Originally Posted by
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Simply managing and disposing of the onslaught of BSO's and Bike Boom garbage in and of itself was a full time job. Let alone inventory recovery of anything even remotely valuable or salvageable for bike repair.
Maybe you should get involved in actually running a Co-Op before you pass judgement on how/why the prices are what they are. I lasted 2 years. Making magic from nothing is hard work.
Here's me on the local station. I'm in the green shirt.
https://www.fox13seattle.com/video/1111188
A dedicated inventory control person at a bike coop is super important.
When the inventory guy at the T-town coop got a sweet state job it was a sad day. He did such a great job of keeping "types separated"
1. Fancy case items
2. Bin Items
3. Parts for bike referb
4. Priced used Items
5. New Items
He just made it happen during covid.
Now when you pull something out of a bin they want to price it on the spot.... le sigh. The old big wooden windowed case is now a tiny unsorted mishmash.