help requested in Arkansas rescue

[Scott Stevens]

On Mon, 24 Oct 2005 20:30:39 -0500
"Jay West" <jwest at classiccmp.org> wrote:

> I had a rescue set up in northwest arkansas. Then the owner got in a car 
> accident and was out of action for months. Now the family is working with me 
> to finish off picking up the collection.
> 
> But now that I'm talking to the family, they are telling me a far different 
> story about the size of the collection. I was planning on going down this 
> weekend to pick it up in a 14seat van (sans seats). However, I've just been 
> informed that the computers and docs and such is approximately 7 foot tall 
> by 10 foot by 12 foot. This is unlikely to fit, and I'm not sure I can do 
> two trips (due to wifes surgery coming up, very soon I won't be able to go 
> out for a few days for a few months). Of course, the family wants the stuff 
> gone "now".
> 
> Anyone able to help with pickup, storage, etc.? If so, please email me 
> off-list. The collection is a very complete collection of most known home 
> computers back to pre-dos IBM machines with all software & docs. Do I really 
> even want this... *sigh*
> 
That sounds like the kind of instance where if immediate evacuation is needed, a one month rental of a storage locker is the way to go.  Has anybody here ever done such a thing?  The locker could be rented for not that high a cost, and all the hardware cached there so there's a month to get it all out and the family doesn't have to deal with it and/or get upset and start pitching things.

It could even become a cooperative thing, i.e. shares are sold to pay for storage, fuel, etc., and materials and systems that result are divided accordingly.  That said, I probably can't get to Arkansas personally to be much a part of such an operation.

> Kind regards,
> 
> Jay West
> 
> 


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