Sell more. If someone wants to buy a doorstop, well then, sell them a doorstop. :)
Erika ------------------------------------------------------------ >>|-----Original Message----- >>|From: Haggerty, Michael A. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >>|Sent: 22 March 2002 16:52 >>|To: CF-Community >>|Subject: 486 PCs - Moral Question >>| >>| >>|I have been working on a technology refresh at my daughter's school, and >>|have come into possession of a lot of 486 computers. If I did >>|not take them, >>|they were headed for the dumpster. >>| >>|At first, I started putting slackware on the ones I took home, >>|and setting >>|them up to do some basic word processing / telnet. I thought I >>|could donate >>|them to needy families through my church. >>| >>|But then my bedroom became filled up with old monitors, >>|keyboards, etc., and >>|my dog began eating the mice cables. So I started asking around >>|and seeing >>|if anyone wanted the old 486s. I get them in increments, as new >>|technology >>|is brought into the school. >>| >>|One day, Sean, a friend of mine, says he will take one. Mark, the guy who >>|sits next to him, say he'll take one too. This was the last one >>|I had, so, >>|jokingly, I say "Okay, I will give it to the highest bidder". >>|Mark says ten >>|dollars, Sean says twenty, and the price war ends at $30 with >>|Mark waiting >>|one week. >>| >>|Now I am being contacted by friends of friends. I am up to $40 a machine, >>|$60 with monitor, and have already made $500 off the deal. >>| >>|I am donating the money right back to the church (I get the >>|computers from a >>|Catholic school) but I wonder: is it morally wrong to sell obsolete >>|technology, even to those who believe they need it? I am convinced the >>|'need' is imagined and that these machines are not going to do much for >>|anyone. I tell my 'clients' that, but they respond by asking if they can >>|pick it up themselves. >>| >>|M >>| >>| >>| >>| >>| ______________________________________________________________________ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
