old computers

[kkc at duckpond.dk (Kristian K. Christensen)]

Nathan Meyers wrote:
>>> From: pbaumgardner at gmail.com
>>> To: discuss at blu.org
>>> Sent: Sun, 18 Feb 2007 12:50 PM
>>> Subject: old computers
>>>
>>>   I have a couple old PC's, a monitor, and 2 old TV's
>>>   I need to dispose of.
>>>  Does anyone know of a service that will pick up things like this
>>>   and dispose of them properly?
> 
> I've tried repeatedly to solve this same problem, and generally been
> frustrated - but just this weekend found a resource I'd never seen before:
> 
>   http://www.greenpowerparts.com
> 
> They're based in Rhode Island, and (unlike most places I've found in the
> past) seem to be well equipped to deal with individual consumers. This
> page has the details:
> 
>   http://www.greenpowerparts.com/consumer.html
> 
> They mention monitors, but not TV sets - but there's a link on that page
> you can use to ask them.
> 
> Nathan
> 

Before you spend a bunch of energy trying to get rid of this stuff, you
could post specs on it and have it available for pickup for people on
various lists such as BLU. Worst case, nobody wants it. Best case, you
have less to get rid of.

It's my experience from similar lists (granted, danish lists - Denmark
has quite high prices on just about everything) - that old hardware
sells well to students and otherwise financially challenged opensource
enthusiasts. This may possibly be due to Linux, free UNICES/clones in
general, typically run very well on older hardware. Specially if the
need is a small home webserver/firewall/personal mail server.

/Kristian

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