My family had a friend move to a foreign country about a year a half ago. As a going away present she gave us the Logitech QuickCam Messenger. I guess the goal was to keep in touch? To make a long story short: the webcam is still sitting in its box collecting dust in our office. Being the entreprenuer that I am, I decided to try and sell the device on Craigslist. I figured it would be an easy way to make 30 bucks out of something we didn't even spend money on. Not so much. It turns out that in a year and a half the camera is only worth about 17 dollars (via pricegrabber.com), Logitech doesn't even sell the product on its own website any more AND the closest up to date model is $30. I started to think, what happens to out dated models of products that have never been used?
Is there a graveyard out there littered with the hard plastic packaging of forgotten devices? If I tried to donate the model, would people even be able to make it compatible with their current devices? I guess I could use it to rest my coffee cup on when I am in the office, or take it apart and make something else out of it? I still haven't figured out what to do with it....any suggestions?
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I suggest reaching a level of
I suggest reaching a level of EXTREME boredom and then actually using it...give it a whirl...you never know, just because it's dated, doesn't mean it sucks. And if it turns out to suck...well, at least you killed some time while bored.
Give it to a school.. Donate
Give it to a school.. Donate it. Try ebay. You could crap in a bag, put it on ebay and some schmuck would buy it.