From: "js at cimmeri.com" <js at cimmeri.com>
Subject: Re: Decisions you regret
mark at
markesystems.com wrote:
Yep. Among the things that I have
given away (to Goodwill, or possibly
Salvation Army) - all in running
condition:
....
I'm going to go shoot myself now.
~~
I'm curious, why were these given to
a Goodwill / Salvation Army of all
places? These places don't have the
first clue of what to do with items like
these.. and they tend to be overwhelmed
with stuff anyway. Not everything goes
out for sale.
My reasons at the time:
- All equipment was pretty much at its minimum value-wise
- It could still be priced relatively highly for tax deduction reasons
- I was very space constrained, and not using it at the time
- I'd just gotten married (see "Spousal unit", in a later post)
None of them good enough in hindsight for the value that equipment would
have now, either to me or others.
Damn - too bad I pawned that old Colt Paterson - I bet it would be worth
something by now...
~~
Mark Moulding