> Posted by: "Robert Citek" robert.citek@... rwcitek
> Date: Sun Jun 28, 2009 8:10 am ((PDT))

> In that collection should be some useful stuff: computers,
> motherboards, DSL modems, cables, printer cartridges, printers, etc.

But we DO NOT ACCEPT printers and have not for a very long time -- we
don't have the staff to troubleshoot and/or repair them, and most of the
ones that were in the pile either had no ink cartridges or empty ones,
so we couldn't even test most of them.

There are several unopened laser cartridges -- for printers we do not
have -- meaning there are now more boxes of unusable (to us) stuff piled
on a shelf. They will sit there until a volunteer has the time and the
ambition to try and sell them, or until we ship them off to be recycled.

> I only had six monitors and they should all work.

Four of them either didn't work or were 15", which we don't have a use
for (another volunteer offered to take those to Best Buy for us, so we
didn't get stuck paying for them). Also, our policy for years has been
to charge a monitor disposal fee. If you collected 6 monitors there
should be a $60 payment due to us.

> As for where I put the items, please advise. Is there some other
> place to put incoming donations when the area is already mostly full?

Rather than blocking the doorway and the light switch that controls the
back half of the shop, I'd suggest anywhere else in the building.

> As for the rest, whatever is not needed or useful, put in the
> WITS pile and I'll take it to WITS this coming week.

That will be very useful -- after Saturday, the entire shelf is full
again, with boxes piled up on the floor in front of it.

Thanks,

Theresa