On Sun, 17 Jul 2005 13:07:22 -0400, Andy Cuffe
wrote:

Even that is becoming a thing of the past. Church rummage sales are
quickly disappearing. I asked one local church why they stopped
having the huge rummage sale every year and they said it just wasn't
worth the effort any more. They make a lot more money for less work
selling crafts, pies and raffling things off instead of having the
rummage sale. Apparently people just don't buy used things any more
and they got stuck having to dispose of a lot of stuff. Most thrift
stores around me won't take broken electronics any more. They also
won't take console TVs, console stereos, or computers even if they
work. Instead of selling broken electronics they just dumpster it.
Andy Cuffe


I used to love going through Goodwill for bargains, for interesting
articles not available in the stores, though very rarely for
electronics stuff. But even Goodwill has gone downhill. This is
because they raised their prices until much of their stuff cost as
much if not more than the new items. The rationale for the price
raise was because their HQ executive voted themselves million dollar
salaries "because they are executives running a multi million dollar
business." And I thought Goodwill is a non-profit organization. The
other problem is that their workers have first pick at the good stuff
that they go on to resell on eBay! Goodwill will deteriorate into a
used clothing store or go out of busineess too.