STAPLES STORES WILL TAKE OLD COMPUTERS

From: Chad Fernandez <fernande_at_internet1.net>
Date: Mon Feb 18 23:24:10 2002

Wouldn't the box have been a little light, and a little off balance?

Chad Fernandez
Michigan, USA

Doc wrote:
> Forget the innards...
> There was a big hoorah here in Texas a couple of years ago when a UT
> student bought a new [Gateway?] computer at Best Buy. One of their
> bundled specials. He loaded the carton in his car, took it home, and
> found that he'd paid about $1200, IIRC, for a painter's coverall, a used
> dropcloth, and half a 3 gallon can of Napthalene. The store dodn't
> believe him and never refunded his money.
>
> Doc
Received on Mon Feb 18 2002 - 23:24:10 GMT