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Today's Topics:

   1. Bike Coops and Consignment. (Jimmy Hallyburton)
   2. Re: Bike Coops and Consignment. (Jim Sheehan)


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From: Jimmy Hallyburton <jimmy@boisebicycleproject.org>
To: The Think Tank <thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org>
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Date: Thu, 10 May 2018 17:41:23 -0600
Subject: [TheThinkTank] Bike Coops and Consignment.

Has anyone looked into selling bicycles consignment at their shops? Or looked into it? 

I'd love to hear what successes, issues, pitfalls, and/or barriers people have ran into. 

We're brainstorming some ideas that would allow members (BBP has a yearly membership program that gives folks unlimited shop time for a year) to sell bicycles consignment through BBP.

Ride On!

Jimmy Hallyburton
Founder / Executive Director
Boise Bicycle Project
(208)-429-6520
1027 Lusk St Boise, ID 83706

www.boisebicycleproject.org

Explore some of the BBP Journey in my TEDx Talk on Moving at the Speed of Discovery!

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From: Jim Sheehan <jim@ohiocitycycles.org>
To: The Think Tank <thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org>
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Date: Fri, 11 May 2018 12:21:57 -0400
Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Bike Coops and Consignment.

This activity may not be kosher for 501c3 orgs.  We had to take down a simple "for sale/wanted" webpage when we applied for IRS nonprofit determination because "the assets or income of the 501c3 cannot accrue to any individual."

On the other hand (and why I opened this post) we are VERY interested in others' experiences selling OUR bikes at for-profit bike shops that we partner with (they give us their useful take-off parts, and bikes donated by their customers)...

Jim Sheehan
Executive Director

Ohio City Bicycle Co-op
1840 Columbus Rd
Cleveland, Ohio 44113
216 830 2667
OhioCityCycles.org

jim@ohiocitycycles.org

On Thu, May 10, 2018 at 7:41 PM, Jimmy Hallyburton <jimmy@boisebicycleproject.org> wrote:

Has anyone looked into selling bicycles consignment at their shops? Or looked into it? 

I'd love to hear what successes, issues, pitfalls, and/or barriers people have ran into. 

We're brainstorming some ideas that would allow members (BBP has a yearly membership program that gives folks unlimited shop time for a year) to sell bicycles consignment through BBP.

Ride On!

Jimmy Hallyburton
Founder / Executive Director
Boise Bicycle Project
(208)-429-6520
1027 Lusk St Boise, ID 83706

www.boisebicycleproject.org

Explore some of the BBP Journey in my TEDx Talk on Moving at the Speed of Discovery!

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