15 Mar
2007
15 Mar
'07
1:12 p.m.
Jim Battle wrote:
So essentially it is a vintage computer magnet
attached to a wood chipper.
I expect that's sadly a common thing. I've certainly complained on here about
my local (UK) computer recycler doing the same thing - and it's sad to to all
the vintage stuff there awaiting tearing apart whenever I visit.
Realistically though to these people it's just a money-making business moving
resources around; faced with the immediate price they can get for scrap versus
the longer-term price from vintage collectors, it's a no-brainer to them.
I understand that goodwill gets far more stuff than
can ever sell, but
to not even try is sickening. There was no hint of regret about it from
the clerk -- in fact, he was rather proud that they were recycling bits
of them vs tossing them whole.
Nothing we can do about it either, except make the effort to seek out some of
the sources of the vintage stuff and divert it before it hits the
"specialists". That's obviously easier said than done...
cheers
Jules