I will admit that some old gear, I shouldn't have tossed. Like my original Vic-20, Atari 2600, Compaq huggable luggable "portable", and lots of old Apple // gear.

My rule of thumb is "Do I think I will ever use this again?". If no, then it goes in the trash. I recently tossed several tuners and (3) original modded Xboxs. I needed to free up more space for other crap. :)

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Hello Mark!

28 Oct 25 18:29, you wrote to all:

Why trash them when you can put them up on Ebay for auction and let them go to a new home ?

I will admit that some old gear, I shouldn't have tossed. Like my
original Vic-20, Atari 2600, Compaq huggable luggable "portable", and
lots of old Apple // gear.

My rule of thumb is "Do I think I will ever use this again?". If no,
then it goes in the trash. I recently tossed several tuners and (3) original modded Xboxs. I needed to free up more space for other crap.
:)

- Mark

Vincent


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My rule of thumb is "Do I think I will ever use this again?". If no,
then it goes in the trash. I recently tossed several tuners and (3) original modded Xboxs. I needed to free up more space for other crap.

I have come to the point now that I can actually park a car in the garage ... that must now be 30 years or so last time I did.

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Why trash them when you can put them up on Ebay for auction and let them
go to a new home ?

It costs more to ship than they are worth. And if someone buys one and files some type of Ebay complaint because they don't know how to format a hard drive, I am now out the cost of the shipping and sale. Ebay always rules in favor of the buyer.

I would rather give them away locally or toss them.

- Mark

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On 03 Nov 25 17:32:55, Mark Hofmann said the following to Vincent Coen:

It costs more to ship than they are worth. And if someone buys one and fil some type of Ebay complaint because they don't know how to format a hard drive, I am now out the cost of the shipping and sale. Ebay always rules i favor of the buyer.

This.

I refuse to sell anymore on Ebay for this reason...

Nick

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Re: Re: Old gear.
By: Ward Dossche to Mark Hofmann on Mon Nov 03 2025 08:14 pm

I have come to the point now that I can actually park a car in the garage .. that must now be 30 years or so last time I did.

I haven't been able to park my car in a garage I've owned/rented since being married. Told myself one of my guilty pleasures was going to be to buy an old car with carbs, points, a distributor and fix it up in my garage - I'm still waiting for that to happen.
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On 03 Nov 2025, Mark Hofmann said the following...

files some type of Ebay complaint because they don't know how to format
a hard drive, I am now out the cost of the shipping and sale. Ebay
always rules in favor of the buyer.

I would rather give them away locally or toss them.

I was looking for a decent laptop a while back, and found it here. :-)


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On 04 Nov 25 18:30:33, Mickey said the following to Mark Hofmann:

files some type of Ebay complaint because they don't know how to format a hard drive, I am now out the cost of the shipping and sale. Ebay always rules in favor of the buyer.

I would rather give them away locally or toss them.

I was looking for a decent laptop a while back, and found it here. :-)

The Thinkpad?

Nick

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