[IAEP] 172 XO-1s for $24 each (+ freight) $4,000 total

[Walter Bender]

I have to say I with Samuel Greenfeld on this one. There are lots of
potential issues with these machines (depending upon how they have been
stored and maintained.) They could well have dead batteries (both the main
battery and the battery for the RTC). They most certainly will need an
investment in time by someone getting them unlocked and reflashed as well.
That said, if we go that route, I have two bulk battery charging racks we
could add to the mix.

Google just donated 8000 chromebooks to the X-Prize. Maybe we could try to
go that route?

-walter

On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 6:20 AM, Samuel Greenfeld <samuel at greenfeld.org>
wrote:

> FOB (Freight on Board) means that the responsibility for customs fees,
> shipping charges, etc. belongs to the buyer.  XOs directly purchased from
> OLPC historically had similar terms.
>
> The shipping calculator on that listing can give you a rough idea of what
> it would cost to get to you in the US (around $500-$1000 uninsured).
>
> Personally I think it is a waste of funds and time given that someone will
> have to go through all 172 XOs to verify their functionality, determine
> which 10-year-old batteries still can hold a charge, make repairs, etc.  It
> would primarily be of interest to projects which already get donated XO-1s
> and could salvage parts of necessary, but not necessarily at the $4k price
> point.
>
> Reselling the laptops as usable also would incur a bit of liability that
> the recycler (selling as-is) is not willing to take.  About the only good
> thing is that this recycler does not appear to be shipping from
> Massachusetts, where one recycler was selling pre-release parts even after
> being told they were not usable by anyone else.
>
>
> While we seem to have discovered Sugar Labs has money this year, Sugar
> Labs is not a bank for everyone's little pet project.  *Before* we spend
> any significant portion of funds beyond the significant amount already
> allocated for stipends & translation, I would like to see proof that Sugar
> Labs can fund raise most of the money already spent back.
>
> The only valid way I could see doing this would be to ask the recycler if
> they would be willing to just donate the laptops to the SFC (or another
> 501(c)3 registered XO-using nonprofit) and take the profit as a tax
> writeoff.  But *before* this gets done, it really needs to be discussed by
> Sugar Labs' board {NOT people begging the recycler to do so via individual
> actions - if anything that would encourage them to raise their expected
> price}.
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 6:08 AM, Sean DALY <sdaly.be at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> they mean loading dock i.e. where you send the truck
>> Sean
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 10:24 AM, Sam Parkinson <sam.parkinson3 at gmail.com
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> Dave, I don't frequent EBay listings, but it says:
>>>
>>> >  Customer is responsible for arrangement of freight trucking pickup
>>> and insurance from our dock
>>>
>>> Is that referring to the charging docks or the palette of laptops?
>>>
>>> Obviously this is a small detail that doesn't effect the discussion, but
>>> it would probably change the figures a bit.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Sam
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 3:07 PM, Dave Crossland <dave at lab6.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi
>>> http://www.ebay.com/itm/Qty-172-OLPC-One-Laptop-Per-Child-XO-1-w-7-5-TFT-256MB-RAM-1024KB-ROM-/262478690514
>>> I propose that Sugar Labs buy these, image them with the 0.110 release, and
>>> sale them to raise funds; individual units regularly clear $100 each, so
>>> this will raise around $13,000
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