On Aug 18, 2004, at 7:18 PM, Philip Stortz wrote:
hell, i got one piece of electronics for $2, got hard up for money and sold it to a used
equipment store for $600, and they calibrated it and resold it for $1800! i have a few
valuable pieces of equipment that were almost free, and i got a lot of junk i took apart
for parts etc. if not for me, that $1800 piece of test gear would have been hit with a
hammer and tossed in the dumpster, they wouldn't have even asked the college or local
schools if they wanted it, and it was a reasonably popular piece of test gear (krohn
height (sp?) 3322r dual filter, very nifty). the government didn't invent waste, but they
are the major supplier.
Bernie, the instrument repair whiz at a lab I used to work in, and I once got a large autocycling Labconco lyophilizer (aka freeze-dryer) for the cost of rolling it away from the dumpster it was too big to fit into, changing out the oil and one diaphragm in the vacuum pumps and replacing a (very hard to replace and I have the scars to prove it) 4" piece of vacuum tubing.
Easily $50,000 - $60,000 replacement cost.
It's stunning what gets tossed out sometimes.
(oh yeah, it was being tossed by a private company, so, no, the government has got NO monopoly on waste.)
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Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharm acy Information Technology Group
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