I went to one of my fave thrift stores today - The Habitat Store (Habitat for Humanity) and poked around. They have so much crap - always great fun. I wasn’t looking for anything in particular but sometimes will be inspired to buy something anyway. It was one of those days - they had a Microsoft “Ergonomic” 4000 v1 keyboard that looked almost pristine for $3. Probably 20 years old. USB. I already have a MSFT “natural” keyboard - the original from the mid-90s and it’s still going strong. I didn’t need another keyboard but hell, $3!
Got it home, wiped it down, plugged it in, and it seems to work fine. Test driving right now. Seems like the key spacing is a little greater than the original Natural and the keypress force needed is greater as well. I’m not sure if I’m going to get used to those things, touch-typer that I am. The force needed for the space key is particularly great. I might keep using the Natural and put this 4000 in a closet in case the former breaks.
After I got home I did a quick web search on the board and saw remarks about how M$ is no longer making these and how prices have spiked on used ones. I checked ebay and yep, they’re all listed for $30+ and usually with absurdly high shipping charges. Looks like I got quite the keyboard bargain though I don’t plan on flipping it so that doesn’t really matter.
After that I went to the local food co-op and got a great deal on my favorite yogurt, Brown Bear chocolate, 5 for $5. I’ve seen these in regular markets for as much as $1.80/ea.
Love the ReStore! I live in a Habitat home and volunteered there with my ex as part of the program. Most fun I’ve ever hard in retail!
Went to only one thrift this weekend and they had an original IBM XT, with original monitor, for $200! Got the money in the bank, still unemployed. Still crying over that one. Maybe it’ll still be there when I score a job. Not many people in this town would be interested.
Nice deals.
I got everything bagel chips that were normally $4.77(according to the tag) for $0.75 last week.
i bought all three bags that day, but nobody I told seemed particularly impressed by this deal and I am nonplussed.
that seems like a crazy deal to me, but it was like I told everybody I was saving a quarter per bag or something.
congratulations, I appreciate your thrifty find.
$4 off per bag seems like a fantastic deal to me. Over $12 saved on three bags, money you can plow into something else dull now, like cans of tuna or index funds. When the stores sell at such discounts, while still not losing money (I assume) on the transaction, it shows how high retail markups are.
