Finds in Houston

From: John R. Keys Jr. <jrkeys_at_concentric.net>
Date: Tue Aug 7 21:13:21 2001

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_at_mrbill.net>
To: <classiccmp_at_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
>
> --
> Bill Bradford
> mrbill_at_mrbill.net
> Austin, TX
>
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