Down here,Menards tries to sell tradeins,usually garbage,that eventually gets hauled away.Lowes in Mishawaka supposedly has someone who picks up their trade ins,but I've still scored a few. Lowes in Niles,and in Warsaw,just sets theirs out back,and I've done more than my fair share of picking them up.Best Buy,everything goes in the trailer. I don't know who gets the Sears stuff anymore.
There are about 3 decent used appliance stores around here,including mine,and the owners try to get their foot in every dealers door,to get the trades.I have to travel about an hour to get the majority of my pieces,but I've been dealing with this dealer about 15 years or so,and they treat me well.They've been approached regularly about selling their trades to someone else,but they won't do it.
kennyGF