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Apr 04, 2009, 11:27 AM
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My PC crashed last week. I needed to take it to be restored, but haven't had time. I was at the Post Office this morning, and noticed a yard sale across the street with a table that looked like I could use. I bought it for $5, and it's a dandy. I noticed a PC computer for sale in the garage...big flat screen monitor and the fella showed it to me. It was marked $250, but he said I could have it for $200. I left without buying it, and ran some errands, including Walmart, where I checked on the price of the 19" flat screen monitor, which sells for over $200. The PC tower is a Sony Vaio, and had Windows XP as well as Office already installed. I decided to go back and buy it! So, I'm sitting her typing on my "new" yard sale computer. It's great! The fella who sold it to me is a tech wizard who does this for a living, and he gave me information about retrieving all my files from my old PC. He said I could take the old one to Staples and they would recover all my files from my old PC and save them to a disc which I can add to this one. Plus! my old PC wouldn't play DVD's and this one does. I'm happy with this yard sale find!
Patty 
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Apr 04, 2009, 01:13 PM
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wow...sounds like a good deal..enjoy it
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Apr 04, 2009, 02:00 PM
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Wow that sounds like a great deal. Congratulations & have fun with it.
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Apr 04, 2009, 05:24 PM
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hehehe YAY you never know what you find in a garage sale but really THAT'S lucky
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Apr 04, 2009, 05:46 PM
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Cool congrats on the good find, I love garage sales.
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Apr 05, 2009, 09:27 AM
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Thanks, all of you dear friends, for the congrats on this dandy computer find! It's FAST! and I am so happy with it. The young fella who sold it to me even gave me the backup discs as well as the hard discs for Windows XP and Office! He is a photographer as well, and took me into his home and showed me some of his work, at which I asked him if he was selling at Tamarack, where I sell my work. He said, No, though he was considering it. He was fearful of being rejected by them, and I shared with him my own jurying experience. His work is all WV scenes, and I assured him that they would like his work, which is presented beautifully in framing and matting. I think, along with finding the excellent computer, I found an artist friend!
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Apr 06, 2009, 03:45 AM
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That is very cool seeker!
I love it now that it is spring and summer seasons because it means garage sales. I just need to start to squirrel away some money so I can shop at them. You never know what you may find at a garage sale. Jan
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Apr 06, 2009, 05:27 AM
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aw thats great glad it worked out to be a good bargain
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Apr 08, 2009, 11:56 AM
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Congrats! Enjoy the new "toy"!
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Apr 18, 2009, 11:50 PM
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Great buy glad it was still there when you went back for it |
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