[rescue] Free stuff in Orlando, FL area

Sun Dec 28 21:47:18 CST 2003

On Sun, Dec 28, 2003 at 09:30:12PM -0500, Bob Keyes wrote:
> On Sun, 28 Dec 2003, Bill Bradford wrote:
> 
> > On Sun, Dec 28, 2003 at 08:42:14PM -0500, Phil Stracchino wrote:
> > > What say ye, fellow Rescuers?  Anyone willing to pick up a BackUPS 500
> > > from Kolya and ship it to me in North Carolina?
> >
> > Sure its worth it?  I got a 500W APC UPS a year ago at CompUSA for like $35.
> 
> Not only that, every UPS I have ever had 'donated' needed new batteries,
> which sometimes cost more than a new unit.

If you dig around on eBay, refurbups.com and other places you can
usually find batteries for a good price.  Reason: it costs so much to
design and manufacture a sealed-lead-acid design that no UPS maker
uses anything other than standard parts.

Cordially
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