Comments on: You don't have to go home but you can't stay here.

Question: You don't have to go home but you can't stay here.

ben242 — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 12:31:05 -0800

What do I do with a hundred USB keyboards?

The company I work for has, in our Manhattan office, a stockpile of new-in-box USB keyboards and USB optical mice (mouses?). NYC public schools need donations of whole computers, not spare peripherals. I can't seem to sell these things on Craigslist at a rate of more than 1 every 2 months. What do I do with these things?

By: k8t

k8t — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 12:36:34 -0800

eBay them as a lot!

By: JuiceBoxHero

JuiceBoxHero — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 12:41:24 -0800

There's plenty of organizations out there where you can donate old computer equipment. At my old company, we donated tons of keyboards, mice, monitors, you-name-it to an organization that refurbished it and sent it to schools in Africa. Here's a list I found of groups accepting computer donations.

By: jmd82

jmd82 — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 13:39:17 -0800

Check with the private schools, too. Contrary to some beliefs, we're not all stock-piled with extra cash. We just transitioned from PC --> Mac and having USB keyboard would have been pretty convenient at the time.

By: devbrain

devbrain — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 13:57:19 -0800

CFY doesn't specifically talk about whether they'd take keyboard donations, but does link to here as an alternative.

By: mistikle

mistikle — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 16:11:50 -0800

Sell them to me for an art project I've been thinking of? ;)

By: theichibun

theichibun — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 16:35:01 -0800

Freecycle, or otherwise give them away (assuming you're allowed to do that). I know that I don't feel like buying a new keyboard because mine works but if someone gave me one I wouldn't hesitate to take it.

By: legotech

legotech — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 18:13:39 -0800

Make wallets out of em and ESTY the wallets? DIY Wallet

By: patnok

patnok — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 18:48:10 -0800

We rehab older pc's & donate them to toys for tots. I will pay the frieght if you want to send a dozen each to us.

By: curagea

curagea — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 20:59:43 -0800

I'd like one :). If they're ergonomic, that is. The keyboards, I mean. Although I wouldn't mind a mouse either.

By: SirStan

SirStan — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 21:51:25 -0800

I work with a 501c3 (verifiable) that works in community mental health that could use them, as well as local non-profit based student labs in neighboring towns.

I can provide a fedex/ups/dhl label to Vermont for some/most/all of them.

By: yellowcandy

yellowcandy — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 00:27:21 -0800

Call Teach For America and see if you can donate to/through them. The kids who wind up using the keyboards will be the ones who need them most.