Michael J. Mahon wrote:

>> The money they get from reselling pays for the program, so they
>> don't want to lose profit, even if they aren't likely to get much
>> gold from that old computer or whatever that they can't see any
>> other value in.
> 
> It can't be more than $0.02/pound.  ;-(
> 
>> For that matter, people may be more likely to donate rather than
>> toss if they know it's for a good purpose, rather than it landing
>> in the hands of "Johnny" passing by who finds it in their garbage.
> 
> Yes--they implicitly prefer "recycling" to
"reuse"--a curiously un-green
> position.

The last "Grand Recycle" event we had was hosted by the local
Apple store.  It 
opened at 8:30 am.  By 9:00am, there was a line of cars over 3/4 mile long 
waiting to drive through - all idling their engines :-).  Talk about a 
non-sequitor.

After only 30 minutes, they had amassed a wall of gear perhaps 50-feet long, 5 
feet high and 5-6 feet deep.  It was coming at such a high rate, and being 
thrown in waiting tractor-trailers at such a high rate, that a collector 
wouldn't have stood a chance.  Really depressing to think about the amount of 
classic gear that must have passed through.

Frankly, I didn't even bother asking about poking around.

Steve
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