[aclug-L] Re: Garage Sale (was: Re: Case Modes?)

[amccadden <amccadden@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

An addemdum to the memo about the Saturday Sale.  Red Hat 7.3 now comes
on 3 CD's.  Various people have made the comment that $5 for each CD,
that is $15 for Red Hat 7.3 is too much.  Sounds cheap for an OS that
doesn't crash very often.  How about $10 for the set?  Any other
comments?  ~Anne

amccadden wrote:
> 
> I think that you have a very good idea and I would be willing to help
> since I would be at the Saturday sale anyways.  I thought the fee was
> $40, but they may have increased their price in the last 2 months.  I
> would like to have this when I can get the Linux/aclug Tshirts ready
> also.  I am hoping to get more bang for our bucks.  I should be able to
> find out when and how much with the Tshirts.  ~Anne
> 
> Jonathan Hall wrote:
> >
> > > Anyone interested in a computer garage sale or something simular?  I
> > > still have this Compaq tower with scsii drives and monitor, external
> > > scsii bays, cables, cards, and the like.  I am running out of space and
> > > I can't see the floor anymore.  Just have a path to the computer
> > > chairs.  Anne
> >
> > Can we do that as part of the Saturday Sale?  If we pay the normal (is it
> > $50?) fee, can we sell stuff, and share a table?
> >
> > My feeling is that if we do a standard 'garage sale' with computer
> > equipment, we won't really draw enough of a crowd to make it worth while.
> > If we do it at the Saturday Sale, then we've already got a crowd (and a bit
> > more expense, understood).
> >
> > Perhaps we could do it once on a trial basis?  Either split the $50
> > fee amoung the participants, and/or charge a commission on items sold, with
> > the proceds going to ACLUG.
> >
> > Here are a couple of my braindstorms to make such a thing work with the
> > least amount of overall effort:
> >
> > 1) Get a small group (probably no more than 3) people who organize the
> > thing.
> >
> > 2) People with items to sell shall provide a list detailing said items to
> > this team, and asking prices (and possibly minium prices if we want to allow
> > haggling)
> >
> > 3) The group reviews the list and nays or yays the items, and informs those
> > individuals who are expected to bring their items.  This way we don't get
> > someone bringing in their collection of 300 200mb SCSI HDs, and using space
> > that could be used to sell something of value that a customer might actually
> > want (not that I know anyone with 300 200mb SCSIHDs... ;)
> >
> > 4) The individuals who own the items will be responsible to bring the items
> > to the Saturday Sale _and_ to remove unsold items from the premise.
> > Anything unclamied at the end of the show becomes property of ACLUG and/or
> > the volunteers manning the booth.
> >
> > 5) People who sell items should pay a percentage and/or a flat fee to ACLUG
> > to cover the costs of operating the thing, and to buy pizza for the
> > volunteers :)  This might be something along the lines of (table
> > fee)/(number of sellers) + 10% of items sold or something.  Any money that
> > doesn't go to pay for the table and lunch goes into the general ACLUG fund.
> >
> > 6) The group of organizers is responsible for determining other
> > procedures--such as, who puts prices on the items (seller or the group), and
> > how do we track what items belong to who, and who gets what money, and
> > whatnot.
> >
> > Is any of this feasable?
> >
> > If so, I would be willing to be a member of the organizational group.
> > Perhaps Anne and one other person would want to participate, as well?  If
> > Anne is working on the standard ACLUG booth, perhaps two others could help
> > organize the garage sale?
> >
> > I'm willing to participate partially b/c I have a lot of junk (can anyone
> > say 200mb SCSI hard drives? ;) to get rid of :)
> >
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