Wow. Maybe I should start going to more garage sales!! That's gotta be worth a whole lot on eBay.
Elliott (Formerly Cyrus) -------------------- Hobbittech.com Mac Specialist - Low Cost Mac Services in AZ On Jun 26, 2009, at 4:59 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
