I've not had too much luck at Goodwill stores either, but last night I got lucky. When I came home from work yesterday, my daughter said that she had seen an 'OLD' computer at a garage sale for $10. I said "what kind of computer" she said she thought it was an amiga or a mac or something but couldn't really see it because it was in a tall blue carrying case. I said "Tall blue case, let's go" Turn out to be a Macintosh Plus in a blue carrying case with a matching case for an Imagewriter II printer. It came with a external harddrive, ext. floppy. Imagewriter II, mouse, keyboard, and all the cables. The lady selling it said she had bought it new and used it in college. Everything works. The computer is a little yellow but i can't complain. Carrying cases are in excellent condition. Amazing how much fun you can have for $10.
"Tyrone L. Warbasse" <[email protected]> Sent by: [email protected] 06/24/2009 03:00 PM Please respond to [email protected] To [email protected] cc Subject Re: Color Classic Problems In the Vegas area, there are tons of Goodwills, Salvation Army's, Opportunity Village, etc. Also, many churches and privately owned thrift stores are around as well. In Pahrump, a bumsville town near Vegas, an hour west, there are four main thrift stores: Cancer Victims, Salvation Army, Building 160, and Winsdor. Building 160 and Cancer Victims tends to get Macs like Windows get malware. The other two get Macs, but aren't usually retro or classic, but like G4 or G5 towers. Of course, none of these people know how to use any of these computers. Also, search Google and see if Century 23 is still open in the Vegas area. As for Nick. He'll help you out, as he sold Apple computers since the Apple I days. As Nick if a Mac lover named "Crowly" has any Color Classics around. Crowly loves to rebuild and repair classic Macs, and I've bought about four Macs from him: 6500, 4400, G3 Tower, and an LC. On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 10:53 AM, Cyrus Griffin <[email protected]> wrote: Near the Phoenix area. I always go to Goodwill. What thrift stores does everyone else go to? Elliott (Formerly Cyrus) -------------------- Hobbittech.com Mac Specialist - Low Cost Mac Services in AZ On Jun 24, 2009, at 10:47 AM, Tyrone L. Warbasse wrote: Where do you live? Retro Macs seem to be the norm, along with Tandys, Amigas, C-64s, etc. at Las Vegas, NV, area thrift stores. On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 9:01 AM, Cyrus Griffin <[email protected]> wrote: I must be going to the wrong thrift store... I've never seen any vintage Mac stuff in there. Elliott (Formerly Cyrus) -------------------- Hobbittech.com Mac Specialist - Low Cost Mac Services in AZ On Jun 24, 2009, at 8:53 AM, Tyrone L. Warbasse wrote: > I also recommend going to thrift stores, as retro Macs always seem > to sadly end up at these places and the Macs need a home. -- Tyrone L. Warbasse My Personal Blog and Podcast: http://www.totallyparanoia.com/ or http://www.tyronewarbasse.blogspot.com/ And for Twitter: coffee4binky "Don't Tread on Me!" I thought things were bad in politics, then I had the disprivilege of re-watching Club Mario! http://www.mariowiki.com/Club_Mario/ -- Tyrone L. Warbasse My Personal Blog and Podcast: http://www.totallyparanoia.com/ or http://www.tyronewarbasse.blogspot.com/ And for Twitter: coffee4binky "Don't Tread on Me!" I thought things were bad in politics, then I had the disprivilege of re-watching Club Mario! http://www.mariowiki.com/Club_Mario/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
