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Date:	Fri, 3 Dec 2004 11:16:42 PST8
From:	Ray Davison <raydav@charter.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Place to check for cheap parts

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George M. Boyd wrote:
>
> Ray Davison wrote:
>>
>> About a year or so ago I noticed one vendor selling used monitors at
>> Pomona. I bought a 19 inch View Sonic Optiquest Q95 for $100. Works
>> OK. There are now many such vendors there.
>>
>> I recently picked up two monitors from The Salvation Army Thrift
>> store. The first was a 17 inch HP. I caught it on half price day for
>> $15. Last week I got a 19 inch View Sonic A90 for $40. It is old
>> enough that the screen is not quite flat but the image is great.
>>
>
> Used monitors are now a drug on the market. I got my 19 IBM from a
> friend who works at ___. They threw all of the CRT monitors out and
> didn't even attempt to sell them.

I know. What companies are now throwing away is often better than
what some of us are using. If you are able to stand at the door, so
to speak, and catch the stuff as it comes out, lucky you. For some of
us letting a thrift store act as middle man is the best we can do.

Ray

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