On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 10:49 PM, Bill Christensen < billc_li...@greenbuilder.com> wrote:
> > At 10:09 AM -0400 10/25/09, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: > >There is nothing wrong with the LEM swap list. In fact I think it is > >a great resource and has served most of us well. > > > >Many of us also know about Goodwill stores and the opportunities > >there to help your communities by buying there or donating items. > >And many times old Macs can be found there for a song. > > > >But how many of you know of the Yahoo group " Freecycle" ? > > > >Just a suggestion. > > We regularly Freecycle and Goodwill donate our old Macs and parts, > and sometimes pick stuff up from them as well. Goodwill was the > recent recipient of several Beiges and a bunch of old PowerComputing > power supplies, among other things. The local Goodwill here in > Austin has half of one of their stores dedicated to their "Computer > Works" resales. They're a little overpriced - I can usually get > stuff for better prices on LEMSwap - but this is a pretty tech-proud > city. By that I mean people tend to put higher prices on their > stuff than is usually warranted - I have never seen a Mac on > Craigslist here for a really good price, for instance. > ___________________ the university town I am in here in N.E.Ohio is about the most Mac populated in the area so the newer ones are kept a long time. No one is giving out G5s here or I would have one! But G3s and older are common give-aways. 5 miles away is practically PC only country! Relatively speaking. -- Adrian D'Alessio aka; Fluxstringer fluxstrin...@gmail.com http://www.facebook.com/FluxStringer http://flux-influx.blogspot.com/ http://fluxdreams.designbinder.com/ http://twitter.com/FluxStringer http://mog.com/FluxMuse --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
