Re:Goodwill doesn't want broken toasters
by heavyset_go on Saturday May 08, 2021 @03:41PM
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To be honest, I'm more interested in donating to an organization that targets people who need electronics, but don't have them or are underserved by the electronics they do have. Listing stuff on Craigslist or Ebay is going to filter for people or businesses who have the means to check the sites regularly, and the funds ready to purchase things on them.
That's fine if you're local but I hang out on the vintagecomputing subreddit and about once a week you see a horror story of a collector getting something from ebay and it's delivered essentially destroyed.
Oh, I believe that. I once ordered a rare book that was destroyed in shipping. It was terrible.
But with cragslist, you usually pick things up from the seller, as it's local. Ebay is a bit dicier.
Let's look at phoenix craigslist.
* Here's a guy who looks like he stole a truck carrying Dell Optiplexes, buried them in his backyard, and has now dug them up to sell for $40 each. He's got 50 of them! https://phoenix.craigslist.org/cph/sys/d/laveen-dell-optiple...
* Here's a Dell Inspiron for $35 ($20 without charger) https://tucson.craigslist.org/sys/d/tucson-dell-inspiron-146...
* Here's a Lenovo xc10 laptop for $95. Not a bad deal. https://phoenix.craigslist.org/wvl/sys/d/sun-city-west-lenov...
* Dell Latitude for $90 https://phoenix.craigslist.org/wvl/sys/d/sun-city-west-dell-...
Bottom line, if you are willing to use an old computer, you can get one for less than the price of dinner for two at Applebee's.