Recycling (Going Green)

[dttaylo2]

I was a little confused about the Best Buy recycling program...i have a small 20 inch tube TV that no longer works....i read the website and it looked like there would be no charge for dropping it off...although there wasn't a "charge", they charged me $10.00 and then gave me a $10.00 gift card.  I really didn't need a gift card at the time but went ahead and went through with the transaction..is this typical?

[CrystalWoW Valued Expert]

As it states on the recycling info on bb.com:

We charge $10 for televisions and monitors, but you immediately receive a $10 Best Buy gift card good toward future purchase.
$10 fee does not apply to any Insignia®, Dynex® or VPR Matrix® products. Best Buy accepts these brands free of any charge.

[Allan-BBY Community Connector]

Hi dttaylo2,

First off, thanks for recycling your TV with us! Sorry for any confusion on this! CrystalWoW is mostly correct in her response on this. In most states we charge $10 to recycle all Televisions and Monitors, and then provide the customer a $10 Best Buy gift card; this is not the case for every state, and in fact our recycling program varies state-to-state. Any other consumer electronics should be accepted without a charge.

Thanks again,