We also don't re-use old cables/housing (however sometimes people will still grab it from our recycle bin). Typically we explain why it's better to use new (as Arlin explained). If people can't afford the price we have a Fund set aside that and we'll give them new cables/housing. 

Our prices are $1.50 per cable, and $1/ft for housing. 

We stick pretty hard to keeping our prices at a 50% markup from our supplier so that it's a fair market price. (Our prices are set at cables we bought quite a few years ago when we did a big order...we have to order more so they'll likely go up a tad soon). 

Because we have a fund put aside for folks that can't afford parts it means that people can pay-what-they-can or not at all. We don't advertise that fund really but we let anyone know when they come in not to worry about money as a barrier to repairs.

Krysta

On Tue, 5 Sep 2017 at 19:55 Reno Bikes <renobikeproject@gmail.com> wrote:

At Reno Bike Project we do pretty much just like Bike Farm, above. $2/cable and $1/foot of housing. Used cables and housing are free/donations accepted.

On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 3:30 PM, Gabriel Trainer <getrainer@bikefarm.org> wrote:

At Bike Farm we charge the following for new cable/housing:

Cables, brake or shifter $2 for non-member, $1.50 for members

Cable Housing, brake or shift $1 per foot

We save old housing and cables in a large plastic container in coils,
and we do not charge for them. Free for everyone to use.

Gabriel

On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 3:16 PM, Arlin Schaffel
<arlin@bridgecitybicyclecoop.com> wrote:
> We don't keep old housing / cables as we've had problems in the past with
> proper storage and also just generally being too rusted to use again.
>
> We have a suggested donations list and currently have cables at $1.00/cable
> & housing at $0.50/ft. This is definitely undercutting shops but it hasn't
> been an issue for us thus far. Possibly due to us serving different clients
> than our local shops.
>
> Attached is our Suggested Price List. I believe we started with the
> Suggested Donation list from the Bike Dump in Winnipeg (thanks!) and
> modified from there.
>
>
> Arlin Schaffel
> Bridge City Bicycle Co-op
> http://bridgecitybicyclecoop.com
> facebook.com/bridgecitybicyclecoop/
> twitter.com/the_bcbc
>
> On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 4:06 PM, Josh Bisker <jbisker@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hey, how do folks price their new cables and housing? And howzabout you
>> recycled cables and housing? Is this an area in which it's ok to underprice
>> the retail markup of commercial shops, and if so what's the rationale for
>> doing so per se?
>>
>> We have our FIRST EVER batch of new cables and there are a number of ideas
>> about how to price them. Help us with your wisdom, fam.
>>
>> Josh Bisker
>> 914-500-9890
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