Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/06/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It would amaze you the amount of clothes that our local Goodwill and St Vincent dePaul stores receive. They are overwhelmed by the volume; they save it up until a semi load is ready and then ship it out to go who knows where. In Iowa, vehicles are often given to charities, National Kidney Foundation most visibly. But even more sadly, they discard all cameras they get in - can't test them and don't want people returning them! Of course, I've offered to take them all off their hands, to no avail as of yet. I agree that finding a bargain is OK, the donor may well have given a whole bunch of other stuff that went for more $$. Phil - ----- Original Message ----- From: "(SonC) Sonny Carter" <sonc@sonc.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 7:00 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica Bargin BAH! > I think we are bashing a guy for getting a bargain. > > I gave a motorhome to Goodwill, and I thought it was worth at least $8000. > They ended up selling it for $1000. Is that my problem? Should the guy who > bought it go to confession because he got a bargain? > > My daughter who lives in NYC, loves to come to the Goodwill in Natchitoches. > She stuck her hand into a barrel of scarves, and plucked out a silk one and > proudly paid the $2. > > The point at Salvation Army and Goodwill, and all those stores (for us the > donors) is the giving. What Salvation and Goodwill does with it is not our > affair. > > Good on the guy for making a bargain. He will be predisposed to share his > mite with the Salvation Army when he is giving. (And we don't know how much > he has given them in the past, nor do we know the condition of the camera.) > > Sonny - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html