Quackery Posts: 2,909
Location: Magrathea, The Galaxy
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depends who you buy from, some places will take your washer or dryer or fridge if you ask them
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Rank: Queen of the Quackery Posts: 9,812
Location: North Coast, NSW
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Mealsy wrote:Are they good enough to give away to charity? If so you can call St Vinnies / Salvos and they usually will come and pick up. They do need to be in working condition though... Charities will pick up Me - 34, DH - 38, DS1 - 14, DS2 - 8, DS3 - 2 Proudly BF DS3 26 months!  
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 Rank: Lady of the Lake Posts: 1,718
Location: Perth, Western Australia
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I left a heap of stuff out for Good Sammy's once (I was at uni when they came to pick it up) and they were very selective about what they took! So I'd explain to them exactly what you have and see if they will actually take it. We ended up having to do a dump run, with furniture that was perfectly OK, just didn't fit in our new house.  DD1 made it to 22 months! DD1 - December 2009 DD2 - January 2012 - straight back onto the booby feeding bandwagon 
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Rank: Queen of the Quackery Posts: 6,006
Location: Brisbane
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offer them on freecycle if no charities will collect, you join through yahoo groups
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Rank: Lady of the Lake Posts: 1,925
Location: Townsville
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who are you getting the new stuff from...? I am not sure about Brisbane, but here in Townsville most places take the old stuff for you, can you ring the company who are delivering your stuff and ask them...? ME - 23 DH - 24  Keeping fit and healthy in pregnancy!! 
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 Rank: Moderator Posts: 10,142
Location: Innaloo, WA
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If the old stuff is pretty much written off we usually just store it until the next bulk collection and then leave it out. We have a big shed out the back though so we can store stuff like that without it being too much of a hassle. Mama to 3 gorgeous boys  Cole ~ 18 May, 2007
Cooper ~ 17 August, 2009
Hudson ~ 25 February, 2011
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 Rank: Host Admin Posts: 37
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Hey Tara, look on your local council website as ours we can book a general waste or white goods pick up on special days for free.
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 Rank: Hatchling Posts: 273
Location: South of Sydney
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i know there is a business out there which pays YOU to take away od white goods i know for sure it for fridges aswell lol not 100% certain on washing machines though.. not sure if thats very helpful though Julie:- 25 Harry:- 2 
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Rank: Moderator Posts: 10,142
Location: Innaloo, WA
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felicity&elise wrote:Hey Tara, look on your local council website as ours we can book a general waste or white goods pick up on special days for free. really? I never knew that!! Will look for sure next time we have something big to ditch! Mama to 3 gorgeous boys Cole ~ 18 May, 2007
Cooper ~ 17 August, 2009
Hudson ~ 25 February, 2011
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Rank: Host Admin Posts: 37
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~tara~ wrote:felicity&elise wrote:Hey Tara, look on your local council website as ours we can book a general waste or white goods pick up on special days for free. really? I never knew that!! Will look for sure next time we have something big to ditch! It's Marrickville council trying to be green and recycling, but they have been doing it a while now, so it may have spread. I think we get 2 white good collections a year, 3 general waste and one furniture.
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Rank: Queen of the Quackery Posts: 2,766
Location: Central Coast, NSW
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Most councils will do a free junk/rubbish pick up (you get 6 a year in NSW). If you pay rent you landlord pays for the free service it their rates so ring your landlord and council and see what you can do. We have been doing a lot of cleaning up lately and have been having one every couple of months.
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 Rank: Eggling Posts: 2
Location: Tweed Heads
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MyMiniMes wrote:We are having a new washing machine and couch delivered tomorrow and the thought just crossed my mind, how do we get rid of the old ones? They are definitely not good enough to sell and we don't have a ute or trailer and if we did I still wouldn't know where to take them so how to I get rid of them? Is there a service or something that does it or something like that? Metal recyclers will pick up anything with metal in it. They once picked up one of my inner spring mattresses. Maybe your lounge has some metal in it somewhere. They will certainly take your washing machine.
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