Re: More eBay madness

[mister_boffo@hotmail.com (Mister Boffo)]

On Tue, 02 Oct 2001 19:07:06 -0700, Wayne Stewart
<waynes@intergate.bc.ca> wrote:
>Even better if you can actually find Apple II stuff in a thrift store in your
>area.
>Here, I haven't seen anything other than an empty IIgs or a floppy drive
>in about 3 years. Oh yeah, sometimes you see IIc cables or power supplies
>but not the computers. Appears that they get them in but take them imediately
>to the dumpster with no stops.
>I guess that's reasonable enough much as I dislike it since if I don't see it
>and buy it likely no one will.

I did try asking the local Goodwill store manager if they would at
least "set aside" the machines they plan to throw away, but they
wouldn't do it. Something about not playing favorites with specific
groups or organizations or something. What the hell do ya mean playing
favorites??? You're throwing it away, otherwise. Yeesh.

For a while I did try "offering a helping hand" to one of the
employees to help him find out what a 286 can do, but the management
apparantly got upset that I was labeling things in a clear, frank and
direct manner. "This copier has a broken corona wire, and so all
copies will look terrible. Cost to fix is at least $50." (Copier was
priced at $29.99. ;)

Dumbhead management I guess. :(