I agree selling the parts then donating the proceeds to a organization of choice.
On Tue, Oct 20, 2020, 12:41 PM Ben Mihovk <bjmih...@gmail.com> wrote: > I hate thinking the worst about anyone, but I can totally see really nice > components not making it to the people who the co-op is designed to serve. > If you donate the components and feel good that you gave someone the > opportunity to use them appropriately, is that good enough? Is there a way > for co-ops to be held accountable for how they use donated parts? > > I think if it were me, I'd likely sell off the components, go to the Riv > website, and kick as much as I can into Riv's RBF. > > -Ben > > On Tuesday, October 20, 2020 at 1:46:10 PM UTC-5 Jay Lonner wrote: > >> Over the years I have amassed a sizable stash of really nice components >> that I no longer need - Paul brakes and levers, Nitto stems and handlebars, >> XTR M900 wheelset, SON dynohub, etc. It's all valuable on the open market, >> but Riv's BRP has got me thinking about how best to donate it for maximal >> benefit. My fear is that if I just dropped it all off at my local bike >> co-op the best stuff will be skimmed by the staff. I've thought of reaching >> out to Riv directly to see if they could repurpose it for the BRP, but that >> potentially creates issues they'd rather avoid (liability, not wanting to >> become a used parts dumping ground, etc.). So I thought I'd poll the nice >> folks here for some ideas on how to Marie Kondo my parts bin while serving >> the interests of social justice. It may be that the best move will be to >> take a page from Peter Singer and sell the stuff outright and then donate >> the proceeds - in that case stay tuned, since I'll probably list it all >> here first. >> >> Jay Lonner >> Bellingham, WA >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/5eb25369-c11c-46aa-9912-bf8d0093c57an%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/5eb25369-c11c-46aa-9912-bf8d0093c57an%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CAJN34zncCmDdwd-zynUvsPrdh%2BrQTsiX7oUYoyH0TaEGd1xmOQ%40mail.gmail.com.
