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kdishman kdishman
 
M$2 December 23, 2008 02:18 AM

What is the best way to get rid of 20 years worth of National Geographic magazines in the Atlanta, GA area?

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tracebooks tracebooks
 
 December 23, 2008 02:25 AM
Freecycle! You choose the recipient, and they will come and get them from you (saving your back) or meet you at a designated point. It very well may be a teacher or librarian who requests them.
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• Thanks for recommending Freecycle. I knew about the obvious places to try and sell them, but I like the idea of finding them a home instead of a landfill. You were first to suggest Freecycle, so you get the tip!


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December 23, 2008 02:26 AM - New Source
www.freecycle.org for a local organization

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jasoncalac... jasoncalac...
 
December 23, 2008 02:22 AM
I would suggest donating them to a school or library or putting them on Craigslist and EBAY.

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wabba wabba
 
December 23, 2008 02:22 AM
Great minds think alike haha

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xds xds
 
December 23, 2008 02:37 AM
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wabba wabba
 
December 23, 2008 02:23 AM
Donate them to a local school or library. Something along those lines. Places like those are always looking for resources.

If not that, you can sell them on ebay or craigslist.

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jewninja jewninja
 
December 23, 2008 02:24 AM
Ship them to me.

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easyeboy easyeboy
 
December 23, 2008 02:27 AM
Sell them on eBay! I've done this before, and got rid of a bunch of great magazines, as there are people who collect them. You might also want to sell them in a garage sale, give them away to family members, or donate them to a library or school.

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totalanswe... totalanswe...
 
December 23, 2008 02:36 AM
Don't bother with the hassle of eBay, or trying to sell them on Craig's List. It's risky and time consuming. And for what? 20 bucks?

No one wants to buy old magazines. Donate them to your local Goodwill or Salvation Army for a tax write off.

Find a local Goodwill location here: http://locator.goodwill.org

Find a Salvation Army location here: http://www.salvationarmyusa.org/usn/www_usn_2.nsf/vw-local/Ways-to-give

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glaspell glaspell
 
December 23, 2008 02:40 AM
These are great suggestions. I just wanted to follow up to make it even easier for you.

To join Free Cycle for the Atlanta area, where you can choose who to give your magazines to, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/freecycle-ATL/ This is really easy since they'll come and pick it up from you.

If you want to make money and want to keep it local, Craigslist is a great resource. To post wanting to sell magazines in the Atlanta area, go to: https://post.craigslist.org/atl/S/bks/none/x

If you want to support your local school's library, go to http://www.youseemore.com/AtlantaPS/directory.asp to choose the school nearest you in the Atlanta area and you'll be able to contact that librarian. I could direct you more specifically, but I don't know your current location.

Finally, to contact the public libraries you can go to this page to see which is closest to you and give them a call: http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&q=atlanta+libraries&fb=1&view=text&sa=X&oi=local_group&resnum=4&ct=more-results&cd=1

I hope this is helpful to you, and someone will be happy to get the magazines!
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http://freecycle.org/
http://craigslist.org/
http://www.atlanta.k12.ga.us/
http://www.youseemore.com/AtlantaPS/directory.asp
maps.google.com


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