This discussion reminds me of something that took place a year or so back.
Here in Phoenix the city comes around 4 times a year to pick up bulk trash.
Generally people put out appliances, furniture, or anything else that is
difficult to personally take to the dump.
I put out an electric stove, old hot water tank, a couple old couches, 2 or
3 aluminum ladders and foot stools, a washing machine, and various other
large goodies. I also put out 2 tower PC's(less hard drives), 2 printers, a
scanner, 4 or 5 old monitors, a couple keyboards and mice, as well as boxes
containing old software.
Enterprising souls come around ahead of the city to root around in
everyone's stuff. They take anything that they think they can sell, perhaps
for scrap, or perhaps refurbish. Well, everything except the computer
related stuff disappeared in personal pickup trucks and vans.
So, when the city's front end loader and dump truck finally arrived, nothing
wwas left in my front yard but the computer gear. The sound of a front end
loader crunching printers, scanners, keyboards and the like is very
impressive.
The moral of this true story is that it is really difficult to even give
away older computer hardware. No one wants it!
ARD
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