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Goodbye mini fridges and discount microwaves: No Penn move-out sale this year

May 10, 2013

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The 2010 move-out sale. (Photo courtesy Penn News)

It appears that the salad days of discount mini-fridges, 4-year-old TVs and bargains of all shapes and sizes that signal the end of another school year at Penn are over.

PennMOVES, the university’s organization that in the past has collected discarded stuff from students as they clear out of the dorms, will not conduct the annual sale that had people lining up in past years. PennMOVES is still collecting the stuff this week, but instead of the sale the items will go directly to Goodwill stores around the area.

Much of the merchandise will go toward stocking a new Goodwill store in West Philly at 5050 Parkside Avenue in late summer/early fall.

“A sale at Penn is no longer necessary,” according to a PennMOVES statement.

It is still unclear how this may impact the curbside treasure trove that usually starts to build this time of the year, a time many locals refer to as “Penn Christmas.”

5 Comments For This Post

  1. there Says:

    More stuff going to landfills and scrap yards.

  2. mB Says:

    Goodwill trucks were lined up all week. only the trash was left in the dumpsters it seems

  3. Caitlin L Says:

    But Penn Christmas is my favorite holiday of the whole year!!!

  4. Bill Hangley Says:

    Alert Rush and Glenn Beck! Stop the War on Penn Christmas!

  5. Jennk Says:

    I’m so disappointed

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