Re: Let Down at Goodwill

[bjblackbear@ibm.net (B.J. Major)]

Gary Sutton <otter@oz.net> wrote:

> On Sat, 18 Oct 1997 22:17:39 -0800, 
> B.J. Major  <bjblackbear@ibm.net > wrote:
> 
> >Try the Value Villages in Wash. also--good places to get used A2
> >equipment in addition to Goodwill.
> >
> 
> The Value Village here in Bremerton is a hit or miss deal.  They 
> usually overprice anything electronic there (like the Atari 2600 
> console, no power supply, RF switch, controllers, or games for $10 or
> the Commodore 64c power supply for $10).  We have found good deals 
> there though.  That was where we paid $5.00 for a Fairchild Channel-F
> and just today found a working SVGA monitor for $25 ($21 with my 
> student discount).
> 
> I noticed a large Value Village along I-5 earlier this month when I 
> was on the way to Camp Murray for an Airman Leadership seminar.  Any 
> comments good or bad on that one?  

That's the very one I shop at!  Take the 72nd Street exit to get there
and then turn right on Hosmer St. (it's at the end of Hosmer).

So far there, I've found a Laser 128 for $25.00, & a Sony trinitron 
RGB color monitor for use with Macs and PCs for $40.00.  Both items in
perfect working condition.  I also found a boatload of 800K disks there
as well.

> I may check it out when I make a 
> run to McChord to get some stuff for my squadron's blues inspection 
> coming up.  Probably going to check out Nibbles and Bytes there too, 
> heard they usually have Amiga stuff there (looking for an Amiga mouse
> for a friend, as well as a hard drive and more RAM for our A500)

Nybbles & Bytes is a treasure trove of software for discontinued
systems.  They also had quite a bit of Amiga and Commodore hardware &
accessories still in stock last time I was there, too.  They were the
only store in our entire area to carry the short lived Amiga CD based
system when it came out, as well.

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