Thrifts out of controll

I frequent two thrift stores in the same town on a regular basis and the prices, while higher than what you folks on the west cost are used to, were reasonable. However three weeks ago they started getting in a lot of PC equipment and the prices on it were ridiculous i.e $70 for a Packard Bell XT clone with a monochrome monitor and $50 for an IBM 5150 PC with monitor. While I was amused I wasn't really concerned since I have little interest in this type of gear. Now however the madness has infected the old 8 bit equipment. Some examples. Apple IIc with monitor, 5 1/4" and 3 1/2" external drives $75. Not too bad you say. Well then how about a C-64 with a 1571 disk drive and power supplies for $80? The killer was a Coco 1 with manuals for $99 dollars. Three weeks ago the C-64 and the Coco would have been $12 each and the 1571 about $15. I assume that they have someone new pricing this equipment but I can't for the life of me figure out the rationale behind these prices. Needless to say they're not moving much equipment. Sorry for the rant but I just had to let it out. I did complain to the cashier who said (sincerely I believe) that she would inform the manager . Lou