Closer to home, UCSF also has a surplus store in South City:<br><a href="http://www.parking.ucsf.edu/distribution/surplus_goods/surplus_location/">http://www.parking.ucsf.edu/distribution/surplus_goods/surplus_location/</a><br>
<br>It's silent auction-style. They've got a ton of office & lab equipment, furniture, etc. I don't remember seeing kitchen stuff, but then again I wasn't looking for it.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 4:25 PM, James Shearer <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jshearer@gmail.com">jshearer@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Now this is a bit out-of-the-way, but the UC Davis Bargain Barn<br>
(<a href="http://bargainbarn.ucdavis.edu/" target="_blank">http://bargainbarn.ucdavis.edu/</a>) has *all kinds* of useful surplus<br>
stuff for sale. Two things are particularly nice about the UCDBB:<br>
<br>
1.) Their entire catalog of stuff is searchable online<br>
2.) After a certain amount of time passes, you can just 'make an<br>
offer' on something. In my experience, any remotely reasonable offer<br>
is usually accepted.<br>
<br>
I'm in silicon valley for the summer, but will be going to campus at<br>
least once a week come september. Also, I have occasional access to a<br>
kid-toting minivan with removable seats. Combine these two facts, and<br>
any must have bargain barn stuff can find its way to Noisebridge.<br>
<br>
Jim<br>
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On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 3:48 PM, Sai Emrys<<a href="mailto:noisebridge@saizai.com">noisebridge@saizai.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 5:55 PM, Christie Dudley<<a href="mailto:longobord@gmail.com">longobord@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> I've also been keeping my eye on "Public" auctions, where things like<br>
>> school districts auction off stuff they rip out.<br>
><br>
> <a href="http://techsoup.com" target="_blank">techsoup.com</a> may also be of interest. I don't know if they do much in<br>
> the way of physical stuff, and it ain't free, but it's at a decent<br>
> discount.<br>
><br>
> To actually use, it requires Board action (accepting a contract) and a<br>
> fax verifying 501(c)3 letter.<br>
><br>
> So far I've not actually used it w/ my nonprofit (we don't really buy<br>
> much in real world stuff other than for conferences) so I can't<br>
> comment on post-browsing experience, but it seemed potentially useful.<br>
><br>
> - Sai<br>
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