opas Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 Don`t you just love 'em? I do! yesterday our computer screen started acting up, we wern`t too sure if it was the screen or a fault with the "brain"\\ (its, not ours!)Anyway after messing for ages , we came to the conclusion that we needed someone who knows more than us(not hard I know[Www]) so we agreed to go to the inforatique in the next town on Monday.There was a vide grenier close by today and as is our habit , we had to go and look what was on offer. There was a youth with some CD/DVDs games and a computer screen and keyboard. We asked the price, thought about it , talked about it and went back, paid his price and came home, et voila! one working computer for 5 Euros ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russethouse Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 LOL You had to THINK about it [:D][:D] I'd have been snatching his hand off - right up to the elbow !![:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opas Posted September 10, 2006 Author Share Posted September 10, 2006 pst.....want to buy an unwanted 6 year old monitor?? name your price[:-))] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russethouse Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 Yours or his ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcazar Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 [quote user="Russethouse"]LOL You had to THINK about it [:D][:D] I'd have been snatching his hand off - right up to the elbow !![:D][/quote]Yep, and then spent the next day explaining to the Gendarmes WHY you bought stolen property."If an offer looks too good to be true, it probably is".Really, RH, I'm surprised at you.......Alcazar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opas Posted September 10, 2006 Author Share Posted September 10, 2006 Ours,[img]http://bestsmileys.com/computer1/17.gif[/img] but his could easily have been in the same state of health as ours......hence the short arms and deep pocket train of thought[img]http://bestsmileys.com/money/4.gif[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anton Redman Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 [quote user="Alcazar"][quote user="Russethouse"]LOL You had to THINK about it [:D][:D] I'd have been snatching his hand off - right up to the elbow !![:D][/quote]Yep, and then spent the next day explaining to the Gendarmes WHY you bought stolen property."If an offer looks too good to be true, it probably is".Really, RH, I'm surprised at you.......Alcazar[/quote]Go to any dump in England and you will find working CRT monitors which are being chucked out. Goto any Computer Fair and you will find VAT registered legitemate salvage business which will sell them for £ 20. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blanche Neige Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 "Go to any dump in England and you will find working CRT monitors which are being chucked out."Join www.freecycle.org (listed on useful links forum) and people are giving stuff like this away. A world wide organisation. No money changes hands. You have to "offer" something before you can ask for something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gastines Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 On the subject of V.G's. THE BIG ONE 3.800 sellers at St.Martin Rennes next Sat/Sun. Always a grand day out, Grommit!Regards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verviale Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 It always tickles me at the amount of comodes for sale when I go to a Vide grenier.Has anyone else noticed ? In our next village an english family have moved into a house on the main street and decorated their front wall with about ten old cream flat bedpans filled with flowers, I suppose it is a biy quirky,but I do wonder what the locals make of it, paticularly as it is next to a bakers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opas Posted September 10, 2006 Author Share Posted September 10, 2006 We were actually looking for a jockey wheel for our trailor ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opas Posted June 26, 2008 Author Share Posted June 26, 2008 The monitor is still going strong, touch wood! we still do not have a jockey wheel althought we did get a new spare wheel and tyre for a couple of euros, but my latest brill bargain which I have just washed , ironed and put away for autumn is a Von Dutch sweatshit/zipper jacket with a hood for the youngest ( nearly 11 but tall for her age so this one is ladies S). Looks brand new, she loves it and cannot wait for cooler weather. I have just nearly had a fit when I saw the price on their website for a similar jacket. I paid 1 euro! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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