I had an old laptop. Six years old, 40 GB drive, 256 MB memory, USB 1.0 ports, no wireless. Obsolete, right? I was all ready to recycle it, but then decided to see what happened if I put it up for sale on Craigslist. I listed it at $75, pretty much arbitrarily. I mean, I wouldn't pay $75 for something like that. Would you? I probably wouldn't take it for free -- it's just another thing to take up space in my house.
Well, between 10:00 p.m. last night and 9:00 a.m. this morning I had 19 e-mail messages, most willing to pay full price. I don't get it. What's more, the person who bought it didn't even open the box. It could have been filled with old magazines, for all she knew.
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I wonder if your purchaser realized that laptops didn't always let you check your e-mail the moment you powered them up. USB wifi adapters are cheap, though.
She said she was buying it for her granddaughter. Didn't say how old the girl was, but I suspect she'll be able to figure it out (and the fact that the thing is really old) pretty quickly -- kids are like that these days.
T.
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