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		<title>Talking to others in the same business.</title>
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				<title><![CDATA[Some very good points mentioned ]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Some very good points mentioned previously.&nbsp; A couple of new suggestions:1) interview the customers of your competitors as an alternative.&nbsp; Sometimes they are happy to give up some very useful informati]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[I understand that you may be app]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[I understand that you may be apprehensive about calling other businesses, but in my experience I have found that talking to other people in like businesses to be very valuable.&nbsp; You will find that people will be open to sharing more information tha]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[SDLewis,]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[SDLewis,]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Realistically, all you`d have to]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Realistically, all you`d have to do would be pour some muratic acid on
the hard drive, it`s available at hardware stores for cleaning
concrete. It`s a form of hydrochloric acid, and would immediately ruin
the hard drive forevermore.
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				<title><![CDATA[This is an extremely interesting]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[This is an extremely interesting discussion. 
One word of warning - if you take used computer equipment, it may contain active or deleted data that can easily be&nbsp;]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Thanks CraigL!I appreciate your ]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Thanks CraigL!I appreciate your sharing of experiences and your insight&nbsp; into&nbsp; your&nbsp; needs as a home computer user with the need to dispose of a computer.This is all very helpful.
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				<title><![CDATA[I worked a job for Tel Labs wher]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[I worked a job for Tel Labs where they were doing a global replacement
of early Macs, switching over to updated PCs. There were probably 300
machines, plus printers, monitors, keyboards, mice, etc., all of which
needed to go away.

They had a ]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[
Thank you CampSteve! Your sugg]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[
Thank you CampSteve! Your suggestion is great.I agree that if a person does not perceive me as a threat they are more willing to share industry information with me.I am interested what others in my area of business are charging for simila]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Thank you CraigL for your reply ]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Thank you CraigL for your reply and I agree these forums are great place to start. The end of useful life is relative to each client. For instance we contract with manufacturing facility th]]></description>
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