Crap! Glad i got those last few bags into the goodwill truck at 3:45 on 12/31/06!
I've never deducted that type of thing; for me, the benefit is having all that extra stuff out of the house. The exception was when I gave a piano to the church; I got an independent valuation of it and a letter from the music director at the church confirming the gift.
I have cancelled cheques for everything else.
We were driving to Roanoke on December 31st and I was absolutely stunned at the number of Goodwill trailers sitting along Route 200 between Greensboro and Roanoke.
And the lines were LONG for people waiting to get near them.
We just don't have that around Raleigh; but we should.