9 Feb
2000
9 Feb
'00
8:15 a.m.
On Wed, Feb 09, 2000 at 01:17:35PM -0800, Mark Price wrote:
OT, sorta: Our local Goodwill stores here in Portland
have the maddening
habit of putting all the monitors on these shelves, all the boxes on those
shelves, and all the keyboards in that big bin over there... Found the
keyboard for a Mac 512k or Plus but could never find the monitor&breadloaf.
Then, in the checkout line, I saw it in a cart! Didn't get the machine, but
the guy was happy I found the keyboard for him. Later, I thought Idiot! I
shoulda checked their dumpster for other odds'n'ends. I've volunteered
before to help assemble complete systems, but they don't have the shelf
space for it.
Here in Austin, they have a "Goodwill Computerworks" - all they sell is
computers. They'll routinely get FOUR OR FIVE semi-truck-loads of equipment
in at once - but they have signs up threatening arrest for dumpster diving,
and the police routinely patrol around back. 8-(
I've seen pallets full of equipment SIT OUT IN THE RAIN before. 8-(
Bill
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