You have to be picky about what thrift stores you shop. Some thrift stores that have good prices on one kind of item have unbelieveable prices on another.
I fortunately live on a stretch of highway that is over 20 straight miles of pure city and there are numerous thrift stores every couple miles. Just within a five minute drive of my apartment building, either direction, I have three Value Villages (which are sometimes good for finding vintage computer stuff), two Salvation Armys (one is right across the street), and five or six mom-and-pop type thrift shops. Hoping not to tread too far off-topic, one of those Value Villages recently had a complete Amiga 500 computer system in it's original box with all disks and manuals for $10. But as far as computer hardware goes, I have to say that Salvation Army is my least-favorite as they never seem to have anything interesting, and what they do have is overpriced. Anyway, swinging back to topic, I've found my favorite place for used, vintage computer hardware is a place called "Shop 'n Save" which is one of the ones real close to me. They always have *great* prices on used computer hardware (and software, for that matter) but seem to have more unreasonably priced clothing. Most of their hardware isn't more than $3.99 tops and usually less. While I have yet to see a compact Mac system there, just last time they had a complete Macintosh Centris 610 for $2.99. But my all-time greatest find there was a fully-functional, mint-looking Apple Personal LaserWriter printer (even had a non-depleted toner cartridge!) for just $3. Since then, it's been hooked up to my Classic II (see? I'm on-topic!)and I still haven't needed to replace the toner cartridge. Now I have no idea what one of these printers might be worth these days, but I'd be willing to bet it's a bit more than $3! -Nat ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Little" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Compact Macs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, July 03, 2004 8:57 PM Subject: Things That Make You Go Hmmm.... > Just thought I'd post this little ditty... > > I visited a Salvation Army Thrift Store today and > found a Mac Plus in its original box. Took a peek > inside... machine was rather well used, still had > manuals but no disks, or a mouse for that matter. What > were they asking for this machine? > $69. > What's worse, there's probably someone out there > who'll pay for it. > > Rob -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
