STAPLES STORES WILL TAKE OLD COMPUTERS

From: Gary Hildebrand <ghldbrd_at_ccp.com>
Date: Mon Feb 18 20:28:24 2002

"R. D. Davis" wrote:
>
> Quothe Chad Fernandez, from writings of Sun, Feb 17, 2002 at 10:20:01PM -0500:
> > That's why I never feel bad about taking something out of the box. If
> > anybody challenges me, I'll simply ask them if they want me to buy it or
> > not? I'll tell them that if I'm going to buy it, I'm going to look at
> > it first. I haven't been challenged yet, but I realize I may be one
>
> Hopefully you also take the case apart as well to look inside to get
> an idea of how well it's made. It's always handy to take a few
> screwdrivers, hex drivers, torx drivers, etc. with you when you go
> into a store to look at any electronics equipment that you plan to
> purchase. It seems odd to me that no stores remove the screws,
> etc. on display items so that customers can, more easily, take a look
> inside to see how well the equipment is constructed. Schematics
> displayed with all of the items on display would make much sense too,
> but I don't recall ever having been in a store that did this.


If more people saw the innards of some of this electronic crap they
probably wouldn't buy it. Exception, McIntosh Stereo Equipment.

I remember some of the Heathkit catalogs had the schematics published
with the specs (rather tiny though). Look what happened to Griefkit .
. . . . .
>
Gary Hildebrand
Received on Mon Feb 18 2002 - 20:28:24 GMT