I SPILLED MY COFFEE ON THE KEYBOARD AND CAN'T GET IT OUT OF CAPS LOCK, SO I'LL BE POSTING THIS IN ALL CAPITALS, SORRY. I FEEL THE SAME AS YOU ABOUT PASSING ALONG UNWANTED ITEMS, BUT IF YOU MAKE THE ITEMS AVAILABLE TO SOMEONE IN NEED WHO OTHERWISE COULDN'T AFFORD A DECENT OF POTS AND PANS WITHOUT BECOMING HOMELESS, YOU COULD BE A GODSEND TO THEM AND THEIR FAMILY, OTHERWISE THEY MIGHT TRY AND SAVE MONEY BY BUYING ALUMINUM POTS AND PANS FROM A YARD SALE FOR THEIR KIDS TO EAT FROM. WE HAVE THE LUXURY OF CHOOSING, SOMEONE LESS FORTUNATE DOESN'T. AT WORST, IT COMES OUT TO BE...SIX OF ONE,HALF A DOZEN OF ANOTHER,...AND AT BEST...WELL, USE YOUR IMAGINATION. SOMETIMES I JUST THROW MY STUFF OUT BECAUSE I FEEL THE SAME AS YOU AND WOULD FEEL STRANGE MAKING THE EFFORT TO PASS THEM ALONG, BUT THAT DOESN'T HELP ANYBODY. IT IS ALMOST A HOPELESS SITUATION UNTIL YOU CONSIDER THAT THE DECISION YOU ARE MAKING TO THROW THEM OUT INSTEAD OF PASS THEM ALONG IS ACTUALLY A SELFISH ONE And for your own conscience. (Hey, my caps lock just got unstuck). If you have the opportunity to make them available to a needy family, you would be helping, no matter what.