Electronics and computer donation values

A desktop computer is the disagreement that matters on this page, and only two copied guides price it. Goodwill Industries International, dated January 12, 2011, prints $50–$250³. The label is systems. The Salvation Army national list, undated, retrieved 2026-11-12, prints $104–$415⁴. The label is a computer system. The list published at ccmaine.org and the list published at tchabitat.org do not have this row. Those empty cells stay empty.

A laptop is an item type with no guide row at all. Choosing it does not borrow the desktop span, and it does not apply a percent. Goodwill Northern New England is dated February 3, 2025, and its rows are not copied. The unlisted rule, 30%²² of a price you type, is for an item that is not an item type. A laptop is an item type. The cells say not listed.

Monitors are close. Goodwill Industries International prints $5–$50¹. The Salvation Army list prints $5–$51². A printer is on the same two lists, $5–$150⁵ and $5–$155⁶. A television is Salvation Army only, $78–$233⁷, and the label says color and working.

Among types that three guides price, the radio is the wide one. Goodwill Industries International prints $2–$15¹⁵. The ccmaine.org list, dated July 19, 2012, prints $7–$25¹⁴. That label is radio and stereos together. The Salvation Army list prints $8–$52¹⁶ and keeps a stereo as its own row, $16–$78¹⁷. A DVD player and a VCR stay one type. The guide labels name them together. The Salvation Army row is $8–$16¹³.

Condition for this category is whether it powers on, and whether the pieces that make it usable are in the box. A desktop without a cord, or a television that does not turn on, is a different gift from a working set. The guides print one span anyway. Publication 561 says You cannot take an income tax charitable contribution deduction for household items unless they are in good used condition or better.²³ Brand is not a column. A maker's badge does not move the cell. Age is not a column. The lists do not say which end of a computer span is the newer machine, and they do not price a processor or a year of manufacture.

Donate with the calculator on this page. Each charity stays on its own line. A store's acceptance rules for a television, or for a computer that still holds someone else's files, are not in these guides. Wipe nothing because a web page said so. Know what you are handing over. Selling is not priced here. A guide span is not a completed private sale. surplus auction prices is government surplus, as-is, and that route stays off until a matched set qualifies. Desktops, laptops and monitors are types those lots can match. A match there would still not be a donation range.

IRS rules for donated household items has the thresholds. donation value guides compared compares the lists. methodology is the rule for a number. sources has the retrieval dates. Nearby hubs are Appliances, Books and media and Furniture.