monkeh Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 Hi everyone Success on finding free dummy mobile phones (:)!!) Any suggestions on good places to try for finding a free laptop - it doesn't need to work (yay!) but my director's requested it as a new prop for the show.... I keep waiting for a request for tartan paint, I swear!!!! Cheers S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah Q Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 My last place of employment was at an acting school in Essex. One of the tech students blagged thirty non working laptops. They often hire out props, for next to no money (or often none at all). PM me for the details if you are interested in getting in touch with the props guy there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fogg Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 Check out ebay, you can usually pic up a broken laptop for about a tenner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac.calder Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 go to an "Authorised repairer" of laptops. I know that HP used to have a policy where most items, when still under waranty would be binned and replaced if it was more than a 10 minute job to fix. I am sure they would be able to set you up with a few. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightsource Posted September 29, 2006 Share Posted September 29, 2006 We have a broken laptop thats been in storage for nearly 12 years. (Almost threw it out last week!) It's yours if you will cover the postage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timtheenchanteruk Posted October 9, 2006 Share Posted October 9, 2006 Try your local freecycle group, theres often a couple of older ones that actually work going on mine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveyDaveDave Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 Slightly off-the-wall, but what about Ikea? They have those fake TVs to put in their, well, fake living rooms - they might have fake laptops for fake offices? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhughes01 Posted October 18, 2006 Share Posted October 18, 2006 If my experience of schools is anything to go by, many high schools will have a small tower of broken laptops that they will probably have to pay to be recycled/disposed of - I'm sure they would be more than happy to hand them over for a token (and probably a 400 page dossier of legal assurances of having not stolen them) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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