Apple I discarded as junk sells for $200k; mystery woman stands to get half

Re:Apple I discarded as junk sells for $200k; mystery woman ... by smaili on Sunday May 31, 2015 @03:08PM (#9635159)

You can't really blame the woman, something so old doesn't shout "Hey I'm worth hundreds of thousands!" to most people. But I am glad people at the depot recognized its value and didn't actually recycle it.

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Re:Apple I discarded as junk sells for $200k; mystery woman ... by informatimago on Sunday May 31, 2015 @03:26PM (#9635227)

You can blame her. I can't count the reports of such cases, where they throw away valuable things, just because they're not all chrome and shiny.

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Re:Apple I discarded as junk sells for $200k; mystery woman ... by untog on Sunday May 31, 2015 @05:16PM (#9635586)

What? 99% of electronics from the 80s and 90s are utterly worthless. As far as the odds go, she was entirely correct to throw the thing out.

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Re:Apple I discarded as junk sells for $200k; mystery woman ... by xanderstrike on Sunday May 31, 2015 @07:27PM (#9636020)

But is it really worth $30-100 of your time? Especially if you don't know or care to know about craigslist or ebay?

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Re:Apple I discarded as junk sells for $200k; mystery woman ... by gibsonje on Monday June 01, 2015 @09:24AM (#9638320)

I have so many old computers/electronics. I can guarantee I couldn't pay someone (other than garbage collection) to take them, let alone make money off them.

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Re:Apple I discarded as junk sells for $200k; mystery woman ... by pavel_lishin on Sunday May 31, 2015 @03:33PM (#9635250)

I compute! I am recycled! I compute again!

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Re:Apple I discarded as junk sells for $200k; mystery woman ... by spiritplumber on Monday June 01, 2015 @05:20AM (#9637460)

You are witnessed!

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