Re: New Apple II BBS

[Sheldon Simms <sheldonsimms@yahoo.com>]

On Thu, 05 Feb 2004 20:59:40 +0000, ground.ecn AppleII Librarian wrote:

> 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!

No way. When I call a thrift store a rip-off joint, I mean exactly that
they are charging the same or more that the same product would get on Ebay.

The main reason I go to thrift stores is to look for some Ebayables. When
they don't have them, they're a rip-off. I say that as a joke, but it's
actually literally true. Ebay is a much larger market than the customer
base of a thrift store. Thrift stores will find it difficult to get Ebay
prices. What really makes me mad is thrift stores that destroy items they
can't sell, as someone mentioned. I don't understand the motivation, but
I have seen similar things. One thrift store I visited had mutilated every
book they had on their shelves. They were readable, but ugly. Obviously it
was done to prevent anyone from buying the books and reselling them at a
profit. My question is... WHY?