STAPLES STORES WILL TAKE OLD COMPUTERS

From: Christopher Smith <csmith_at_amdocs.com>
Date: Thu Feb 14 09:21:58 2002

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Ford [mailto:mikeford_at_socal.rr.com]

> Day). Individuals and businesses can bring in their old
> computer equipment,
> including monitors and hard drives. There is no charge for
> this service.

I would read that: "Give us some stuff so that we don't have
to buy so much of it."

> country. Computers that are unable to be rebuilt "will be recycled
> responsibly to generate reusable materials," according to the
> press release.

... and translated, this probably means: "Anything that we don't know
what to do with will be turned into bicycle spokes and sent to China."

> number. To confirm store hours and whether they will accept a
> certain type
> of computer equipment (especially anything unusual), people
> can call the

"We may not actually accept anything that we don't know what to do
with, since it's expensive to make things into bicycle spokes."

> store directly. People who bring in old computer equipment to
> Staples during
> this event can receive a $100 savings on a new computer with an Intel
> Pentium 4 processor, or $20 off a purchase of $100 or more
> for other Staples
> products purchased during those two days.

"... but buy some normal off-the-shelf stuff, please!"

Chris


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