7 Aug
2001
7 Aug
'01
9:13 p.m.
Sorry my point here is that they will charge you $60 to $125 for a
monitor with no guarantee and no return. They used to charge 10 to 20
dollars and you had 7 days to bring it back.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Bradford" <mrbill(a)mrbill.net>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2001 10:16 AM
Subject: Re: Finds in Houston
On Tue, Aug 07, 2001 at 08:25:49AM -0500, John R. Keys
Jr. wrote:
> 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..)
Bill
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Bill Bradford
mrbill(a)mrbill.net
Austin, TX