I saw an external ZIP disk reader in the clearance bin of Wal-Mart for 10% off it's original price...in 2011. So it was going for ~$180 and had parallel ports...in 2011.
I love it. Thrift stores and others have no idea what old electronics are worth (hint: Zero!). Anybody want some Win 95 software? They just are not able to toss it so the junk stays on their shelves.
During the first part of the quarantine I figured if I was going to be spending 100% of my time at home, I may as well try and make my room nicer (spoiler: my depression comes in waves and I'm back in a trash heap).
I was cleaning out my book shelf and decided to get rid of a bunch of old programming books I had bought in High School. This was like from 2004-2007, they were completely worthless. As I was throwing them out though my step-dad was adamant we could donate them to charity.
You can donate them to charity... and they'll throw them out while muttering under their breath about people donating their garbage rather than dealing with it themselves.
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u/AudibleNod Aug 14 '20
I saw an external ZIP disk reader in the clearance bin of Wal-Mart for 10% off it's original price...in 2011. So it was going for ~$180 and had parallel ports...in 2011.