[Tfug] OT: RE: WorldCare suggestions?

Fri Mar 6 08:15:36 MST 2009

They closed the school due to noise concerns and safety concerns as it's directly in DM's flight line.

--Kyle

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From: tfug-bounces at tfug.org on behalf of Jeffry Johnston
Sent: Thu 3/5/2009 7:17 PM
To: Tucson Free Unix Group
Subject: Re: [Tfug] WorldCare suggestions?

Marco,

Take the good with the bad.  From WC you can get computer peripherals
such as mice, keyboards, cables, etc for cheap (where else can you buy
a mouse for $1?).  Their computers are ridiculously overpriced.  So,
just don't buy the computer there :)  But, I dunno if you've looked at
thrift stores lately.  It's hard to even find a used computer for sale
anymore.

Anyhow, I've had success with asking Don to keep an eye out for a
part.  You might try that.

BTW, anyone know why that school was sold?

Jeff

On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 8:40 AM, Marco Savo <savomarco at gmail.com> wrote:
> Well, here they were asking for suggestions, no?
> - "ask for Joe". Joe wasn't there, they had to call him on the cell phone
> (after I insisted) just to know they have a pile of these sun monitors
> behind them
> - for buy a dvd writer They explicitly asked me to came back the next week,
> for buy something they have in the store. The week after I went by and they
> told me they won't sell me any.
>
> Yes, is not a store, but just a little bit of organization and
> coordination...
>
> On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 7:40 AM, Bexley Hall <bexley401 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi, Marco,
>>
>> --- On Tue, 3/3/09, Marco Savo <savomarco at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Well, maybe better organization? I went to buy the "Sun Monitor"
>> > posted here, and when I went in no one knows that they have these
>> > monitors to sell.
>>
>> You will note in the original post that you *had* to "ask
>> for Joe".  At any time, there are upwards of 250,000 pounds
>> of goods in the facility.  And, probably 6 or 7 *volunteers*
>> managing it all.
>>
>> Those people change from day to day.  And, each deals with
>> only a certain portion of the "collection".  E.g., if you
>> were to ask Joe if they have a Heparin pump that you could
>> buy/borrow, he would stare at you with a blank expression
>> (since Joe isn't involved in handling any of the medical
>> supplies).  Likewise, if you ask someone in the *store*
>> about something that is *not* in the store, you are likely
>> to get the same blank stare.
>>
>> [Go to Home Depot and ask the guy in the plumbing department
>> if they carry clutch head screws; chances are he won't be
>> able to answer you -- nor will the guy in the hardware
>> department be able to tell you if they have closet flanges]
>>
>> > Another time I asked for a cd/dvd writer, they told me they
>> > have some but they should be tested, that I should come back
>> > the next week. The next week I went back, and one woman told
>> > me in an unpleasant way that if I want a cd
>> > or dvd writer to go to bestbuy.com, they won't sell me
>> > one, they sell the whole computer.
>>
>> And, I'm willing to bet that the woman was in the middle of
>> trying to do three things at once... answer your question,
>> supervise some juveniles "doing time" on probation (this is
>> a full-time job as these folks tend to need to be prodded
>> to do *anything*), answer the phones, etc.
>>
>> Remember, WC isn't a store, its a charitable organization.
>> Their goal is not to sell things but, rather, to *give*
>> them to people/organizations in need.  The store exists
>> just to help pay for the electricity/heat. As such, there
>> isn't much effort put into selling items that aren't
>> *easy* to sell.  More esoteric items tend to get sold by a
>> broker to folks who know exactly what they are looking
>> for and the risks of "buying used".
>>
>> In the past, I have tried to list many oddball things
>> that I thought folks (here) might have a use for.  The
>> results were discouraging.  So, now most of those things
>> go straight into the "metal recycling" bin, etc.
>>
>> Approximately 3 tons of materials gets recycled there,
>> *daily*.  So, it doesn't pay to hold onto items that
>> won't sell quickly, if at all!  If a home can be found
>> for them at some other charitable organization, great!
>> If not, they are recycled for their component parts.
>>
>> > I'm not going there anymore
>>
>> If you want a "real store", you're much better off going
>> to a real store!  :>  If you like more unusual things and
>> don't want to be digging deep into your pockets just to
>> *play* with them, you might try the biweekly UofA auctions
>> (though you will find that to be a huge time-sink).  You
>> might also check out PCR (?  I think I have misremembered
>> that  :< ) at Park & 22nd -- they are organized  more like a
>> regular store.
>>
>> --don
>>
>>
>>
>>
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