9 Aug
2001
9 Aug
'01
9:27 p.m.
On August 9, Arthur E. Clark wrote:
Well, I checked out my local Goodwill stores. What a
waste. When I asked
about old Apples, the computer supervisor said "we refuse those." When I
asked about Sun and DEC, they looked at me like I was speaking an alien
language. A few extremely overpriced 486 & Pentium 75 systems, that's it.
Here's an idea. Maybe it would be useful for some of us to leave
our contact info with these places, so when they "refuse" decent
stuff, they can say "but there's this person here who might be
interested..." What do you think?
(They refuse (or don't know anything about) the real computers and
redistribute the crappy ones. Go figure.)
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
Laurel, MD
9 Aug
9 Aug
11:32 p.m.
If your Goodwill is anything like my Salvation Army, it's a waste of a
good business card. They've been given my card weekly for about six
months now with me offering as a volunteer to set up and test any
computer equipment that might come through the door and every time I go
in it's like they've never seen me before. I've spoken with everyone
involved from the 'commander' (and his wife) down to the mentally
challenged individual that actually does the stocking and had absolutely
no success.
This whole exercise in futility started when I found an ADB NeXT
keyboard on the shelf. After questioning everyone there, the
'commander' finally admitted that they plug them in and if they don't
get a Windows or Mac desktop, into the dumpster it goes. He vaguely
remembered busting the black monitor and pitching the slab...
Idiots. (the kindest expletive I can use...)
Jim
Dave McGuire wrote:
Here's an idea. Maybe it would be useful for some of us to leave
our contact info with these places, so when they "refuse" decent
stuff, they can say "but there's this person here who might be
12:20 a.m.
Jim Arnott wrote:
This whole exercise in futility started when I found
an ADB NeXT
keyboard on the shelf. After questioning everyone there, the
'commander' finally admitted that they plug them in and if they don't
get a Windows or Mac desktop, into the dumpster it goes. He vaguely
remembered busting the black monitor and pitching the slab...
Some people..... they just don't understand. If I give something away,
it's because I think someone else might like to have it, and I don't
need it....... not because it's worthless. If it were worthless I would
have thrown it away!!
What those people do, is a slap in the face!
I rarely go to the local Salvation Army store. The only hardware I have
ever seen didn't interest me, and was in pretty bad shape. Last time I
was there, they did have some MAC software, which did impress me, but I
don't do old Macs, so I passed.
Chad Fernandez
Michigan, USA
10 Aug
10 Aug
11:30 a.m.
At 09:32 PM 8/9/01 -0700, you wrote:
If your Goodwill is anything like my Salvation Army,
it's a waste of a
good business card. They've been given my card weekly for about six
months now with me offering as a volunteer to set up and test any
computer equipment that might come through the door and every time I go
in it's like they've never seen me before. I've spoken with everyone
involved from the 'commander' (and his wife) down to the mentally
challenged individual that actually does the stocking and had absolutely
no success.
This whole exercise in futility started when I found an ADB NeXT
keyboard on the shelf. After questioning everyone there, the
'commander' finally admitted that they plug them in and if they don't
get a Windows or Mac desktop, into the dumpster it goes. He vaguely
remembered busting the black monitor and pitching the slab...
Idiots. (the kindest expletive I can use...)
I love dealing with people like that. I just tell them something like
I would have paid $200 for that piece. I once told a a scrap yard operator
that he had just shredded about $6000 worth of HPs. He nearly fell off his
forklift! Now he calls and tells me when he gets interesting things in.
Joe
12:19 a.m.
On Thu, Aug 09, 2001 at 10:27:16PM -0400, Dave McGuire wrote:
Here's an idea. Maybe it would be useful for
some of us to leave
our contact info with these places, so when they "refuse" decent
stuff, they can say "but there's this person here who might be
interested..." What do you think?
The local goodwill computerworks does (did?) that; they had a Mac SE
setup where you could leave your name/email/phone and what you might
be interested in.
Bill
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Bill Bradford
mrbill(a)mrbill.net
Austin, TX
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