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Re: Woman Donates Computer.....worth $200,000!

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<206223577454836196.324328mjmahon-aol.com@news.giganews.com>, Michael
J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote:
> Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
> > In article <alpine.LNX.2.02.1505312230550.4208@darkstar.example.org>,
> > Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> wrote:
> >> 
> >> A couple of years ago, I got a TomTom One GPS at a Rotary CLub garage 
> >> sale, for ten dollars.  It was over in the "sports" section, looking 
> >> forlorn and I sure didn't notice what it was other than an LCD screen 
> >> until I looked close.  I'm not sure how that landed there, but I'd much 
> >> rather have the chance at it than it just going directly to "recycling".
> >> 
> >> Same Rotary Club sale a few years back.  There was a portable radio, 
> >> someone looking at it and I feared they'd get it.  But they put it down. 
> >> It's a Grundig Satellite 700 shortwave radio, fairly top of the line when 
> >> it came out. I look at the price, it seemed to be "$2.50" but that can't 
> >> be, must be $25", but no, it was "2.50".  Of course I grabbed it. But if 
> >> they couldn't see the value in it, that it was different from the other 
> >> portable radios there, then it almost could have been tossed before the 
> >> sale began.
> >> 
> >> So it was really lucky that someone who knew recognized this Apple I.
> > 
> > The various second-hand book sales (which usually includes all sorts of
> > other stuff too) such as those by Rotary are planning to be ended here
> > soon due to lack of sales, too much expense, both in venue hireage and
> > volunteer time. I have picked up a few good buys over the years, but
> > much of it is rubbish.
> 
> And, having had recent experience with a book reseller, I can report that
> anything that doesn't "look like it will sell" is recycled--in my case,
> that was over half of my donation. 
> 
> Ironically (tragically?), much the same decimation process is applied by
> many libraries. ;-(

I don't think they second-hand sales here (like Rotary) recycle
anything. Every year they certainly seem to have the same old piles of
1970s encyclopedia sets that nobody wants.

The book publishers on the other hand throw away many tons of books
every year. They are sent to be recycled.

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Woman Donates Computer.....worth $200,000! Don <coach41@pacbell.net> - 2015-05-31 16:21 -0700
  Re: Woman Donates Computer.....worth $200,000! Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-05-31 22:37 -0400
    Re: Woman Donates Computer.....worth $200,000! Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-06-01 16:23 +1200
      Re: Woman Donates Computer.....worth $200,000! Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> - 2015-06-01 02:33 -0500
        Re: Woman Donates Computer.....worth $200,000! Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-06-01 10:36 -0400
          Re: Woman Donates Computer.....worth $200,000! Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-06-02 09:24 +1200
        Re: Woman Donates Computer.....worth $200,000! Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-06-02 09:19 +1200
      Re: Woman Donates Computer.....worth $200,000! Bruce Esquibel <bje@ripco.com> - 2015-06-01 11:22 +0000
        Re: Woman Donates Computer.....worth $200,000! Eric Rucker <bhtooefr@gmail.com> - 2015-06-01 05:20 -0700
        Re: Woman Donates Computer.....worth $200,000! Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-06-02 09:27 +1200
      Re: Woman Donates Computer.....worth $200,000! Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-06-01 10:28 -0400
        Re: Woman Donates Computer.....worth $200,000! Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-06-02 09:42 +1200
          Re: Woman Donates Computer.....worth $200,000! Tom Porter <laseractiveguy@gmail.com> - 2015-06-01 17:20 -0700
            Re: Woman Donates Computer.....worth $200,000! Steve Nickolas <usotsuki@buric.co> - 2015-06-02 02:37 +0200
              Re: Woman Donates Computer.....worth $200,000! Tom Porter <laseractiveguy@gmail.com> - 2015-06-01 17:45 -0700
              Re: Woman Donates Computer.....worth $200,000! Tom Porter <laseractiveguy@gmail.com> - 2015-06-01 17:54 -0700
            Re: Woman Donates Computer.....worth $200,000! Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-06-02 13:42 +1200
      Re: Woman Donates Computer.....worth $200,000! Denis Molony <denisbytezone@gmail.com> - 2015-06-07 17:28 -0700
      Re: Woman Donates Computer.....worth $200,000! K-K00L <K-K00L@nomail.com> - 2015-06-08 10:53 -0400
    Re: Woman Donates Computer.....worth $200,000! Steven Hirsch <snhirsch@gmail.com> - 2015-06-01 07:55 -0400
      Re: Woman Donates Computer.....worth $200,000! Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-06-01 10:39 -0400
        Re: Woman Donates Computer.....worth $200,000! Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-06-02 09:37 +1200
      Re: Woman Donates Computer.....worth $200,000! Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-06-02 09:30 +1200
        Re: Woman Donates Computer.....worth $200,000! K-K00L <K-K00L@nsa.gov> - 2015-06-02 14:08 -0400
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  Re: Woman Donates Computer.....worth $200,000! Lukazi <lukazi@hotmail.com> - 2015-06-02 20:27 -0700
    Re: Woman Donates Computer.....worth $200,000! Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> - 2015-06-03 02:56 -0500
      Re: Woman Donates Computer.....worth $200,000! Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-06-04 09:03 +1200

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