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emaq123

it's my site, i just put it up. it was an idea that i had, because i've always tinkered around with old macs, so i had a bunch of parts and stuff. so one day, my friend gave me his old lc575. i put a 32 meg simm and a 4.3 gig hard drive and an ethernet card in it, put os8.1 in it, and gave it to the thrift shop a long with a bunch of software i had. it sold in about a week for $250. so i figured that was pretty good, and decided to try to give them lots of macs. old macs get new homes and a new life, the hospital gets more money, and i still get to play around with macs. anyway, if anybody would need my address, just email me at 68kmac@hotpop.com.

PS. you could sell some of your macs here! -wink wink-

THnxxx
"I THINK I'M GOING INSANE!!!!"

10000Th poster and 1000Th AND 1500Th topic creator in lounge.

and remember, if you try and install mac OS 10.2 on an early G3, you will go insane, and aquire a thirst for blood!

i'm doing this for a good cause, not for myself.

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erm.... this sounds a LOT like the scam my friend cooked up. he was going to do this exact thing, and using that pitch but putting posters and signs up all over the city, and then keeping the macs just for him, or selling them, for money, for him.

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Put your name and a mailing address on the page.

Put the mailing address and phone number of the thrift shop on the page. (I presume the thrift shop knows that you're doing this.)

After that it should be a simple matter for people interested in donating to verify via the yellow pages that this thrift shop really does exist and to call them and find out that yes, "Jack Mackinrock" really does donate old macs on a regular basis.

You could also offer to have the thrift shop sign a receipt which you can mail back to the original donor upon request.

If you do this, I think that people may feel more comfortable about giving you old, but still useful computers. :)

As in "Hi, my name is Jack B. Mackinrock, and this is what i do with old macs yadda yadda yadda. "

Please email me at email@domainname for further information or if you have any questions. You may also contact the thrift store to verify that I am legit.

If you prefer to just surprise me with a mac, the send it to:

Jack Mackinrock
PO Box 9999
Anytown, USA 90120

Or if he knows somebody who will let him do a c/o, that's cool, too.

For instance, I have a lot of things shipped to my husband's business because
(a) there's somebody always there
(b) he has the room for large packages.

Remember "mailing adress" and home address and phone number are 2 very different things. :)

I write for a webzine. I have my name in the byline of every article I write.

Having my name and A mailing adress for me has never lead to any unwarranted invasion of privacy.

the problem is... while it is a VERY noble cause and makes many people *VERY* happy... I don't see why people would send their computers to you from *wherever* to give to your thrift store... when if they really wanted to they could drop it off at their own thrift store and get the tax deductible for themselves... (with GoodWill atleast)

you definatly have valid points and all, but remember this: i'm not asking for anything, except that you look at the page and see if your interested in donating. i've updated the page with my home address and full name, which i'll gladly post here as well:

sean malseed
117 summit ave
willow grove, pa 19090
* and a 68kmla exclusive: 215-659-7434 *

also, the thrift shop does not know about this. they probably remember that i gave them that other computer, but they have no idea that i'm planning on fixing up computers and donating them as often as i can.

and as far as the thrift shop, it's Abby's Thrift Shop (also now on the site) located in Abington, PA, almost right across the street from Abington Memorial Hospital, which is not only the hospital of my birth, but the place that my grandmother gave almost half her life to as a nurse.

If there's anything else you'd like to know, just let me know. I'm not sure if i'm all about giving the thrift shop's phone # out online, cuz i don't want them getting wierd phone calls with people asking if a "sean malseed" gives the computers. i don't want to have to donate under a fake name :-)

anyway, sorry for all the rambling and stuff, but i guess my website didn't have enough info, and i just wanted to clear my name and not have people think i'm trying to cheat them or anything. i think what i'm going to do is take pictures of the machines that i've donated as they're sitting for sale in the thrift shop, cause that'll kinda give you that warm inside feeling knowning that your 4 meg simm that you sent me in a legal envelope is in that computer ::smile::

-sean (aka Macinrock)

I sometimes feel bad that the old computers I DO give away go to such... (well I wish that that performa 578 had either stayed with me or gone to someone better)

you're talking to one of the most "packy" packrats ever though... ( the trick for me is "not bringing it home" )

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