Rare Apples, eBay, Goodwill

At 09:37 AM 3/22/2005, Vintage Computer Festival wrote: That's true around here, too. There are also non-Goodwill charity shops with their own (different) policies. I think all of these places suffer (from out collecting perspective) from subjective or uninformed policies about all goods - not just computer stuff. I see some charity shops run by senior-citizen volunteers around here who routinely toss what they consider to be "junk" (like old household goods) yet would fetch a good price if they marketed them correctly. I routinely see graniteware (speckled-paint metal pans) and other 100-year-plus tin items in the dumpster. Meanwhile, they're trying to sell 15-year-old mono monitors for $15. But as with all of these places, eBay now serves as a convenient metric to help determine what's valuable and what price to put on the tag. If there's a name on the label, they can search for it. - John