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Re: goodwill store brag
- Subject: Re: goodwill store brag
- From: James Gray <jamesg@alaska.net>
- Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 06:54:24 -0900
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
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Usually the cables are missing here. The computer store wants $10 or more for
the cables and so cost more than the computer!
A performa was selling for $50, but they wanted $65 for an apple cd player. I
might get the cd player and consider it my donation to charity for the year. :)
- James - [IMAGE]
"Byron Q. Desnoyers Winmill" wrote:
> 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).
>
> 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?
>
> Byron.