Re: Ripoff Thrift Stores, Was: New Apple II BBS

[orc@pell.portland.or.us (david parsons)]

In article <bvur95$vivkj$1@ID-198131.news.uni-berlin.de>,
Terry Olsen <tolsen64@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> 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!
>
>The main reason I go to thrift stores is to find something to sell on EBay.
>When thrift stores jack up their prices to prevent that from happening,

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>Thrift stores are supposed to be in the business of selling low-cost used
>items to families in need,

  Perhaps they feel that your type of scavenging is contrary to their
  stated mission, and they'd rather scrap their hardware than be a
  warehouse for the ebayers?   You might be able to get them to lower
  their prices if you offerent them a cut of your proceeds from ebay,
  then you'd be able to make a profit and they'd be able to provide
  more services to the poor.

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  david parsons \bi/ I can see that they'd not want to be an ebayer's
                 \/                                       stockroom.