Laptop accidentally sold for $5 at thrift store

[July 21, 2010]  COEUR d'ALENE, Idaho (AP) -- The manager of an Idaho thrift store is seeking the return of her laptop computer, which was accidentally sold for $5.

Sandra Bechthold says she was shocked when she learned her 2-year-old Dell Inspiron and case were sold on July 12.

Bechthold had to do some work off-site that day, leaving the Women's Center Thrift Store in the hands of one staffer and a group of volunteers. The Coeur d'Alene Press reports Bechthold doesn't know how her laptop ended up in the donation receiving room.

A volunteer said she decided on a $5 sale price because she once saw a laptop with no software sold for that amount.

Bechthold has placed a classified ad offering to buy the computer back.

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Information from: Coeur d'Alene Press, http://www.cdapress.com/

[Associated Press]

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