A question dawned on me, what about here in the Philippines? I mean, we Pinoy netizens (at least the financially-blessed among us) have been happily blogging or telling stories to our friends/readers both online and offline about our new and latest desktops, gaming consoles, mobile phones, peripherals and pretty much everything electronic. It generates buzz, fame, albeit jealousy and traffic for those who blog about it.
But what about the old rig that was replaced? The yester-month’s model now deemed as unfit to be shown on flickr albums for they are now relics, even fossils of the digital age? In an earlier piece, I suggested how these old-yet-functioning pieces of electronics can be disposed off by selling them in eBay or other forums. Again, what about the ones that are completely obsolete, non-functioning or cannot be sold off?
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Long before their machine would reach its first year, they are already on the prowl or waiting list for new upcoming parts and components. When they do finally get the new cutting-edge stuff, they end up with a growing pile of old but ’still-perfectly-working-and-would-probably-last-for-a-year-or-more’ component or peripherals. Some would breathe new life into these parts by putting them together to build a secondary machine, to serve as a back-up but really just adds up to your bragging rights, and not to mention the painful increase in your month’s power bill.
Practicality and common sense, nay, entrepreneurial sense kicks in and you decide to simply sell these parts for a decent price or much better, to the wishes of the highest bidder.
Continue reading about A nice way to dispose of your old gadgets
Still, I’m not totally with eBay on this move. It only makes sense as long as Google Checkout is in the ‘beta’ stage, once it does comes out as a fully functional stand-alone service it should be removed by eBay from its banned list of payment services, it would just be unfair and unethical business-wise.
As for Google, I can only wish that they speed up the development of Google Checkout so as to avoid similar incidents like this in the future, and please make it available in the Philippines in the very near future.
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