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Holy smokes! Maybe I'm dumb and the last person to figure this out, but man oh man... Craig's List is *the* place to go for a shot at a free microwave oven. At least, if you're in a city/town with a Craig's List. In my home town of Seattle, WA, a search for "microwave" in the "free stuff" category produced 18 hits! I pulled up the Craig's Lists for a couple of other major U.S. cities and did the same thing with similar results. You should too! I'm never paying money for a MOT again, ever! (not counting the gas required to drive out and pick stuff up, of course )
Some of these giveaways look pretty big and old, too. Mmmm.... Maybe I'll luck into one of those illusive 4kV MOTs!
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Joined: Sun May 20 2007, 06:50PM
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My God your right! Didn't realize Craigs's List is a gold mine of old microwaves, TV's, computer monitors. I searched 'microwave' under the free category and had 5 hits that where just posted today. I can even pick a location close to my house. Back in the old days (1990s) we'd always wait for clean up week where every puts there junk on the curb. The internet is a wonderful thing.
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Another source worthy of investigation is your local Freecycle list. Old microwaves, CRT monitors and TVs often come up and are a rich source of HV components.
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I have been using craigslist for a while now. Also try using freecycle, i have scored 2 big screen tv's, microwaves and several tv's and computer monitors there.
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Hot tip: Head to CraigsList.com for free microwave ovens.
I pulled up the Craig's Lists for a couple of other major U.S. cities and did the same thing with similar results. You should too! I'm never paying money for a MOT again, ever! (not counting the gas required to drive out and pick stuff up, of course 
)
Maybe I'll luck into one of those illusive 4kV MOTs! 
