Depends on the item.
Goodwill as we itemize, so we take a deduction on such donations.
We've also left stuff out with the "Free" sign on it.
Occasionally, like an old light Christmas tree that was good, just no longer met oilBabe's design requirements, I put it on the front porch, plugged it in and put a notice in FB Marketplace. Finally had one knucklehead take it after asking for my address that I said I wouldn't give. Just the subdivision with the guidance that we are the only house with a lit Christmas tree on the porch.
Eventually she came for it.
Not exactly free, but sold when we upgraded appliances, my electric dryer sale and a cautionary tale about using Meth.
Pretty sure the two guys who offered to buy my 11 year old dryer for $150, again, still working, but oilBabe wanted stackables...
They came for it and looked like they were from central casting as methheads. They were getting their mom a new dryer.
Apparently, they got it to her house and said it wouldn't produce heat and wanted their money back. I was at the gym, so I had to leave and meet them at my home. Said if it didn't work, I'd give their money back, but if it did, it was their dryer. They started to take it down from the truck. I told them to leave it on the truck and I cabled it to and started my generator. It started and was both tumbling and producing heat.
I asked to see the cord and it looked like an AC cord. Certainly not a 50A dryer cord. They did complain about no cord even though the ad clearly said NO CORD.
Anyway, they asked how this could be. I asked if they checked the fuse/breaker for the circuit? Uhhh, no was the reply. I said perhaps you have a bad breaker where only one leg of the circuit, the one that drives the motor for the tumble had power, but you didn't have the 220v needed for the heat. Or perhaps some other wiring issue...
I suggested if the problem was the circuit, they could sell the dryer they didn't use. They indicated they already disposed of the "bad" dryer.
Now I don't know if the "bad" dryer was really bad or if it was a circuit issue. But I do know I would have tested the outlet before I went looking for a new dryer. But meth (or whatever drugs they might have used periodically) wasn't helping with their diagnostic skills.
Anyway, the dryer stayed on the truck and the money stayed in my pocket.
So don't do whatever drugs these two gentlemen were doing.