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Re: goodwill store brag
- Subject: Re: goodwill store brag
- From: "Paul Grammens" <grammens@svn.net>
- Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2001 17:52:15 GMT
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Organization: Silicon Valley North (http://www.svn.net)
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Byron Q. Desnoyers Winmill <byron@b60z27hbb464i.ab.hsia.telus.net> wrote in
message news:n7zs6.23763$Lm2.3094610@news0.telusplanet.net...
> 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?
When people are getting rid of "junk" they usually don't care if it's not
kept together. The people sorting stuff don't know an Apple from an Adam, so
they don't realize this keyboard goes with that computer. Also other buyers
take one part and not the other, and scatter pieces all over. I got my Lisa
by hunting all over, finding the mouse here, keyboard there, etc. It was
scattered over 15 feet of tables and shelves, but I found it all.
I'll spot a IIgs keyboard, and hunt thru a bunch of boxes to see if I can
find more. That's part of the science of sniffing out prized classics. Only
wimps shop eBay! ;)
-Paul