We occasionally do a "$20 bike sale" to move some old unwanted frames. It tends to draw a big crowd and make some quick cash.
On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 4:15 PM, < thethinktank-request@lists.bikecollectives.org> wrote:
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- Bike Giveaway? (Andrew Shooner)
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Andrew Shooner ashooner@gmail.com To: The Think Tank thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org Cc: Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2015 14:33:29 -0400 Subject: [TheThinkTank] Bike Giveaway? We typically reach our storage capacity of donated bikes around this time of year. Our process is to assess and price bikes before selling them (cash or volunteer equity), but we can get gridlocked if we have too many incoming donations. We're considering an annual bike giveaway, and I'm looking for some wisdom/experience. My pros and cons list for a giveaway event for un-assessed donations:
*Pros* Expose more public to the shop Clear out bikes that are a physical and mental burden on the volunteers Redistribute more bikes! (part of our mission)
*Cons* Breaks our principle of earned equity vs hand-out. Would likely lead to redistributing bikes that we'll need to work on anyway. Along the same lines, could hurt our rep if we give away broken or dangerous bikes. Could still leave us with the bottom-of-the-barrel bikes.
Does anyone have a consistent method for managing bike capacity? My gut tells me we should just commit to a bike-count, and stick with it. Then we can hone our process for pulling the wheat from the chaff on an ongoing basis.
-Andy Brok Spoke, Lexington
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