Re: Cost Whiners

["Greg Andrzejewski" <pressyourluck85@yahoo.com>]

"Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote in message 
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> Payton Byrd wrote:
>
>> It's been many years since I've seen Commodore, Apple or Atari
> > hardware at a Goodwill.  Thrift stores have typically caught on
> > to their value and don't even bother trying to put the items on
> > their shelves, it goes straight to eBay.  Yes, you an occasionally
> > find a nugget hidden away by a hermit, but it's the exception and
> > not the rule.
>
> I have also noted the recent absence of older computer items from
> the local thrift stores.
>
> However, they seem to be going straight to electronics recyclers.
> They are deemed "obviously worthless" since you can't surf the web
> with them.  ;-)
>
> Only a tiny percentage of donated old machines ever find their way
> to any "marketplace".

Very true. All I can say is that it pays to make friends with the people who 
decide what's "obviously worthless." A few years back I got to be pretty 
chummy with the computer guy at a local thrift store. I let him know that I 
was interested in old computers/technology and he'd save stuff for me that 
would normally have gotten recycled. Every few weeks I'd stop by and he'd 
show me what had come in. Usually it was nothing much, but there were a 
couple of times where I scored some real gems!

-Greg
>
> -michael
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