From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 10:38:33 EDT
Yes, yes, YES!
Aren't "Tech Safaris" the bestest(!) thing in the world? Nothing comes as close to what Christmas-as-a-kid felt like...
There are about 6-8 used computer stores around me, and I get my dad to frequent the Goodwill Tech Store in Austin Texas where he lives, so I get to play "Comin' Up on Loot" (my name for Tech Safari) constantly!
Unfortunately, the Austin, TX store has stopped putting out Mac stuff. At least they had the last time I was there a couple of weeks ago. For those not familiar with the Computer Works Goodwill store, they have full computers, but they also have large bins full of sorted parts, components and accessories. Only, they no longer have bins for Mac stuff. I asked one of the clerks about this and he said they weren't stocking them anymore and they might be selling some of the stuff on Epay.
I hope he was wrong and that this is a temporary thing.
That place has always been a little strange with respect to Mac stuff. They claim to have a Mac guy who goes through the stuff. But sometimes I'd find one component of an item priced by itself in a bin, while the parts that must go with it were missing. And similar things that make me suspect that their Mac guy either doesn't get control or is missing info in some categories.
And while they have a huge storage area behind the store area full of stuff, if one inquires (e.g. whether they have any Mac classics that aren't on the shelf, since they only shelve SE/30s in recent memory) if they have a type of item in back, they always say no, without looking.
Ah, well, it was a fun place to shop. But something is macabre about how they decide what goes on the shelves.
Jeff Walther
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