Rare Apples, eBay, Goodwill

[William Layer]

On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 18:19:30 -0800 (PST)
Vintage Computer Festival <vcf at siconic.com> wrote:

> On Wed, 23 Mar 2005, Keys wrote:
> 
> > You almost have to stop each day as good things do not last long.  Here in
> > Houston some people sit in the Goodwill all day for 8 hours getting the
> > stuff as it is being put out.  There are fights sometime.
> 
> Wow, and I thought I had no life...

In the good (bad) old days, there was this place in Lauderdale called "Digger's Delight", which was part of the local Goodwill stores. Big concrete warehouse with a dirt parking lot, and the staff would (literally) bring the goods out by the gaylord, as they were processed.

There were regulars there, the same folks you saw everytime you went in. It didn't take long to form the opinion that this was the only context in which these people were ever, in their entire lives, referred to as 'regular'. They would descend upon the goods in a manner not inconsistent with a pack of hyenas staking a fresh kill. There were arguments, fights, and items smashed out of spite or contempt. Come for the stuff, stay for the spectacle.

I nabbed a lot of good things there over time, but it was usually an unpleasant interaction, to say the least. I typically left muttering something to myself along the lines of 'trash fighting over trash', or something even less flattering.

I miss that place.

Bill-- 

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