Look at what someone posted on CL

[YamahaFreak]

I rescued a little 13-inch Craig color set today. I was at Goodwill, messing around with a (mostly) BPC Denon receiver and some cheap Kenwood speakers. Nearby was a neat row of three CRT computer monitors, with the Craig set at the far right. I was walking around the store later and passed by the open employee-only entrance, and saw said monitors, all three of them, tossed into a crate, to be then tossed into a dumpster out back. I then noticed a staff member going for the 13-inch set, so I quickly grabbed it and asked if I could buy it. ($6.99, the price was still on it) Apparently, these four CRTs had been out on the floor for almost three weeks without selling, so staff figured they should just put them out to pasture. I really didn't need another TV set, but I really couldn't bear to see this little guy tossed on his head in a dumpster!

I got it home, and, not surprisingly, it works fine, has great color for its lineage and age. (1992) It's pretty grubby and will need a good cleaning, but that's not a big deal, now is it? Better sitting around here than in pieces in a landfill.

Photo, pre-cleaning:



I just thought this was relevant to the CRT's plight, even though I went off on a tangent again. Here, now you all get a cookie.