Re: cards cost

["Paul Grammens" <grammens@svn.net>]

Stingray <stingray@webzone.net> wrote in message
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> Someone posted recently ( I think It was John Holmes - correct me if I'm
wrong,
> John) that the closest thing he's ever seen to a computer at a thrift
store was
> a broken typewriter. This has unfortunately been my experience for the
most
> part as well, but I still go in and look when time allows.

Yep, the trick is to find the exceptions. Here in Santa Rosa, California,
Goodwill has an As-Is sale 6 days a week. It's tables of junk, including an
area that has electronic stuff (TV's, computers, stereos, printers, etc.)
The newer stuff is in demand, but I'm about the only person interested in
old computers like Apple II's.
I bought a working Lisa II, complete with keyboard, mouse, and external hard
disk, for $15. I did have to hunt around for the pieces, which were
scattered all over.
That was my most exciting find. It's all you can eat as far as IIgs's,
IIc's, other II's and monitors and printers.
Locally, St. Vincent De Paul also has vintage computer stuff.  I've checked
out the others (there are many around here) but after a while if I don't
find anything I stop going there and focus on the gold mines.

The main advantage
> to ebay is that I can shop around there from home and I know I'll see
Apple
> stuff, guaranteed.

Yep. It's a great resource. I picked up an Apple /// a couple of years ago,
thinking it was a Lisa. That seems to be a common mistake. I looked up a
Lisa on ebay to see what it looked like, so I'd know what to look for. It's
also helpful to see what your toys might be worth, and pick up that last
missing item.
-Paul