Posted by
minono
18 yrs ago
Call me old fashioned but i have difficulty throwing away old stuff when i sense it could have a second life.
I have an old palm from 2001. it was working til i stopped using it in 2003. Now it needs a serious reboot etc... Palm customer service ppl are not friendly because they said it is a too old model
What should i do, dispose it and if yes where? give it for spare parts? keep it for a collector item in 20 yrs?
Same question with old broken (water spillage) nokia mobile...do we simply throw them in a bin?
Thank you for sound advice
Bee
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Heh. Old electronics do pile up. I know from personal experience. Unless you can give the stuff away I would get rid of it. The life cycle is quite short (3-6 years) and it is not worth repairing most such things. A cell phone or a PDA can at most have the battery replaced. But a 7 year old Palm is the equivalent of a 30 year old cheap car. Unless you are a serious collector there is no reason to keep it, or even waste time on trying to get it to work. You old Palm can be replaced by a cheap current model with ten times the capability, better battery life, a warranty, etc...
In some places these things can be recycled, but not in HK as far as I know. So I'm afraid it is the bin.
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Wow awesome...an answer and a way to recycle. Thanks a lot !
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Oh, I was going to post a similar question. I've just spent the afternoon trekking round Sham Shui Po trying to get a new battery for my Palm Vx. I know it's old, but it works (albeit with battery probs), I like it and I want to keep it. Batteries are available on the internet, but it seems, not in HK. Why oh why oh why?
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