Re: goodwill store brag

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Byron Q. Desnoyers Winmill wrote in message ...
>Nice find!
>
>But, for all you thrift store junkies out there: is it common to for you
>to find parts of computers, but not the entire machine?  It is a common
>problem out here, particularly when it comes to keyboards and monitors
>(and I'm not talking about the every-so-pervasive Wintel parts).


Very common. Half the time, the rest of the system will show up a week or so
later, but other times I'd swear that it doesn't (but I don't camp out in
front of them to make certain no one buys it away from me, who knows?). The
people who tend to work in them know little about computers, and if you were
allowed in the back room, I bet the rest of the parts are sitting there
collecting dust. Also, with Goodwill and Salvation Army, they've taken to
not selling computers in the stores (at least in my region). They have
weekly auctions, and most of the computers end up there. Ever been to a
computer auction? Many of the peripheals from many systems end up in one
box, and get sold as a lot. Or maybe not sold, while the systems do. And if
they take the leftovers back to the stores....

>Are people simply breaking apart these old systems, hoping that the
>keyboards and displays will work on their PC's, then donating the parts
>when they discover the parts will not work?  Or are stores simply
>tossing the stuff which doesn't resemble contemporary computer parts?


Too a certain extent, I agree with both of these theories. Anyone that works
at a thrift store, and reads this forum, please fill us in. We would all
appreciate it very much

Thanks,
John