Reply #5: Your words about guilt remind me of a friend, she had lots of self earned money, and when I

[Mira]

modeled my 8 $ Goodwill coat for her she got mad as hell and said: You should leave these bargains for poor people to buy.

It took a good while to convince her that donating is only one way to help Goodwill. They have five stores here in town in order to make money SELLING the stuff.

I have bought a camera on E-bay successfully. And on Amazon. Try Craig's list.
The pawn shop is a local industry,they will always be in business not unlike prostitution, and they also need to sell the stuff.

Good luck, Madmax. When you find something on line, run it by the pros in this forum.