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Originally Posted by AUdubon5425
Here's an '88 Philco console for you - it's going to a friend of mine who's TV is dying rapidly.
I held onto this set for two months for a "needy mother," was going to give it to her. When she finally showed up last week, she says it's way too big for her daughters' bedroom. My wife asks if she could use it in her living room. "Oh no, we have two flat-screen TVs already. Got them with the FEMA money after the storm." I told her she could improve her "desperate" circumstances by selling the two flat-screens and BUYING this fine Philco for only $25. I don't think she'll be back...
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I guess it all boils down to what someone's priorities are. Had I been in the shape that most people were in after Katrina, spending my FEMA money on two flat screen TV's would have been the last thing on my mind.
There's been several times that I've tried to help people that were so called "in need" just to have them turn up their noses.
I can remember one instance where the person involved was actually appreciative. It was a girl that went to church with my neighbor's son. She and her young daughter had just left her abusive husband and they needed some things to help them start over. I had a '60's era hide-a-bed couch that was still in good shape and one of those mid '80's particleboard box table model 25" Zenith color TV's like what the schools had. As soon as we got word to the family that the stuff was available, they came right over and picked it up and was very happy to get it. I don't mind helping people like that; but, I don't have time and I'm not making time for these people that are so called "in need" that come across with an attitude and think they are owed top of the line new modern stuff.