23 Sep
1997
23 Sep
'97
4:08 p.m.
I think it varies with the locale! In San Diego,
Goodwill accumulates
the donated hard/software and offers it up at a biennial sale. Now days,
most of it is PC clone stuff, certainly, but 8-bit stuff does show up.
There are some good buys and some lousy ones. Just like most sales!
It varies a lot even within one area. I know of five different GW's in the
area. Two are a good source of systems, one of these actually sells nearly
complete systems at times. It seems to take going to all of them to find
everything though. I leave the PC stuff behind, but have found good stuff.
Salvation Army, on the other hand, apparently sells
their donations
through their stores as it comes in and is priced. Pretty skinny market,
as I see it.
I think I've gotten two Atari 2600 carts from them. I've only bothered to
go in twice, and once when I was trying to get rid of a chair.
I've got to agree with Sam, the best places do seem to be the ones that are
on their own.
Zane
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