On Friday, June 30, 2017 at 5:17:44 AM UTC-4, Drew Klenotic wrote:
> On 27 Jun 17  17:10:00 James Harris wrote...
> 
> JH> On 27/06/2017 16:29, cbmeeks wrote:
> JH> 
> JH> > If you don't want the hassle of selling it, then by all means
> JH> > donate it.  
> JH> Here in the US, Goodwill is a TERRIBLE place to donate old computers
> JH> because they deem them worthless and send them off to recycle. 
> 
> To which Drew Klenotic replies...
> 
> That's not really true.  Just the other day I picked up a Timex Sinclair
> 1000 from my local Goodwill store (for $5!).  Also, I've heard sometimes
> they end up putting that stuff on their auction site.


OK, you're only seeing the odd-ball instances that didn't go to recycle. 
Obviously, if they sent 15 other Sinclair's to the recycle center you wouldn't
know it.

It really depends on the Goodwill (or other thrift store).  One time I was in a
thrift store (similar to Goodwill) and they had a floppy drive with no price on
it.  I asked them and they sold it to me for $0.99 USD.  The guy told me that
it was a "disk 
drive and you can't use disk drives any more so I could have it for 99 cents".

Clearly, he had NO idea what it was.  Granted, it wasn't worth much but the
idea of "cannot use disk drives anymore" was wrong.  What do you think he would
have done with a Timex Sinclair?

Atari's MIGHT survive thrift stores because everyone knows Atari.  But my point
is that lesser known brands may be mistaken for junk and sent off.

Keep in mind these "experts" are the same people that keep around stupid cable
TV tuners and broken kids pianos.  They clearly have no expertise in what
should be sold or discarded when it comes to electronics.

If you found a Sinclair...then awesome.  I know the LGR guy finds stuff like
that.  But he must live in some bizzarro thrift store world or something.  In
my experiences, most people scrap that stuff.

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