Re: New Apple II BBS

[apple2pd@ground.ecn.uiowa.edu (ground.ecn AppleII Librarian)]

In article <bvq454$uvcd7$1@ID-198131.news.uni-berlin.de>,
Terry Olsen <tolsen64@hotmail.com> wrote:
>That's the same around here.  When they sold old PC's for $4, I'd buy them
>and strip them for parts.  But now they want to rip you off.  Today I was in
>the Goodwill store and they had an old 386 PC, no monitor (where you going
>to find a CGA monitor?) and they wanted $49 for it.  I got lucky once a
>couple weeks ago and found an HP Jet Direct for $5.  Sold it on ebay for
>$160.
>

Terry (and others), this post is meant as ironic humor and not meant to
offend:

Thrift stores charge more than the few dollars that you are willing to pay
for an item, and that is 'ripping' you off.  You sell an $5 item on ebay
for $160!

Who is ripping whom off?! ;-)

Happy hunting!

  --Steve
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 --Steve  (apple2pd@ground.ecn.uiowa.edu)