7 Aug
2001
7 Aug
'01
10:54 a.m.
On Tue, 7 Aug 2001, Bill Bradford wrote:
On Tue, Aug 07, 2001 at 08:25:49AM -0500, John R. Keys
Jr. wrote:
Just because someone puts 4 hours @ $8.25/hr (or whatever they make) into
a Commodore 64 does NOT mean that it is now worth at least $33 (plus
markup).
In my area (great San Francisco Bay/Silicon Valley area) Goodwill's and
Salvation Army's tend to mark computers at silly prices. It's sort of
taking advantage of the lower income folks who go into those stores
looking for deals on used goods and walking away with a computer that's
worth maybe 20% of what they paid for it.
I have tried
talking with a couple of them about the high prices but for some reason
they acted like the items belonged them and not free items given to
Goodwill.
Do you not realize that Goodwill operates to make a *profit* ?
Just because someone gives something to Goodwill for free doesent
mean that they should turn around and give it away again.
If someone gave you an IMSAI 8080 (bad example, I know) and you
turned around and spent a day or so making sure it worked, would
you then want to sell it for $25 a couple days later? (although the members of this list tend to be more
open and "free"
with their hardware than other groups I've seen; I dont think anyone
is going to give away an IMSAI..)
I did (VCF 2.0 :)
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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