[Noisebridge-discuss] 2169 Mission status

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Closer to home, UCSF also has a surplus store in South City:
http://www.parking.ucsf.edu/distribution/surplus_goods/surplus_location/

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.

On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 4:25 PM, James Shearer <jshearer at gmail.com> wrote:

> Now this is a bit out-of-the-way, but the UC Davis Bargain Barn
> (http://bargainbarn.ucdavis.edu/) has *all kinds* of useful surplus
> stuff for sale.  Two things are particularly nice about the UCDBB:
>
> 1.) Their entire catalog of stuff is searchable online
> 2.) After a certain amount of time passes, you can just 'make an
> offer' on something.  In my experience, any remotely reasonable offer
> is usually accepted.
>
> I'm in silicon valley for the summer, but will be going to campus at
> least once a week come september.  Also, I have occasional access to a
> kid-toting minivan with removable seats.  Combine these two facts, and
> any must have bargain barn stuff can find its way to Noisebridge.
>
> Jim
>
> On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 3:48 PM, Sai Emrys<noisebridge at saizai.com> wrote:
> > On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 5:55 PM, Christie Dudley<longobord at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> I've also been keeping my eye on "Public" auctions, where things like
> >> school districts auction off stuff they rip out.
> >
> > techsoup.com may also be of interest. I don't know if they do much in
> > the way of physical stuff, and it ain't free, but it's at a decent
> > discount.
> >
> > To actually use, it requires Board action (accepting a contract) and a
> > fax verifying 501(c)3 letter.
> >
> > So far I've not actually used it w/ my nonprofit (we don't really buy
> > much in real world stuff other than for conferences) so I can't
> > comment on post-browsing experience, but it seemed potentially useful.
> >
> > - Sai
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