The short answer
| Item | Flat price |
|---|---|
| TV under 42" | $62 |
| TV 42" to 65" | $68 |
| TV 65" and up | $73 |
| Entertainment center / TV stand | $96 |
| Computer monitor | $58 |
Size is measured on the diagonal of the screen, not including the frame or the stand. Minimum visit is $75, so a single set is best paired with the stand it was sitting on: $68 + $96 = $164.
Why the old TV is still in the house
Because every easy route rejects it. Municipal bulky programs across this metro frequently treat televisions as a special-handling category rather than ordinary bulk, and some exclude them. Since Kansas City is two states and dozens of separate cities, there is no single rule to learn — you have to read your own city's page.
Meanwhile the TV is heavy, it is dead, nobody buys used televisions, and there is somewhere to put it. So it goes to the basement, or the garage, or the spare bedroom, and it sits there through a decade of Kansas City winters and summers until the house sells.
Every estate cleanout in this metro turns up at least one. Usually three.
Flat screens
Easy to carry, easy to break, and worth a moment's care if it is being passed on rather than scrapped.
- Never lay a large panel flat and never carry it by the top edge alone. Panels crack from the pressure, not from a drop.
- Wall-mounted sets: two people to lift off the bracket. The bracket itself can go on the truck with the TV.
- Factory reset it before it leaves. A smart TV holds your streaming logins and often your home network credentials.
- Take the stand feet off if you still have the screws — makes it easier to handle.
Sizes in this metro skew big. A finished basement family room in Olathe, Lee's Summit or Liberty built around a big set for football season means the old 65-inch comes out when a bigger one goes in. That is $73.
CRTs and rear-projection sets
These are the genuinely hard ones, and this metro has plenty because houses here have basements to hide them in.
- A 32-inch tube TV weighs like a small appliance, has no handholds, and every pre-war basement stairwell in Brookside, Waldo or the Northeast is narrow enough to make it a careful two-person carry.
- Rear-projection consoles from the early 2000s are furniture-sized. A fair number of them are still in Kansas City basements specifically because nobody could face taking them back up.
- Console TVs in wooden cabinets turn up in estate cleanouts constantly. They are priced as a TV by screen size, and the cabinet goes with it.
They are the same published prices — $62, $68, $73 — with carry-up included and no difficulty charge.
Can you donate or sell it?
A working modern flat screen: possibly. Some donation operations accept working televisions; call first, because policies differ and many have stopped. Selling one is realistic only if it is recent and large.
Anything with a tube: no. Donation centers across the metro decline CRTs, and there is no resale market.
Broken anything: no.
Do not put a TV at the curb with a FREE sign. In this climate one storm ends the experiment, and then you have a wet TV instead of a dry one.
Wipe it first
- Sign out of every streaming account, then run a factory reset from the settings menu.
- Forget the Wi-Fi network as part of the reset.
- Unpair remotes, soundbars and game controllers.
- Take out any USB stick or SD card left in a port.
Do it while the set is still plugged in and on the wall. It is much harder once it is face-down on a moving blanket.
Common Kansas City jobs
| Item | Flat price |
|---|---|
| Basement upgrade: 42-65" TV + entertainment center | $68 + $96 = $164 |
| The tube TV and the box of old gear behind it | $62 + $77 = $139 |
| Two old sets from a basement and a spare room | $62 + $68 = $130 |
| 65"+ TV + TV stand + two computer monitors | $73 + $96 + $58 + $58 = $285 |
| Estate find: console TV + rear-projection set | $62 + $73 = $135 |
Clearing a finished basement of electronics and furniture together usually goes cheaper on the truck-fill ladder: quarter $241, half $431.
When the TVs come out
Two predictable waves in this metro. The first is late summer into autumn, when football season starts and the basement set gets upgraded — the old one comes off the wall the same weekend the new one goes up. The second is spring move-out season, when leases in Westport, Midtown and downtown Overland Park turn over and nobody wants to move a ten-year-old television to the next apartment.
Either way, book it with whatever else is going. A single $62 set sits under the $75 minimum, and there is always a monitor, a printer or a TV stand to go with it.
Frequently asked questions
How much does TV disposal cost in Kansas City?
$62 for a set under 42 inches, $68 for 42 to 65 inches, $73 for 65 inches and up. The visit minimum is $75, so pair a single small set with something else.
Do you take old tube and rear-projection TVs?
Yes, at the same size-based prices, with carry-up from a basement included. Those are the ones most other routes refuse.
Can I put a TV out with the trash?
Often not. Many programs in this metro treat televisions as special handling, and the rules differ city by city across both states. Check your own municipality's page.
Should I wipe my smart TV first?
Yes. Sign out of your accounts and run a factory reset while it is still on the wall — it stores logins and your network details.
Do you take the wall bracket and the stand?
The bracket goes with the TV. An entertainment center or TV stand is $96.