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Old 10th Mar 2021, 5:59 pm   #21
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Regarding your summary - wow - have to admit I have had a good laugh! I agree with Nick, walk away and let him get a couple of men with a van!
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Old 10th Mar 2021, 8:20 pm   #22
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Made me laugh too. A classic tale of British Management...
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Old 10th Mar 2021, 8:27 pm   #23
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Originally Posted by paulsherwin View Post
Unfortunately, the difficulty of disposing of this sort of stuff explains why so much of it ends up in a skip on the way to a WEEE contractor. Universities and colleges are notorious for disposing of lots of perfectly good stuff like this after upgrades. Even giving stuff away is too much bureaucratic hassle.
I came across this company recently that collects and resells surplus equipment from Universities: https://www.unigreenscheme.co.uk/
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Old 10th Mar 2021, 9:55 pm   #24
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Many thanks to you all.


When lockdown eases, I will go and talk to him; and I will do my very best to get him to allow me to offer the test equipment to our members first.
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