I don’t feel good enabling another persons problem. Just like I wouldn’t feel great inviting a person with an alcohol problem to join me at an open bar
> If you’re just giving it away as a free disposal service, then sure it doesn’t matter.
For my wife and me it's not just free disposal (I can handle my free disposal by going downstairs and dumping it by the side of the trash container). It's about ensuring a working item doesn't get trashed, but will continue being useful for someone else.
In all my wife's giveaways, there's one or two people out there who are regular, repeat "customers". But we can't tell whether they're hoarders, or whether they just happen to need all the stuff they get from us, or whether they pass that stuff on to their family and friends. Or hell, maybe they resell it. Doesn't matter, as long as we're somewhat confident someone will make use of it - because that's someone who saved their money, and that's one less item being bought.
No - if your goal is helping people then knowing the recipient is a hoarder may make it questionable whether you are meeting your goal. If your goal is getting rid of stuff then knowing about the recipient doesn't change whether you are achieving it.
We leave plenty of stuff out by the curb for folks to take for free.
We've got a hoarder couple 3 doors down who have been running a yard sale for about 5 years straight now.
I can't say I particularly care who gets the stuff we're giving away, but my wife and I definitely roll our eyes at each other when they see the hoarders attempting to sell something we left out for free.
If you are getting rid of unused things at your home by giving them to a hoarder, you are only shifting the problem from your home to the hoarder's home, isn't it?
I guess we could debate it either way. It comes down to personal preference.
Personally, it hadn't even occurred to me that this is any of my business.