On 12/25/2013 11:15 PM, philo wrote:
On 12/25/2013 12:09 PM, The Daring Dufas wrote:
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I tell everyone I know that I will take their old machines. If I
end up with stuff I cannot use, it gets properly recycled. Years
ago I'd find them on the curb all the time...but today the
scavengers get them way before I ever have a chance. For the
amount of money they spend in gas...driving up and down the
streets, after a trip to a junk yard they probably end up with a
$5 profit.

If I can't save a dead battery from a UPS, I have a place that
takes them for recycling. The last load got me $60.00. ^_^

TDD

Yep, I was in the industrial battery business before I retired and
the company made a lot of money from the scrap batteries....

I sometimes get electronic advertising displays from stores that are
headed for the dumpster because I can reuse blinking light and such to
make toys for me and other kids. I got a really neat 7" LCD video
advertizing unit that played a video with sound when a shopper pushed a
blinking button. It has a big battery pack with alkaline D cells. All
the parts can be used for many things and I'm amazed at all the
electronic stuff that hits dumpsters at retail stores. There are
probably customer returns that have something simple wrong with them
that the manufacturer doesn't want back, gives the store credit and
tells them to dispose of it. I remember the junk table at Radio Shack
being a gold mine for all sorts of stuff. ^_^

TDD