FPCH Admin allheart55 Cindy E Posted June 10, 2015 FPCH Admin Posted June 10, 2015 The Raiders of the Lost Walmart are a brave band of explorers who comb the darkest corners of the world’s discount stores to find the ancient gadgets with inappropriately high prices. We call these finds “retail antiquities,” and share the explorers’ field notes with the world. Walmart’s discounting practices make it a popular spot to find retail antiquities, and Richard found these treasures at one of the mega-retailer’s stores in New England. First up: the Kyocera Loft featurephone, which features a teeny but full keyboard, and went on the market back in 2010. It could still be a useful phone…but not for this price. In the past, we’ve reviewed why a 56K modem is not necessarily obsolete or useless technology. However, this particular model of modem first came out in 2004. The Windows Vista logo on the box dates this specific item to sometime between 2007 and 2009. If you’re not experiencing a modem-related emergency, you can get one from Amazon for almost half the price that Walmart is charging here. Source : consumerist Quote ~I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.~ ~~Robert McCloskey~~
Plastic Nev Posted June 10, 2015 Posted June 10, 2015 Even Amazon are guilty of holding outdated and over priced stock at times. When I was first looking for a decent sized SSD drive, buried deeply in the listings were some very small sized drives that were obviously some of the very first SSD drives they stocked, at some very high silly prices. An example if I remember correctly was an 80GB drive at around £900.00 Now looking for another of the same drive I bought so as I can match them two days ago, those old items now seem to have been culled thankfully. Nev. Quote
FPCH Admin AWS Posted June 10, 2015 FPCH Admin Posted June 10, 2015 I find that amusing. I would bet there are more than just electronics to be found. Bell bottoms anyone? Quote Off Topic Forum - Unlike the Rest
Mommalina Posted June 11, 2015 Posted June 11, 2015 Bell bottoms? Aren't they in style again? ..... if you wait long enough, history repeats itself. 1 Quote
FPCH Admin AWS Posted June 11, 2015 FPCH Admin Posted June 11, 2015 I only hope the trend with pants hanging on the hips and exposed underwear never re-appears. 2 Quote Off Topic Forum - Unlike the Rest
FPCH Admin allheart55 Cindy E Posted June 11, 2015 Author FPCH Admin Posted June 11, 2015 Gawd, NO! My son went through that stage. I hated it. :real_anger: 1 Quote ~I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.~ ~~Robert McCloskey~~
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