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Offer your own items for or for sale online:
Craig's List - the ad's FREE!
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What to do with the old sofa, chair, desk, or other furniture?
Sell it or give it away online:
Craigslist.org See Maine listings at www.maine.craigslist.org and click ‘POST’ to enter your listing.
Freecycle Yahoo groups like freecycle exist to facilitate direct giving only – not selling.
Requires joining the Yahoo group, creating a listing, and corresponding with those who reply.
Charities:
Catholic Charities Maine Refugee and Immigration Services
Tarlan Ahmadov, Lead Case Manager
207-523-2729
tahmadov@ccmaine.org
Furniture Bank
207-221-8168 (leave a message)
Offers assistance to the mentally disabled; a volunteer will return you call to arrange meeting you at the furniture bank (a church basement in downtown Portland) and provide assistance with unloading.
Occasionally a truck can be available for picking up from your location, but expect to drop your furniture off after making arrangements with the volunteer.
Goodwill 207-761-8452
Salvation Army 207-878-8555
Consignment:
Upscale Consignment Furniture
“Free pickup on gently used furniture”
150 Riverside Furniture
Portland, Maine
207-774-2900
www.upscalegroup.com
Maine turnpike exit 48
(we had other shops listed but have removed them - please look online and in your phone book for more)
Used furniture shops:
Anna’s Used Furniture
Steve
612 Congress Street in Portland
Steve may need help loading, may pick up something he can sell, but may not pay for all items.
Last resort:
Dump Guy
Garrett
Will haul all furniture to the dump in Cumberland and York Counties
Minimum charge $40-60 for any one item
207-450-5858
BE MINDFUL OF THE POTENTIAL RISKS OF PROVIDING ACCESS TO YOUR PICKUP LOCATION, OFFER DELIVERY, OR CONSIDER PLACING THE ITEM WHERE IT CAN BE VIEWED WITHOUT SHOWING PEOPLE INTO YOUR HOME.
Thanks for recycling, donating, and facilitating re-use of your furniture.
Endicott Home Furnishings LLC has no connection, affiliation, or direct experience with any of the parties above, and offers this list free of charge as a resource to promote re-use, charitable or other donations & reduce landfill waste. We assume no responsibility for how the above information is used, omissions or errors, or any resulting outcome.
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