Keatah Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 (edited) Yep, that's one of the reasons I dislike the wastage and hypocrisy of big companies. Especially the ones that hide behind "eco".. Yet we practice the same thing. A lot has to do with liability and perceived profit/loss. It's also unfortunate that many companies bring out the worst of the instinctual behaviors. Edited February 27, 2015 by Keatah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Z Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Why fired?? They hate the world? Think it needs more junk? More likely the company has a contract with an industrial scrapper that says the scrapper has exclusive first picks on the companies junk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle22 Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Ask the disposal company's truck driver to put the monitor(s) in the truck gently, offer him a small fee to allow you to off load them after the truck leaves company property. What the company doesn't know won't hurt them, (or you). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanmercer Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Why fired?? They hate the world? Think it needs more junk? If OP takes it there are tax implications for their employer. http://smallbusiness.chron.com/company-sells-depreciated-asset-70063.html giving it to an employee would be seen as selling it, whatever the current fair value of the item is would be the value to my understanding. Back in 93-95 (at 8-10 years old) I'd email, call, and snail mail companies all over Indy and nearby areas asking what they do with their old computers and it was always pretty much 'they go into the garbage' and I'd ask if they'd be willing to give some of them to me and I'd always get sure sure then I'd get bounced around the companies before either their legal department or accountants got back to me saying they couldn't do it unless I was a 501c3. Sadly the companies I was reaching out to were stuff like Allisons Transmission, Eli Lilly etc so I couldn't even just go dumpster dive around tax time (although didn't stop me from doing it to small businesses, I'd get perfectly functional cash registers, one time I found a 100ish pound brass cash register and recruited friends and some ninja-neering to get it out of the dumpster and sold it to someone for 200$ which let me have an awesome time at the arcade in PCB, FL that summer on our family vacation... oh and you would be alarmed at what banks used to throw away in the 90's in unlocked regular dumpsters, not even in trash bags half the time... the carbon copies from credit card transactions, deposit/withdrawal forms with full account info etc). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 OK, I just asked the IS guy in charge of e-waste and it's a 42" CRT. Not only that, there are two of them they are throwing out, each having only about 200 hours of use on them. I think I'm going to be sick. The IS guy? Hell those Islamic State guys are even more horrible than I thought! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nebulon Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 plan b - contact the recycling/waste company they are going to have to spend money getting rid of them I think this might work and could be worth a try. Once it's transferred over to the recycling company, it's out of your employer's jurisdiction. So you could let the people at the recycling company know that if they don't want it, then you're interested in it. Then they can decide.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzz73 Posted February 27, 2015 Author Share Posted February 27, 2015 (edited) The idea is that my company doesn't want the serial # traced back to them... I guess they are terrified of the notion that a huge CRT would go onto my desk (over the support legs, of course) and that they would somehow be implicated in the display of Mr. Do!, Fort Apocalypse & Atari Writer in the privacy of my home office. Edited February 27, 2015 by Muzz73 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nebulon Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 The idea is that my company doesn't want the serial # traced back to them... I guess they are terrified of the notion that a huge CRT would go onto my desk (over the support legs, of course) and that they would somehow be implicated in the display of Mr. Do!, Fort Apocalypse & Atari Writer in the privacy of my home office. Wow! That's a stretch. So they actually sent in the registration cards for all their TVs? (or logged every serial number of every TV they ever purchased?) I've never actually heard of the person who purchased a television being liable for the content that's being displayed on said TV. In that case, I guess giving a TV to someone as a gift is just asking for prison time. If they're that worried about it, why don't they just do you and the environment a favor and sell the thing to you for a dollar, give you an official bill of sale, and keep a copy of the invoice for themselves? A bit like tracing the droids back to their original owners, I guess.... Ultimately, it's like worrying about science fiction. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nebulon Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Oh man, now this is funny! http://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/faqs/FAQ10 It reminds me of the episode of The Young Ones where Vyvyan ate the TV because he didn't want the inspector to find it. And here I thought they were joking. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzz73 Posted February 27, 2015 Author Share Posted February 27, 2015 I know, it sounds ridiculous, but that is their excuse/reasoning... they don't want the serial number traced back to them somehow. Ugh... it's not like a someone using a PC formerly owned by said company to hack into a remote system and cause problems; it's a TV/monitor! Data goes into it one way! Maddening, this... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Maybe it's got something to do with RAY-DEE-A-SHUN? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzz73 Posted February 28, 2015 Author Share Posted February 28, 2015 I know... they have the best intention, but... :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atari8warez Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 OK, I just asked the IS guy in charge of e-waste and it's a 42" CRT. Not only that, there are two of them they are throwing out, each having only about 200 hours of use on them. I think I'm going to be sick. You need a forklift to carry a 42" CRT. I remember moving my 32" SONY upstairs to my bedroom when I first moved-into my current home. I was lucky and somehow managed to do it by myself but it wasn't easy. I wouldn't attempt it again. That's mainly why it is still in my bedroom 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 You need a forklift to carry a 42" CRT. That's about the speed of things. I remember the wife exploded when she caught me hoisting one those beasts up the second floor with the jeep winch. That was before LCD's commanded the marketplace. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atari8warez Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 LOL... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fujidude Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 (edited) The 2nd heaviest set I had was a 32" CRT. The 1st heaviest was an early 50" plasma. The 32" I could easily handle on my own, but not the plasma! I now have another 50" plasma (Panasonic) that is newer (not new by any means) and it is much lighter than that 1st Philips one I had. The Panasonic is still too much to manage by me alone though. Also have a Sony 55" LCD backlit by LED. Wow is that thing lighter than the rest. I could manage that one almost but for the girth of it. The weight is manageable. Edited February 28, 2015 by fujidude Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grevle Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 (edited) Thats why i stick to 14 inch crt, Easy to move around, doesnt take up lots of space, And actually one get used to the size, its a matter of the setup i decribed earlier. That said One might go to 20 inch crt. obvious bigger and bulkier than 14 inch. ... For me 20 inch CRT is the biggest i would go for Atari 8-bits or eventually other retro console computer stuff. But those 14 inch are kinda cute so i mostly stick to those for the moment. Edited February 28, 2015 by BioFreeze 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinks Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 We don't need gym memberships we need Crt lifting. Btw. Tell your boss he is dumb. That reason for you not taking the electronics is beyond lame. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fujidude Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 Thats why i stick to 14 inch crt, Easy to move around, doesnt take up lots of space, And actually one get used to the size, its a matter of the setup i decribed earlier. That said One might go to 20 inch crt. obvious bigger and bulkier than 14 inch. ... For me 20 inch CRT is the biggest i would go for Atari 8-bits or eventually other retro console computer stuff. But those 14 inch are kinda cute so i mostly stick to those for the moment. If one is using a machine that doesn't have a "desktop" with multiple "windows", I can totally agree with that. For me, larger sizes are good for being able to spread multiple windows around and have less hidden behind. I guess if were using FJC's new GUI he is developing, that might provide cause for pause. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashjazzcat Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 Larger resolutions enable the spreading around of multiple windows, but since the A8's resolution stays the same regardless of the size of the tube, 14" should be just fine for most purposes unless one's eyesight is especially poor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fujidude Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 Larger resolutions enable the spreading around of multiple windows, but since the A8's resolution stays the same regardless of the size of the tube, 14" should be just fine for most purposes unless one's eyesight is especially poor. Oops. Of course. I was so bedazzled by the cool looking screen shots of GOS that it made me think of it in terms of a GUI that sports higher res desktops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzz73 Posted April 10, 2015 Author Share Posted April 10, 2015 Necro-bump/Update: the company recycled one of the big CRT Trinitrons and the other is now in the back of my vehicle! Now I have to figure out where I'm going to put it... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+kheller2 Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 In the US, there are a lot of accounting laws that need to be followed for legal and financial reasons. There is a very big difference between "scrapping/writing off" something to an official disposal company or dumping it in the trash and worse yet "donating" to someone or another organization let alone an employee of said company. Sometimes they are even stranger -- some devices need to be plugged in and turned on for proper depreciation no matter how useless the devices is anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 Makework busy laws and bullshit from corporate toadies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foebane Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 I think DVDs look best on a CRT, as that is what they were designed for (especially in SCART RGB mode, I was blown away when I first saw that!) For some reason, DVDs just NEVER look good on an LCD - must be the dodgy upscaling that is constantly used. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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