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Old 4th Dec 2017, 2:04 pm   #10
Welsh Anorak
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Default Re: A poor old HMV at the Recycling Centre...

I know we despise those upcycling' TV programmes and the 'there's one on ebay for £200' comments when we try to buy a basket case item, but at least these have woken people up to the fact that old equipment might be worth something. I'll bet that's why the Tandberg was on a table and not in an electrical waste skip. I'll bet the old HMV gets a new home too!
Our local centre has a container where reasonable looking equipment is put aside and then taken to a workshop where ex-offenders and special needs workers strip them for parts or repair them for resale.
As said above, try and catch the punter before he puts the item into a skip - once it's in there it's the property of the centre.
Glyn
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