Kars4kids Car Donation

Wouldn’t approve a $ 150.00 fee by the towing company so they could send a smaller truck to tow my car out from an underground parking garage. The car only has 113k miles on it, so spending $ 150.00 to get a car that you can sell for a couple thousand dollars should have been a no-​brainer business decision on their part, but apparently that’s not how they operate. I realize they are in no way obligated to take the car I was trying to give them, but it was just sort of annoying that they didn’t make it clear to me up front that they weren’t going to be able to take the card instead of stringing me along and then notifying me the day before they were gonna pick the car up that «management» wouldn’t approve the $ 150.00 towing fee to come grab the thing.

Do not donate your car to these people, I repeat Do not donate your car to these people, they were rude misleading and would not answer my Questions, this seems to be a very dishonest non profit, they only offer a max of $ 500.00 tax benefit, even if your cars kelly low blue book value is $ 4000.00, stay away!!!

I donated a 1997 Ford F 150 that had about 200,000 miles on it but still ran great. The whole experience was miserable from beginning to end and I can’t begin to describe how useless the supposed free two night stay is. The blackout dates and restrictions on it are so ridiculous good luck even using it.
Dealing with this organization was a nightmare.
If you have a car to donate I can’t recommend enough that you find a different organization for your charitable contribution.

I donated my 1997 BMW 540i that needed a water pump. When I called Kars4kids, I was told that my donation would be a tax write off. A couple of weeks later I received an email from them telling me that if my car sold for more than $ 500.00 then they would send me some paper work and that I could use it as a tax write off. I wish I would have known this before hand, if it does not sell for over $ 500.00 then I am pretty much screwed. I should have followed my first mind by selling it to Pick-​n-​Pull, they would have given me close to $ 400.00 for the vehicle. Be careful when you are donating your vehicle for a tax write off and do your research, maybe donate to the Veterans or some other agency. It’s been almost 4 months since I donated the car and I have not heard anything from Kars4Kids. I am not a happy camper.

I would not recommend anyone to this organization. My 1996 Avalon was worth atleast $ 1500 Bluebook value and they sent me a receipt for $ 500. Being a non-​profit and having the tax benefits made no difference to them. For me it was a huge loss as I was hoping to get a decent deduction on my taxes but instead landed up with almost nothing.

Kars for kids is easy to use. Very convenient to use. The driver was a real professional.