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OMG huuuuge haul awaits!
Good exercise for you and some friends moving them. If you have a garage that is big enough to store them all and don't mind shelling out for a U-haul truck to move them (has to be close to you) then you will probably make a couple dollars selling parts on ebay over a dozen years.
I don't see them being worth shipping anytime soon, and the CRTs will cost you to dispose of "legally" sooner or later, if not now.
The school (or whatever) is smart in selling them for $50 since it would cost them a mint to dispove of them otherwise.
I don't see them being worth shipping anytime soon, and the CRTs will cost you to dispose of "legally" sooner or later, if not now.
The school (or whatever) is smart in selling them for $50 since it would cost them a mint to dispove of them otherwise.
F**k the printers.
I thought I was lucky to get 11 AIOs.
222 would be like... I don't know. I can not fathom such amounts of AIOs.
The G3 AIOs are beasts. I live in an upstairs apartment. Carrying just one up the stairs required me to sit and rest for a minute afterwards. So it took a while to get them all up.
It would be a logistical nightmare to get all of those Macs from the warehouse to wherever. You would need a huge UHaul truck, the largest they offer, and you would have to stack all the macs on top of eachother which always means the possibility of breakage. You would need storage space somewhere as no house or apartment would have enough space unless you had an entire empty bedroom, and even then it might fit only if you stacked them floor to ceiling.
It would make more sense if he offered lots of 10 or something for $10 each. He would make a little bit more money and also might get more interested people.
I thought I was lucky to get 11 AIOs.
222 would be like... I don't know. I can not fathom such amounts of AIOs.
The G3 AIOs are beasts. I live in an upstairs apartment. Carrying just one up the stairs required me to sit and rest for a minute afterwards. So it took a while to get them all up.
It would be a logistical nightmare to get all of those Macs from the warehouse to wherever. You would need a huge UHaul truck, the largest they offer, and you would have to stack all the macs on top of eachother which always means the possibility of breakage. You would need storage space somewhere as no house or apartment would have enough space unless you had an entire empty bedroom, and even then it might fit only if you stacked them floor to ceiling.
It would make more sense if he offered lots of 10 or something for $10 each. He would make a little bit more money and also might get more interested people.
Imagine all the happy 68kmla users that you would make because of selling these. Sigh, I hope my school hasn't got rid of that one G3 AIO sitting in storage. I would have fished it out of the dumpster and brought it home (On the 15-20 minute walk) even if it meant a bad back and my parents cutting off my internet for a week (A week is all it takes to snap, trust me, when the cable went out for a week it was painful). Well once I leave this school I'm going to see what I can get (Performa 5200 maybe). Sigh.
That's the problem, people only want these certain desirable or fashionable models (Q950, Color Classic, 128K) and nobody cares about the common Macs. All the common Macs get crushed and eventually there's not too many left and they're all in disrepair. Some Macs are even loathed (7200). Everyone should take on a couple of the common Macs to keep them preserved.If they were 950's and local I would snag them
You have seen the list of machine under my name? I have saved plenty of machines that are not my most favorite models. But I will not save a dozen or hundred of the same type unless I want them bad enough.That's the problem, people only want these certain desirable or fashionable models (Q950, Color Classic, 128K) and nobody cares about the common Macs. All the common Macs get crushed and eventually there's not too many left and they're all in disrepair. Some Macs are even loathed (7200). Everyone should take on a couple of the common Macs to keep them preserved.If they were 950's and local I would snag them
I don't think 950's are that desirable looking at what they fetch on ebay (most likely because of the size and weight of them). I have (4) 950's and 1 AWS95, 2 of the 950's I paid for and shipped (pricey) while the rest were rescues one of them very recently.
Also one issue I have is that while people will rescue and stack up bare machines, they tend to toss everything else including driver disks, manuals, software, dongles, etc rendering plenty of cool things useless.
I'm not saying you haven't done your share of saving (you have done quite a lot. Way to goYou have seen the list of machine under my name? I have saved plenty of machines that are not my most favorite models. But I will not save a dozen or hundred of the same type unless I want them bad enough.That's the problem, people only want these certain desirable or fashionable models (Q950, Color Classic, 128K) and nobody cares about the common Macs. All the common Macs get crushed and eventually there's not too many left and they're all in disrepair. Some Macs are even loathed (7200). Everyone should take on a couple of the common Macs to keep them preserved.If they were 950's and local I would snag them
I don't think 950's are that desirable looking at what they fetch on ebay (most likely because of the size and weight of them). I have (4) 950's and 1 AWS95, 2 of the 950's I paid for and shipped (pricey) while the rest were rescues one of them very recently.
Also one issue I have is that while people will rescue and stack up bare machines, they tend to toss everything else including driver disks, manuals, software, dongles, etc rendering plenty of cool things useless.
), and there are of course space, time limitations, etc. but still the mentality seems to be to save certain machines first above other ones.Most of what I can get comes from the school auctions which means usually pretty bland all in ones like LC 580, PowerMac 5200, etc. but I do it, space permitting, so they aren't crushed or wasted, and I know I can slowly but surely sell them off to those interested. Unfortunately I don't get the disks or manuals with those Macs since the school throws them away. I would love to get manuals, I still have all the manuals and disks and original boxes to all the Macs that our family bought new over the years, my Mom always insisted on keeping the original boxes to computers to facilitate moving.
I don't think they are palletized, the ad said they had to be carried one by one up stairs and stuff. I didn't even think of weight. The UHaul truck might carry 8000 lbs. I think. You would need two trips of the truck, it would definitely be a multi day operation unless you had a small army of people helping out.
To move that kind of stuff you would need a 25' truck, which would run you about $100 a day. They are typically rated to about 35,000 lbs but they lower the GVWR to 23,000 so you can drive it with regular Class C license. I think the weight of the truck itself is about 8000. So you could get 15000 pounds in it no problem.
They could kill him. That is if they could move and weren't killed when a stack of macs fall on them. It would be better than a PC related death of using vista until you commit suicide after the 10 000th "Cancel or Allow" or "Type in an Administrator Password". My vista using friend said he would gladly go back to Windows 2k to get away from everything related to vista.
Actually, now that I really think about it, to hire a truck big enough to haul all that away in one trip and a driver and laborers to do the actual moving is going to be expensive, they are going to have to PAY someone to come haul that lot away. Anyone who pays for the privilege of having to move all those machines is stupid.
The $50 was probably just so the freecycle people don't show up in a minivan thinking the machines are compacts. You know the kind who reply they want the item so bad 5 seconds after it is posted, yet have no idea what it is and when they do figure it out don't bother to call or show up.
They are looking for a recycler to show up with a team of people and large trucks to haul it away, don't think they want some kids with 2 pickup trucks showing up.
They are looking for a recycler to show up with a team of people and large trucks to haul it away, don't think they want some kids with 2 pickup trucks showing up.