Comments on: How Goodwill Saved My Computer http://www.financialreflections.com/how-goodwill-saved-my-computer/77 Personal Finance for those stuck in the middle. Sat, 13 Feb 2010 22:32:09 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: doraemon http://www.financialreflections.com/how-goodwill-saved-my-computer/77/comment-page-1#comment-673 doraemon Mon, 05 Jun 2006 01:36:14 +0000 http://www.financialreflections.com/thrift/how-goodwill-saved-my-computer/#comment-673 wow.. saved money.. well done job. wow.. saved money.. well done job.

]]> By: mapgirl http://www.financialreflections.com/how-goodwill-saved-my-computer/77/comment-page-1#comment-672 mapgirl Mon, 08 May 2006 18:08:26 +0000 http://www.financialreflections.com/thrift/how-goodwill-saved-my-computer/#comment-672 Cannibalizing old pc's for parts isn't new, but I think a lot of people are afraid of doing it because cracking the case often voids warranties. My Goodwill doesn't have electronics like this, but I find shopping around the Goodwills in the area till I find the 'luxury' item one yields me good results for fun items, like hats and fancy tuxedo stuff. <em>Financial Reflections replies:  That's a good point about the warranty.   In my case, the computer was far past any warranty period.  If a computer is under warranty, the best course should be to just get it fixed, because it should be free (or at least cheap).</em> Cannibalizing old pc’s for parts isn’t new, but I think a lot of people are afraid of doing it because cracking the case often voids warranties.

My Goodwill doesn’t have electronics like this, but I find shopping around the Goodwills in the area till I find the ‘luxury’ item one yields me good results for fun items, like hats and fancy tuxedo stuff.

Financial Reflections replies:  That’s a good point about the warranty.   In my case, the computer was far past any warranty period.  If a computer is under warranty, the best course should be to just get it fixed, because it should be free (or at least cheap).

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