When my dad told my brothers he was putting the pseries servers into his family practice office, they told him that they knew where he could get a great deal on one. The company that was located above my brother’s office was closing and they were selling off all of their computer equipment and they were selling it dirt cheap.

My dad was intrigued and was always looking to save a dollar or two. He met with the owner of the company that was going out of business and purchased the pseries servers that he had, in addition to a bunch of used ibm equipment. I think that he came back with a trunk load of used ibm computers, printers and keyboards.

He used most of the things he purchased in his office but had lots of stuff that he did not need. I organized a garage sale for him and helped him with selling off everything that he did not need or want. He donated all of the proceeds from the sale of the used ibm products to a local charity. It was a huge success.

My brother’s always talk about the time they helped dad to save a ton of money on the used computer equipment. They are very proud of that. I am not sure why though.