I had a similar experience to you. I did find a charity to pick it up, but it took 2 months.

the surreal thing was the CEO of Nest emailed and called me. Ordinarily a CEO calling to provide customer service would be great, but this guy was a jerk, and went on and on about what a stupid decision I was making. The customer service folks were nice and helpful, but it would be better for the company if CEO just hid in his office and didn't talk to customers.