arty-rc 719 Posted June 13, 2018 A few weeks ago my wife's old desktop quit working. Thankfully, I keep up with our backups. After many tests I determined that the mother board was bad. I spent the next weeks shopping around for another unit with what she wanted for the right price. Today, during our weekly travels, we stopped by a local Thrift Store. They were having a huge sale so we started looking around. The first room I went in had a computer in it's original box, with a keypad and mouse. When I asked them if it worked I was told that if it was in a box, it was not tested. I took a gamble and bought it. Long story short, when I got home I hooked it up and it worked. It was not even password protected. It's an HP, Quad-core, 1TB hard drive, 6GB Ram, Light scribe DVD, and Windows 7 that was upgraded to Windows 10. Here's the kicker.The price sticker was $10.00. With the sale discount, they told me it would cost, with sales tax, $2.68. Yes, two dollars and sixty eight cents. Gotta love those Thrift Stores 4 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cal 393 Posted June 14, 2018 Were you wearing a mask when you did this Arty? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dakotagrafx 7,297 Posted June 14, 2018 incredible find arty and a great computer Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arty-rc 719 Posted June 14, 2018 Just now, Cal said: Were you wearing a mask when you did this Arty? No, and I didn't have the heart to ask for my senior discount. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eprcvinyls 62 Posted June 14, 2018 19 hours ago, arty-rc said: A few weeks ago my wife's old desktop quit working. Thankfully, I keep up with our backups. After many tests I determined that the mother board was bad. I spent the next weeks shopping around for another unit with what she wanted for the right price. Today, during our weekly travels, we stopped by a local Thrift Store. They were having a huge sale so we started looking around. The first room I went in had a computer in it's original box, with a keypad and mouse. When I asked them if it worked I was told that if it was in a box, it was not tested. I took a gamble and bought it. Long story short, when I got home I hooked it up and it worked. It was not even password protected. It's an HP, Quad-core, 1TB hard drive, 6GB Ram, Light scribe DVD, and Windows 7 that was upgraded to Windows 10. Here's the kicker.The price sticker was $10.00. With the sale discount, they told me it would cost, with sales tax, $2.68. Yes, two dollars and sixty eight cents. Gotta love those Thrift Stores WOW... Some people Never myself have all the luck.... I guess I need to start going into Thief stores however there slim in my part of town.. I have heard story's like this from good wills, and I always thought Good will was only for really poor people to shop at. Witch I would fit in but i mean like homeless types. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cardudenc 151 Posted June 27, 2018 great score!! Im with eprcvinyls, I don't ever run across those kinda deals, even with Our main biz being a high end consignment shop. we don't carry electronics unless their new in the box. Mainly clothing, household décor and furn. along with my vinyl decals and signs. now have added htv shirts and hats. we keep doing so much with painting furn , this last 6 mnths or so my vinyl has been put off to the side lines, only getting to do any when customers order. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cal 393 Posted June 27, 2018 On 6/14/2018 at 12:24 PM, eprcvinyls said: WOW... Some people Never myself have all the luck.... I guess I need to start going into Thief stores however there slim in my part of town.. I have heard story's like this from good wills, and I always thought Good will was only for really poor people to shop at. Witch I would fit in but i mean like homeless types. Anyone can shop at Goodwill/Salvation Army. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites