I frequent two thrift stores in the same town on a regular basis and the prices, while higher than what you folks on the west cost are used to, were reasonable. However three weeks ago they started getting in a lot of PC equipment and the prices on it were ridiculous i.e $70 for a Packard Bell XT clone with a monochrome monitor and $50 for an IBM 5150 PC with monitor. While I was amused I wasn't really concerned since I have little interest in this type of gear.