Oooh! I'll take one of those, one of those, one of those...
Really, is there any way anyone would want to ship this stuff? I'd take a
load of stuff if I can get it shipped bulk and priced out at bulk cost. Some
Apple II monitors, a few oddball quadras/centrisi, and, of course, anything
on my wish list.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jay West" <jwest_at_classiccmp.org>
To: <cctalk_at_classiccmp.org>
Cc: <mbates_at_ists.dartmouth.edu>
Sent: Monday, August 30, 2004 1:33 PM
Subject: NH/VT area goodies...
> I'm posting on behalf of Marion....
>
> > --------------------------------------------
> >
> > CALLING NH/VT COLLECTORS:
> >
> > There's a nonprofit organization called WinCycle in Windsor, Vermont
> > that receives all of a local university's unwanted computer equipment,
> > which they then fix up and sell or donate to people and schools who
> > can't afford new machines. I've been volunteering there weekly for a
> > few months and it's really quite an operation.
> >
> > This has been a rough year -- burglaries, management upheavals, rising
> > costs -- and to top it off, they just found out that they have to
> > vacate their corner of the warehouse by the end of September, because
> > the warehouse owner found a tenant who wants the entire building, and
> > the rental agreement is only month-to-month. We've got to start moving
> > stuff out of there and into another building just down the street,
> > pronto, and the new building is less than half the space we have now.
> >
> > To get an idea of what we're dealing with, take a look at this:
> > http://www.wincycle.org/images/wc-panorama.jpg
> >
> > Anything that isn't considered saleable (i.e., new enough to surf the
> > web and run MS Office) will be scrapped if someone doesn't take it at
> > scrap cost (25 cents a pound?) and some will simply be given away with
> > the request that you make a donation of whatever you can. There are
> > tons and TONS of perfectly-intact but old machines that need a home!
> > I've taken home nearly fifty old Macs but I can't store any more.
> > There's PC hardware too, and printers, monitors, keyboards, mice, hard
> > drives, networking gear, software, manuals, peripherals, other internal
> > and external parts, enough SCSI cables to circle the Earth, etc.
> >
> > Please forward this to anyone within driving distance that you can
> > think might be interested. Parents, please ask your schools if they
> > need bulk quantities of stuff; we can most likely deliver locally, if
> > needed. Any other institutions or organizations (churches, charities,
> > etc.) you can think of that might be interested in loading up in bulk,
> > please tell them to contact us -- they can email Tim Cary
> > <caryconsulting_at_direcway.com> or me.
> >
> > More general info about WinCycle here: http://www.wincycle.org but the
> > price list is basically null and void at this point because of our
> > desperate situation. If you need further info than what's on the
> > website, please email mbates_at_whoopis.com -- do NOT reply to the list, I
> > won't get your message.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > -- MB
>
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