Re: New Apple II BBS

[Don Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net>]

In article <pan.2004.02.06.00.04.34.723200@yahoo.com>,
 Sheldon Simms <sheldonsimms@yahoo.com> wrote:

> 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?
> 
> 

Simple:
"If we can't have it, nobody else can either!"

Classic "dog in the manger" action.

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