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Old 12-01-2017, 10:13 PM
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Don't support Habitat For Humanity-E-waste

If there's a Habitat For Humanity Re-Store in your area-DO NOT support it as they are and have been actively destroying our electronic heritage. I am currently near Owen Sound, Ontario(I am from and live in North Bay), and there's a Re-Store, just south of Owen Sound, near the old drive-in movie theatre and a Mission Thrift Store on the North end of Owen Sound, although they also do e-waste and I gave them a very stern warning about wrecking vintage 1940's to 1970's TVs as well. This post especially applies to all Ontario collectors of vintage TVs and vintage electronic gear. Don't forget, Habitat For Humanity has also smashed/demolished some rather interesting vintage homes as well including Mid-Century-Modern homes as well. Do not support the OES(Ontario Electronic Stewardship) or Greentec either-They are crooks polluting China's ecosystem and both destroying our planet and our electronic heritage as well. Just some food for thought for those looking for vintage gear in Southwestern Ontario.
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Old 12-01-2017, 11:00 PM
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...Has it not been obvious that their ReStore business model has not been "take in rando construction supplies and appliances and see if it sells" for a while now? I don't think there are any large chain thrift or used X supply stores that still use that business model. It often ended up with tons of cool stuff that took forever to sell and looks bad on paper.
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Old 12-02-2017, 06:53 PM
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Objection noted.
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Old 12-02-2017, 09:27 PM
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I've found that policies vary widely from location to location, probably up to the whim of local management in many cases. I've been in some ReStore locations where you can find genuine bargains & while I haven't stumbled on a tube chassis TV I've seen plenty of 80's/90's electronics. Another location, meanwhile, apparently hired someone from Mars to handle pricing. I honestly don't know how they sell anything as the prices are so out of line. I've bought 60's color sets at both Goodwill & Salvation Army stores yet other locations of their stores trash any & all crt TV sets.

If it makes you mad enough...you could always volunteer to be on their board of directors! It hasn't made me that mad
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Old 12-02-2017, 09:49 PM
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The IIRC Wawatosa habitat is where I got my 30$ Dumont RA-103. They ain't all bad...
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Old 12-04-2017, 08:24 PM
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The IIRC Wawatosa habitat is where I got my 30$ Dumont RA-103. They ain't all bad...
At one of the locations, I got a Zenith 12A12C52 in fair condition.
At two other locations, I missed out on a couple of really nice Motorola three channel stereos. Damn!
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Old 12-07-2017, 08:05 AM
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Most, if not all, Goodwills do this too, as part of a recycling program with Dell.

Unfortunately, this is more the norm than the exception with thrift stores these days.
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Old 12-07-2017, 01:32 PM
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At one of the locations, I got a Zenith 12A12C52 in fair condition.
At two other locations, I missed out on a couple of really nice Motorola three channel stereos. Damn!
I scooped up a lot of good stuff at the two in South Central, PA. tho they no longer takes any "tube TV's" in. I pop in to both regularly, both are on my 1-hour commute.

If the one in Harrisburg has obvious antique show up, example is a 1956 21" RCA BW console missing its safety glass but intact and most recently, a 1929 Radiola Console sold via silent auction.
I always correct/augment the price tag info when I see these.

Lancaster's has supplied me with numerous bargain-priced consoles like a 1967 Fisher Statesman, 1968 Sylvania TOTL Maestro each with Dual 1009 record changers.
When a friend was manager there a few years back, he alerted me to a 1948 Magnavox Windsor (minus the TV of course) and a Philco 41-290 console both complete and in restorable condition.
To compensate him, I restored the Philco 100% for their silent auction, it fetched $500.

They know the value of these now-antiques, yet SO VERY few are in this hobby locally. I can assure you these Habitat folks are waaaay kinder to this hobby than the "household hazardous waste" aka E-waste operations that are sanctioned by the County waste Authority. This is a whole other story, and it is one that sucks as Betamax,the original poster, has described.
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Old 12-07-2017, 06:21 PM
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This is a no win situation. Charities cant sell recent stuff for more than a
few bucks. They have NO idea what value older sets have & which ones.
I would bet almost all would keep a POS GPX stereo & junk the tube
type McIntosh ! The stuff I see in our local GW etc is all recent & of
poor quality. I would rather have the crap brands from the 70's than that junk.

Another big problem is there just aint many of us. No market.
If you intend on saving some stuff try this.
Talk to the manager. If they get stuck with it they have to PAY to get rid of it. Point out they MAKE money giving it to you. Hope you have a BIG barn !
Do this with the local dump also. They charge $10 to $35 each around
here. If you take some away they are cutting a fat hog in the ass.
Other than expanding our numbers* not much we can do.

* Treat newcomers to the list with respect. I have seen a few that were not.
They may not know anything but neither did all of us once. Make the first
repair or restore a pleasant thing helped along by some decent, patient
folks. Honey not vinegar.

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Old 12-07-2017, 07:07 PM
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Its sad to say that I dont like to support any charity where the higher ups and the CEO's are lining their pockets with the proceeds.It should be investigated.
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Old 12-07-2017, 07:38 PM
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I have a friend who volunteers at a local independent charity thrift store & he's always bringing me boxes of stuff. They don't take anything big but I get lots of transistor radios, handheld TV sets & other electronic odds & ends. If it weren't for him I'm sure a lot of the stuff would get tossed as most of the volunteers that do the sorting are 80 year old women.

A few years back, when I was still growing the collection rather than shrinking it, I sent flyers out to all the local stores with a big photo of a color roundie, offering to haul away for free or perhaps pay for certain sets. I remember getting 2 calls: an 80-year old woman volunteer at a little thrift shop gave me several BPC sets (which I promptly set out on my curb-I just didn't have the heart to tell her I didn't want them) & the manager of a Salvation Army store had a 60's color combo in somewhat disheveled condition. He was obviously disappointed when all I offered him was $15, but then he begged me to take away a late 70's Sears console (I had to pass on that one). I suspect most of that stuff showed up on his loading dock when the store was closed & now they were stuck with it.
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Old 12-09-2017, 01:39 AM
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This is a no win situation. Charities cant sell recent stuff for more than a
few bucks. They have NO idea what value older sets have & which ones.
I would bet almost all would keep a POS GPX stereo & junk the tube
type McIntosh ! The stuff I see in our local GW etc is all recent & of
poor quality. I would rather have the crap brands from the 70's than that junk.

Another big problem is there just aint many of us. No market.
If you intend on saving some stuff try this.
Talk to the manager. If they get stuck with it they have to PAY to get rid of it. Point out they MAKE money giving it to you. Hope you have a BIG barn !
Do this with the local dump also. They charge $10 to $35 each around
here. If you take some away they are cutting a fat hog in the ass.
Other than expanding our numbers* not much we can do.

* Treat newcomers to the list with respect. I have seen a few that were not.
They may not know anything but neither did all of us once. Make the first
repair or restore a pleasant thing helped along by some decent, patient
folks. Honey not vinegar.

73 Zeno
LFOD !
I agree wholeheartedly bruh. I don't understand the fat hog part but I like it.

As for the newcomers, yeah, don't shoot the millennial (or the older ones for that matter). I almost always screw up something the first time I try it.
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Old 12-09-2017, 08:55 AM
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I agree wholeheartedly bruh. I don't understand the fat hog part but I like it.
I had to Google that to make any sense of it.

http://www.answers.com/Q/Where_does_..._ass_come_from

"The term originated in the Ozarks, and originally derived from when a man would slaughter a hog and discover a (surprisingly) thick layer of fat (or lard) between the meat and skin, which would then be able to be rendered off and used in cooking throughout the coming year.

When a person was to have something that comes into their favor they were to say that "they cut a fat hog in the ass"."


Not a phrase that I'd be likely to adopt.


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Old 12-09-2017, 09:42 AM
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I had to Google that to make any sense of it.

http://www.answers.com/Q/Where_does_..._ass_come_from

"The term originated in the Ozarks, and originally derived from when a man would slaughter a hog and discover a (surprisingly) thick layer of fat (or lard) between the meat and skin, which would then be able to be rendered off and used in cooking throughout the coming year.

When a person was to have something that comes into their favor they were to say that "they cut a fat hog in the ass"."


Not a phrase that I'd be likely to adopt.


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All the old time cooks know that hog lard makes the best home frys, deep fried food and pie crusts.
Rumor has it, that the original McDonalds frys were fried in lard, until some of the heart-smart types started complaining.
Authentic Mexican cooks still use lard in many of their delicacys.
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Old 12-09-2017, 12:16 PM
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All the old time cooks know that hog lard makes the best home frys, deep fried food and pie crusts.
Rumor has it, that the original McDonalds frys were fried in lard, until some of the heart-smart types started complaining.
Authentic Mexican cooks still use lard in many of their delicacys.
Mc D's used rendered beef tallow for fries. You can still get it.
The fries were considered the best anywhere by most. And then yes the
food nazis drove them to veggy oil about mid 80's. Even the hambergers
could be eaten back then but they changed that too. Used to get
2 cheese burgers & 2 large fries for abt $2. Now McD's costs a
family of 3 more than a loaded large pizza from a mom & pop.
And the food SUKS And they got that damn clown !

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