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mahatmakanejeeves

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7. Contact your local high schools' drama clubs.

Reply to Lochloosa (Reply #6)

Mon May 27, 2024, 08:51 AM

May 2024

They’re the groups most likely to want them.

Typewriters are useless, let’s face it, as anything other than door stops — or props in a theatrical production.

Old clothes that no one wants to buy? Same thing. Thrift stores want things they can sell. Things they can’t sell are a waste of space.

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Does anyone use typewriters anymore? [View all] no_hypocrisy May 2024 OP

Depending on color and model, they can have some value bucolic_frolic May 2024 #1

Give them to a theater group. They'll be used as props. NT mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 #2

That's about right. They're obsolete. brush May 2024 #4

Great Idea! I have some things my wife wants gone. Lochloosa May 2024 #6

Contact your local high schools' drama clubs. mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 #7

Will do Thanks Lochloosa May 2024 #15

They're technology of the past. Computers/printers have long since made white-out, correx tape and ribbons obsolete. brush May 2024 #3

I have my Mom's SARose May 2024 #5

One of my clients had a manual typewriter PJMcK May 2024 #8

Have some fun and take it to the library. Hotler May 2024 #9

Sold Prices on Online Auctions Koinos May 2024 #10

I actually sold an IBM Selectric for $400 a couple of years ago. sinkingfeeling May 2024 #11

To their advantage, they are hack-proof...... lastlib May 2024 #12

My parents had a manual typewriter, area51 May 2024 #13

Yes. I use my portable once a year Chipper Chat May 2024 #14

My father used an Underwood manual typewriter. Jeebo May 2024 #16

In my senior move manager job I always come across manual typewriters all the time kimbutgar May 2024 #17

They're still good for typing envelopes n/t TexasBushwhacker May 2024 #18