[COLUG] old, old free items if anyone wants them

[Dave]

On Jun 1, 2007, at 2:45 PM, Scott Merrill wrote:

> Dave wrote:
>> Because I had forgotten you existed and my wife is going to Sam's  
>> club
>> tomorrow anyway. I consider these fairly worthless, but if I  
>> understand
>> your website, you actually get paid for the parts - I thought most
>> places forced you to pay to recycle them. Do yo actually get paid for
>> the parts? I have to take the dog to the vet late tomorrow morning  
>> so I
>> can't drop them off there so we'll see if I can convince my wife to
>> wait  for me to do it some other time as I doubt she'll want to go
>> downtown if she can get rid of them on her way home. She's going  
>> to stop
>> at Sam's club after work tomorrow morning and is in spring  
>> cleaning mode
>> and wants to get rid of them.
>
> FreeGeek Columbus does indeed get paid for many of the materials we
> recycle.  Circuit boards, processors, and drives all earn us  
> money.  The
> recycler eventually sells the raw materials to other companies.
>
> There are two other benefits to donating to FreeGeek Columbus:
> 1) we are a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, and will give you a
> receipt for your donation, which you may be able to claim as a tax  
> deduction
> 2) we do not send any electronic waste to landfill.  The recycler with
> whom we work has given us a certificate attesting to their no-landfill
> policy.  Do you know the ultimate disposition of the items Sam's Club
> will receive?


I don't know for certain what Sam's Club is doing, but it did say  
recycling. The good news is someone on the list is going to take the  
Pentium 3 to reuse it and is going to take the rest of the parts to  
FreeGeek for me. Later this year, I may have some more decent  
computers (P3s and maybe a P4 from my wife's office) to dispose of so  
I will offer them here again and make certain they get to FreeGeek if  
nobody has a use for them.

Dave