My local Goodwill

From: Mike Kenzie <KenzieM_at_sympatico.ca>
Date: Sat Aug 11 02:17:45 2001

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From: "Sellam Ismail" <foo_at_siconic.com>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Friday, August 10, 2001 1:28 PM
Subject: Re: My local Goodwill


> On Fri, 10 Aug 2001, Chad Fernandez wrote:
>
> > I didn't know chains existed in thrift stores. GoodWill
and the
> > Salvation Army is about it around here. There is one
more place, but
> > I'm not sure if it still exists.
>
> The big ones in Californa (at least here in the SF/SiVa
area) are Thrift
> Town and Thrift Center. I believe the chain I frequented
in Raleigh was
> also a Thrift Center, leading me to believe they are a
nationwide
> franchise.
>
> From what I understand, in order to run a charitable
thrift store, you
> only have to guarantee that 1% of your profits are going
to a charity. So
> it may well be that someone saw the potential, ran the
numbers, and saw
> dollar signs.

We have Value Village here in Canada, they buy their stuff
from the Charities and then sell it. They wanted 9.99 for
an epson equity, 1.99 for a logitech wheel mouse and 2.99
for an numeric keypad MS C 5.1 disks for 2.99, norton
antivirus 4.0 for 2.99, lots of game cartridges..
Usually there are parts missing but often a good source for
manuals.

Lately they've been cleaning up and today the book shelves
were empty.
Received on Sat Aug 11 2001 - 02:17:45 BST