combined "donation/thriftshop" approach (was: Re: TechShop)

[Mike Schwartz]

> What I'd like to see is a combined "donation/thrift
> shop" approach.

Just as a reminder, in the thread
<< OT: deceased erstwhile microwave oven >>
about my old oven (which had already been replaced), the last few (relevant)
posts noted that there was a HAPPY ENDING, because

--> Joseph Sinclair alerted me, that I could donate it to
Westech Recyclers <http://www.westechrecyclers.com/> ‎
( http://www.westechrecyclers.com/ )
and
then I phoned them on May 01, 2009,
and the result was,
NOT ONLY that they would take the thing,
(and presumably at least "part" of it would not wind up in a landfill -- at
least not until another round-trip to a "consumer use" and back) ,
BUT ALSO,
I would not even have to schlep down to their (downtown Phoenix) location,
because they pick up twice a week from Savers (a thrift shop [chain]), and
since Savers does have branches all over town, it is *much* closer [for me]
(to go) to the nearest Savers, than to go all the way downtown.

And I may not have mentioned this, but I also had a dead flat screen LCD
display, and an almost-new office chair that (long story) had died about 1
week after I bought it, and the dept. of Savers that I went to, that accepts
stuff to be recycled by Westech Recyclers, took all of that stuff, and I ran
3 other errands in the same area of town, as the Savers I was going to, and
I took a total of 3 items to Savers on that one trip (including the deceased
microwave oven) -- and that happened the same day (May 01, 2009). [*before*
my set-out deadline for un-contained trash].

This strikes me as being very similar to the idea of
> a combined "donation/thrift shop" approach.
that was mentioned in the Tue, May 5, 2009 at 10:43 PM, post from <
fouldragon at aol.com> (see below).
-- 
Mike Schwartz
Glendale  AZ
schwartz at acm.org

On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 10:43 PM, <fouldragon at aol.com> wrote:

> What I'd like to see is a combined "donation/thrift shop" approach.
>
> I could see going somewhere where I could drop off my evol old
> rubber-dome keyboards, the Umax SuperMac which won't run OSX, and that
> 66MHz Windows NT PowerPC workstation, and dig through a pile of
> everyone else's equally abandoned parts for items to fill  up the space
> those were taking.
>
> But I think that there's a tendency to usually only want to take or
> refurbish "marketable" gear.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lisa Kachold <lisakachold at obnosis.com>
> To: Main PLUG discussion list <plug-discuss at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
> Sent: Tue, 5 May 2009 5:29 pm
> Subject: TechShop
>
>
> A good idea for Phoenix?
>
> http://www.boingboing.net/2009/04/28/boing-boing-video-re-2.html
>
> Anyone want to invest?
>
> Okay, well if not for profit TechShop workshop membership, how about a
> nice FreeGeek recycler endeavor?
>
> Well, yes, it might not work, since one can toss out anything here
> without having to pay landfill prices like Boregon!
>
> How about something in between?  A non-profit renovation that takes old
> equipment for a write off and renovates them for other non-profits?  I
> think federal grants are available?
> --
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