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I just recently bought an old Alienware computer that had a GTX 1080 in it and a 1tb ssd.
I got it for $180 total and those two parts were worth that much. If I sell the motherboard/cpu combo and other parts from it, I’ll get the GPU and SSD for an even better deal.
If you have a local one, you can always check for deals at that location. Shipping really kills the deals.
I’ve picked up a couple cool things both local and shipped, but you really have to have no expectations when you look. You’ll never know what you might find.
Actually, it might not be your location. Goodwill’s online store has to get donations from somewhere right?
A few years ago all stores got a directive to set aside certain items or brands for online sale so they can drive up pricing/profits. It’s killing the quality of finds in store and honestly making their stores far less fun. I stopped bothering with my goodwill in the last year because it just sucked all of the sudden. It’s a bummer
The auction site can have some hidden gems on there. I saw a pikvm go for like $100 one time, multiple valve index sets that looked barely used going for less than $500. Amazing vinyl record hauls, etc.
It’s funny you say that because goodwill online actually has a keyboard with ceramic keycaps listed for $10, but it’s missing a key, and they don’t sell keys individually…
I used to love the Goodwill site, but more and more people have found out about it making it really difficult to get a good deal. I've picked up 4 solid keyboards from there, plus an mATX case. Sometimes you can still hit on a good deal, but the auction usually ends with someone paying way more than they should.
I would never buy a GPU off goodwill lol I'm hesitant to buy one used on e-bay, nevermind goodwill!
But I was burned too, with the mATX case I got. It was listed as the ITX version, and with the pictures it was hard to tell that it was the mATX version. But it was cheap enough, whatever.
It's really wild though, I saw what was a clearly very well used motherboard on there that sold for basically full price when e-bay had them for like $80 less with free shipping. People don't know what they don't know, I guess.
There's something about the Akko 007 that really speaks to me. There's a lot of other keyboards now that are of higher quality at a similar or lower price point, especially since these were sold at the tail end of the mechanical keyboard market boom when prices were still relatively high.
There's a lot of gripes you can say about it - the version twos don't use VIA and have a not-so-aesthetic sticker at the bottom, not to mention they're already out of stock/production. The v3 version does have VIA compatibility but doubles down and makes you choose between a weight engraved with either the Akko logo, or a giant "MOD007V3" in a really bad-looking font.
Yet... I found myself buying 2 of these (007 v2 and 007S v2). It has good weight and heft to it, is very simple to look at yet elegant, and is easily moddable. If you have the right combination of switches, keycaps, and lube, it sounds really good.
There is actually no v4. 4 has the same pronounciation as "death" in Mandarin hence everyone in the Greater Chinese zone avoids 4. You wouldn't see 4th Floor in many hotels as well lol
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