Most thrift stores for some reason have this aversion to computers.
Goodwill, while not serving our particular interests well (crushing old Macs), is actually the only store I've seen to come up with a good outlet for computer goods in the form of ComputerWorks.
I would love to work with some place like Salvation Army or Value Village and set up competition to Goodwill ComputerWorks. I would have the same store in the front, and a recycling deal with another place, but I would also have an eBay outfit where we sold vintage computing products to raise additional funds.
Even if some Macs had to be crushed, I know what parts to take out of them to sell on the eBay store to raise even more money. You can take a Comm Slot II card out of a 5400 that has to be crushed and sell that card for $8, instead of getting 10¢ for the scrap value. You can take working old SCSI drives, wipe them, and resell them to people who need such things. There's all kinds of stuff you can do even if you have to crush the main computer.
Goodwill, while not serving our particular interests well (crushing old Macs), is actually the only store I've seen to come up with a good outlet for computer goods in the form of ComputerWorks.
I would love to work with some place like Salvation Army or Value Village and set up competition to Goodwill ComputerWorks. I would have the same store in the front, and a recycling deal with another place, but I would also have an eBay outfit where we sold vintage computing products to raise additional funds.
Even if some Macs had to be crushed, I know what parts to take out of them to sell on the eBay store to raise even more money. You can take a Comm Slot II card out of a 5400 that has to be crushed and sell that card for $8, instead of getting 10¢ for the scrap value. You can take working old SCSI drives, wipe them, and resell them to people who need such things. There's all kinds of stuff you can do even if you have to crush the main computer.