johnnyb 4 Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 Dumpster diving is illegal here. Lots of people put useful items by the curb with a free sign. I used to put free stuff on Craigslist but that attracts to many hoarders. Now I put a price and don't take any money when someone values item enough to pick it up. Philipp 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rebeltaz 36 Posted May 1, 2013 Share Posted May 1, 2013 Found this at a goodwill. I was checking out and the lady in front of me was returning it because the screen was broken. I asked the cashier what they were going to do with it and when she said they were going to pitch it, I offered her $5. I figured I might be able to scrounge a camera and possibly an LCD off it, but a few screws and two solder connections later I was greeted by a linux shell. I then contacted the company, sent them a picture of the broken screen and they sent to a brand new warranty replacement. The card slot is wired for NAND, SD and uart, so I should be able to build custom cards to do some pretty interesting things....if I ever find the time. That is freaking awesome! I used to get some of the best stuff (robots and computers mostly) at thrift stores, but lately they have raised prices to dang near retail! So I hardly ever go anymore :-( And it's forbidden to remove anything from our local dump, so I feel like that Indian in that old commercial every time I see the useful "junk" (to me anyway) that gets thrown away for ever because of bureaucracy... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.