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Donate Your Car

 
 
gollum
 
Reply Sun 21 Dec, 2008 08:07 am
There are charities that heavily advertise asking you to donate your used car to them. Some of them give you something of value (e.g., a motel stay) in return plus a tax deducation (from the government).

What do the charities do with the cars? Who would want to buy them?
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Butrflynet
 
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Reply Tue 23 Dec, 2008 09:08 pm
@gollum,
When I typed your question into Google, these are some of the answers that came up:

http://www.catholiccharitiesaz.org/faq.aspx#4

http://www.weta.org/support/waystogive/vehicle/faqs#3

Here's an article on the subject:

http://news.carjunky.com/what_happens_with_car_donations_13074.shtml


And straight from the government's mouth:

http://209.85.173.132/search?q=cache:bCiWIIfO5ZsJ:www.gao.gov/new.items/d03608t.pdf+what+do+charities+do+with+donated+vehicles%3F&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=2&gl=us
mismi
 
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Reply Tue 23 Dec, 2008 09:41 pm
@Butrflynet,
We had a truck that was going to cost more for us to fix up and sell - not to mention - we are not very mechanical. The solution was to donate it. The charity we gave it to, repairs and cleans up old cars that have been donated. They are sold at a very low price to people who need cars to work. The profit goes back into the company to repair other cars donated. We got a nice tax break on it and got rid of the eye sore sitting in our driveway.
Rockhead
 
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Reply Tue 23 Dec, 2008 09:44 pm
@mismi,
I used to donate time fixing on almost crap cars for a catholic charity that helped abused ladies and kids.

Helping other folks ain't all bad.

(and I'm not a cat licker)
mismi
 
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Reply Tue 23 Dec, 2008 10:02 pm
@Rockhead,
Good thing...hate to see you coughing up all those fur balls. Wink
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stavenmorris
 
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Reply Fri 18 May, 2012 10:38 am
Donation is really be nice think for all so you also giving a any think for charity and local. Car donate is good idea for helping more orphanage to helping more old man and children and poor people also. I also giving my old car for child charity is really fill good for that.
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