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Now i understand. Thank You.
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I have taken several free sets I found there, but, I never scrap them.
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I am typing this AK post on a Dell Latitude E 5510. Courtesy of the Athens, TN dump. A neighbor who works there rescued it for me. Had an issue with Windows 7 Pro crashing and keyboard. I repaired the keyboard and reloaded Windows and drivers. Intel Core I3, 2.3 Ghz Dual Core. Runs fine now. Will install a DVD-RW drive and 4GB RAM (it only has 2GB RAM)
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I got a tower that a thrift store was going to throw away, still had to buy it from them though. At least it was cheap. Pentium 4 3GHz with 80GB hard drive with a fresh install of XP and 1GB RAM. I've stripped it of its outer panels with the intention of putting everything in an older-style case. Left the framework as I didn't want a bunch of loose parts hanging around and maybe getting damaged. The hard drive is labeled "CFS wiped" (Computers For Schools). I'll be trying FreeBSD on that.
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I remember back when I was delivering pizza, I delivered to a guy who was a jerk. No tip. On the way back to the car, I noticed it was trash day, and there was a complete P3 computer in his trash (this was several years ago when a P3 wasn't too bad). I grabbed it "as my tip" lol. I took it home, wiped it, reloaded the OS and sold it for $75. Turns out it was the best tip of the night, heh.
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It is actually a very regular thing for me to trash pick, repair/restore, and then sell. I make a decent amount of 'side cash' doing this, and 90% of what I offer for sale looks and works FAR better than it did when I found it. Several big-screen rear projectors (some HD), at least one flat panel, a bunch of nice CRT sets, a few tower speakers (Technics SB-L75 and Fisher STV-somethings listing soon), more...quite frequently, I am genuinely surprised at some of the things I list that actually sell.
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Always! I make it a point in every ad to mention that everything I sell has been completely gone through and thoroughly cleaned. It's a win-win, because it's something I really enjoy doing.
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I know many people who purchased thoroughly cleaned TV's, a month goes by after purchase, they can't explain how their house suddenly got infested with cockroaches.
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And that is EXACTLY why I thoroughly clean everything I sell.
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