On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 7:51 PM, MoBo Bicycle Co-op <mobobicyclecoop@gmail.com> wrote:

We have a good relationship with someone who works at a scrap metal place and call him once a month to do a pick up. We often don't have time to part the bikes out, and we don't ask for the money back. Just the fact that they are at least being recycled and that we don't have to use precious volunteer hours to deal with it works out well. He gets to keep the money, we are able to shed our moral/ social burden and it's one less bike in the trash heap.

On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 8:15 PM, Urban Bike Project Wilmington, DE <urbanbikeproject@gmail.com> wrote:

hey folks,

a moral or social dilemma: when your shop accepts donations of used bikes, but you're already filled to the gills with hundreds of bikes that may or may not ever get fixed up, how do you begin to turn away donations that are really not worth the space? or do you? just looking for some suggestions of how other shops have dealt with this issue. it gets to the point where we don't have the time, space, or man-power to strip down all those pieces-of-crap even to send to the scrap yard, but now that people know that we accept used bikes, it's hard to know how to say no.

thanks!

sarah

Urban Bike Project of Wilmington
-a 501(c)3 non-profit bike shop-
1908 N. Market Street (entrance is in the parking lot behind the building)
Wilmington, DE 19802

Hours:
Thursday 6:30-9:00
Saturday 1:00-4:00

Visit us online at http://urbanbikeproject.org

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