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Amiga computer related discussion => General chat about Amiga topics => Topic started by: Oldsmobile_Mike on April 28, 2007, 08:45:19 PM
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After seeing so many posts lately about people's remarkable finds, $5 Amiga 1200's, $10 Amiga 3000's, and whatnot, I thought I might be able to strike gold today when my college celebrated Earth Day (yes, I know they're a week late), and one of the activities was a "computer recycler". People were coming from far and wide to get rid of old computers. Hundreds and hundreds of them. Some people were even paying to get rid of their old stuff. I live in one of the richest counties in America, and quite frequently, what I'd consider to be "good stuff" gets tossed as junk, maybe because somebody's messed up their six-month-old PC with viruses, spam, and porn.
Anyhow, so I went down to their collection site after my class got out, and asked what they were doing with the systems. I scouted around on the pallets and saw bunches of not-too-old PC's and Macs. I was hoping that they were going to refurbish them, re-sell them, or donate them to some needy charitable organization (I used to volunteer for one, so I know). Anything. Instead, I was told that not only could they not sell me any of them, they were all destined to be crushed and sold as scrap metal, instead! WTF?? :madashell: :madashell:
I just hope there weren't any Amigas in there, and I'd caution anyone who uses a "computer recycler" service to thoroughly investigate what their intended uses for the computers are, before being so quick to "clean out the closet". I know this isn't really a strictly Amiga-related topic, but I just wanted to get the word out. Thx.
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How strict is it? Will it be heard to sneak out a computer or two?
I work at some computer recycling centre as well, but luckily they keep good parts and refurbish PIII or newer. I got myself a good deal there as well. We got a few p4 2.2ghz laptops and i got one of them for less than 10 euros.
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:idea: Well just a Thought
if they are being crushed, Maybe you just ought to tell them of the toxic metals that are on the M/Bs, which could be a hazard to where ever they get dumped, do you have any state laws against dumping toxic substances.