19 Apr
2013
19 Apr
'13
7:46 a.m.
On 04/19/2013 03:08 AM, Tothwolf wrote:
On Fri, 19 Apr 2013, Steven Landon wrote:
Hmm, I asked my local one a few weeks back about vintage stuff and it
sounded like they didn't have a policy in place at all (but they also said
that although they get old console cartridges in from time to time, they
don't ever remember anyone donating any kind of complete vintage system, so
perhaps it's something that's just never come up)
I have seen various other things for sale that someone could easily mistake
for being capable of something for which it isn't (e.g. a Betamax video
recorder a little while back), so I'm surprised that there's a policy on
computers when other things are left to the staff's judgement. (Although I
*can* imagine Goodwills in more tech-rich areas getting flooded with ten
year old PCs, say, and so they might benefit from a "no computers" policy)
cheers
Jules
These machines need to find homes ASAP before my
move,
otherwise they will be headed to goodwill
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While I don't mind someone occasionally plugging a sale for their own gear,
I /don't/ like see this sort of remark.
"Buy my stuff or the [insert name] gets it!"
Of course we know Goodwill junks (scraps, dumpsters) the computers they get
that can't run Windows 7 or newer. That's their stated policy now because
they supposedly don't want people returning a computer and bitching that it
can't run the latest version of Windows.