On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 9:08 AM, Justin Pogge <xecax@hotmail.com> wrote:

we have a special display for nicer parts that we want a larger donation for. we have a number of parts hounds that come to our shop to see what new goodies we have. selling parts like this really helps us out financially and lets us have more wiggle room when it comes to people not having very much money to donate for the bicycle that they fix up in our shop. plus, our mechanics can benefit from these parts by donating to their own coop and getting parts for much less than they would at a LBS.

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> From: bbohs@purdue.edu
> To: thethinktank@bikecollectives.org
> Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 23:05:10 -0400
> Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Fancy Parts

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> If you want to indulge in profit, I hear you too. Make your classifieds intellectual to me, and I'll try to make them open for fair trade. Let me know. Thank you for helping out the community, even for individuals who are as accomplished as some. Thank you
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> Brent Bohs
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> On May 7, 2008, at 10:58 PM, Brent Bohs wrote:
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> Thank yo man, you seem to understand how this works. I you have profitable items, sell them at what you want. Otherwise, name a price and let the masses indulge in your success. Let them know. We can all benefit from riding and people that help the whole ordeal are saints to me, man. You know you are doing so much for others. Give me a shout! 765-418-1272, if you want to help the biking community more, I'm sure I can help you out. We, at this co-op, don't enrich ourselves, but we sure enrich any biker we find in free or cheap parts, labor, and well-being, as we are trying to promote biking as a safe and justifiable alternative to car traffic.
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> Brent
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> On May 7, 2008, at 5:10 PM, james blesdoe wrote:
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> HECK NO!!!
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> You sell them as you see fit. Nonprofit means you can't enrich your self, but your organization is supposed to make a profit In this economy that is becoming easier all the time -at least at the Bicycle Kitchen that is the case.
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> roll on
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> Jim
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> Erik Stockmeier> wrote:
> Question!
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> What the heck does everybody's shop do with fancy items of special worth to collectors? For example... perhaps you come upon a donation of half a dozen 70s unused campi sidepull break sets. Your stock of breaks is full, so throwing them in the bin or selling them for 5$ or shlepping them on a Roadmaster seems like a waste. Is it ethically ok for a non-profit to occasionally indulge collectors as a source of surplus income? What about legally for a 501c3? Is it necessary to launder them through a "buyer" who sells them at profit and donates the difference?
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> Erik
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