With the day off we decided to do some spring cleaning. My office tends to pile up over the school year. Under my desk I found two seventeen inch CRTs and a color laser printer with no toner. Some time during the last year I went to LCD monitors. The old ones ended up under my desk. The laser was my old HP 2500. Last year when the toner cartridges needed replaced, I found a new 2550 for the same price as the replacement cartridges. In addition to all new toner cartridges, the 2550 came with a one year warranty.
I can’t bear to throw this stuff away. It cost too much the first time around. I do my best to recycle what I can. I always have a (rather large) shelf in the garage with “take it if you can use it” stuff. Last year I managed to find new homes for two or three monitors, an old computer case and an HP LaserJet 4 that needed a fuser. On top of that, a lot of stuff goes from my office right to friends or family. I would prefer to have someone get use out of something than store it in my attic.
I have to take the trash can out to the curb now. Tomorrow I’ll have to go shopping for some new junk.