[hblug] Refurbishing Computers

[chris morris]

What we need is a temporary empty shed / warehouse /building for the 
initial drop-off and sorting point.
Don't suppose your contact has one available?
Most of us have limited available spare time, but could put in a few 
hours here and there.

I think your "target market" is not so much kids and family, but older 
retired people who just want to send/receive email, communicate with 
family etc.
They are not gamers
They wont fiddle with the system
They dont know about viruses / spyware ( and it wont matter that they 
dont with linux :)
They probably have very little, or no computer use history so they 
haven't been "polluted" by the windows way of doing things. ( eg: they 
wont expect it to behave like windows )

chris.



    Michael Adams wrote:
> Talked to a bloke from the regional council today, and brought up the
> refurbishing computers idea. He gave me some interesting information.
>
> *****
> He has been looking for something like this, as he gets about six phone
> calls a week asking about recycling/disposal of computer parts.
>
> There is funding available from government for anyone starting a
> recycling initiative.
>
> Recently on a Dell recycle drive in Wellington they got 44 tons of
> computers in 4 hours.
>
> We therefore suspected that we would get between 6 - 20 tons if it was
> advertised properly. An estimated 75% would be rubbish and be destined
> for his landfill.
>
> He would be happy to work closely with us. Free disposal of unwanted
> parts. They do the advertising from the govt funding. We sell the
> resulting good boxes.
> *****
>
> I told him we had discussed it but may decide not to proceed. The ball
> is in our court.
>
> How much space did you say you had Perry? LOL
>
>   


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Chris Morris
Racepics Motorsport Photography,
Computer Repairs & Sales,
Ph 06 843 4643
Mob 021 253 7925
www.racepics.co.nz
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