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Originally Posted by ToeRag
You seem to buy things as soon as they come out, and throw them in the "GARBAGE" when you tire of them. I haven't seen you once say you gave them to someone or donated to a school or church, for someone who might not be able to afford them... ???
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Some folks are Hoarders and have attics and basements full of old "stuff." Some folks are Disposers and have empty attics and basements. I am the latter.
Yes, I always buy the latest and the greatest. I buy Dell PC's with the 4 year extended warranty and dump them at the end of the 4 years for the newest model. If anything breaks during the 4 years, Dell handles the problem. Dell used to have a program for receiving back old PC's and refurbishing them for resale to poorer folks, schools or libraries. I believe that program was discontinued a few years ago when I purchased my last PC in 2010.
I do sometimes give away old eReaders and / or PC's if I can find a willing recipient - usually among my great grandkids or other relatives. They end up loaded with my old "junk."
Prior to 1955 I read thousands of print books all of which did end up in the garbage. The only old print books I've saved are all the old Bibles. I do have hundreds of those including a run off of an old Gutenberg Bible. Some of those very old Bibles could be worth big bucks today.
Many years ago Book of the Month Club was the place to get books at a good discount. Today I only buy my eBooks from Amazon. Once read, I delete the old eBooks from my eReaders and only keep the latest half dozen on the device. I read two 800 to 1,000 page eBooks at one time all carefully researched historical eBooks covering biographies and wars with ample footnotes in an appendix to prove the authenticity of the author's writings.
For me there is no question that I will pre-order the next generation of Amazon eReader when it is introduced. I get as much fun playing with new gadgets as I do reading new ebooks.