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

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In article <mkhf9k$9p7$1@remote5bge0.ripco.com>, Bruce Esquibel
<bje@ripco.com> wrote:
> Your Name <YourName@yourisp.com> wrote:
> > 
> > According to the newspaper article, it's their policy to give half back
> > to the person who dropped the item in.
> 
> But that is what bugs me about this story, if it's their policy to gave half
> back, why don't they have her name or at least a phone number?
> 
> I mean what are you supposed to do, wander back a month later and give them
> a vague descripition of things you dropped off?
> 
> Seems more like a pubilicity stunt for the shop.

They didn't have her name because she didn't give it. She had a box
full of "old junk" she simply wanted to get rid of, so she dropped it
off and left. It wasn't until days later when someone looked through
the box that they found the Apple I computer.

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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
  Re: Woman Donates Computer.....worth $200,000! D Finnigan <dog_cow@macgui.com> - 2015-06-01 19:55 +0000
  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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