[SLL] OT: Ethics question

2011-10-19 Thread John Aldrich
One of my co-workers gave me a relatively recent vintage laptop that was non-functional. He'd previously asked me about it saying it wouldn't finish starting up. Not having a chance to look at it, I gave him several options, including a dead motherboard, etc. He called me up the other day and

Re: [SLL] OT: Ethics question

2011-10-19 Thread Chris Fischer
On 10/19/2011 5:34 PM, John Aldrich wrote: One of my co-workers gave me a relatively recent vintage laptop that was non-functional. He'd previously asked me about it saying it wouldn't finish starting up. Not having a chance to look at it, I gave him several options, including a dead

Re: [SLL] OT: Ethics question

2011-10-19 Thread Jesse Keating
On Oct 19, 2011, at 5:49 PM, Chuck Wolber wrote: On Wed, 19 Oct 2011, John Aldrich wrote: [...] If you were in my shoes, would you call the co-worker and advise what you had done and offer to sell it for parts and (generous) labor or just keep it and have a nice laptop? Disclaimer: I