26 Jun
2001
26 Jun
'01
4:40 a.m.
Sellam Ismail wrote:
Did you take some time to dispell this guy of his ignorance? You could
make things much easier for you in the future by establishing a good
working relationship with him.
I did. Not sure how much good it'll do, though. Apparently they get 20
or more units in each day. He claimed not to have time to go through
everything, and the store lacks the space to keep these things for very
long. The units on the shelf are out there for a week - unsold CPUs go
to the compactor. They have to keep turning things over to make room
for incoming gear. I left him a list of things to keep an eye out for,
though - he said he'd call if he came across anything.
For some reason, Denver seems to have a high number of thrift stores,
compared to some of the other cities I hear about. ARC has 10 or 12
stores, each with a computer/electronics section; DAV has 5 or 6, also
with a nice electronics corner; many 'independent' stores as well. I
get 90% of my gear from the local thrift industry. The only chain that
doesn't seem to keep / accept / make available, computers is Goodwill -
can't figure that one out.
Mike
http://tarnover.dyndns.org
Tarnover - The Apple II Repository
On Mon, 25 Jun 2001, Michael Maginnis wrote:
<snip>
He did let me
root around their back room for a few minutes - scored a
NeXT cube for a dollar.
Very nice. Sounds like a very nice thrift shop. I had one like that in
my area that would regularly turn up something nice at least once a month
but they closed down :(