Rare Apples, eBay, Goodwill

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Mon Mar 21 14:26:34 CST 2005


I'd just call the stores and ask: http://locator.goodwill.org/

--- Jim Leonard <trixter at oldskool.org> wrote:
> William Layer wrote:
> >  - While eBay prices are to be taken as a general mix of legtimacy,
> ignorance, greed, stupidity and outright scamming, Goodwill prices aren't
> that much more 'helpful' either. Unless they have a good 'picker' doing the
> pricing, Goodwill and their ilk have a mission to sell old junk for the
> cheap. We've all had impossibly lucky finds at these places..
> 
> This is just killing me:  What are common names/organizations for "goodwill" 
> stores?  I have never once been to a goodwill place that had anything 
> computer-related, only clothing for the most part.  I am clearly looking in
> the 
> wrong places!!  Where should I be checking in my local area?
> -- 
> Jim Leonard (trixter at oldskool.org)                   
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