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Re: Decommissioned Gamewell Fire and Police call boxes

Postby Crunge98 on Sat Jul 13, 2013 8:47 pm

Give them double scrap value and take them all!
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Re: Decommissioned Gamewell Fire and Police call boxes

Postby Macsignals on Sat Jul 13, 2013 9:34 pm

Crunge98 wrote:Give them double scrap value and take them all!

Good luck doing that in Bloomfield!!!!!

Edit- on second thought, I did do work up there for a sweet-talking GC...
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Re: Decommissioned Gamewell Fire and Police call boxes

Postby 2070 on Sat Jul 13, 2013 9:52 pm

coyttl wrote:
mjmacpherson wrote:he would smash and destroy each and every box so they couldn't be resold on ebay... :blackeye:

Did he give reasoning to why?


If he cant make money, then no one else should.

Everyone knows how that goes....
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Re: Decommissioned Gamewell Fire and Police call boxes

Postby BigTbird1974 on Sat Jul 13, 2013 10:03 pm

2070 wrote:If he cant make money, then no one else should.

Everyone knows how that goes....


  So. About that 'covert rescue/recovery mission'. I'll be waiting for updates...... :crazy: :Wink2:  
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Re: Decommissioned Gamewell Fire and Police call boxes

Postby LarryC39 on Sun Jul 14, 2013 10:59 pm

coyttl wrote:
mjmacpherson wrote:he would smash and destroy each and every box so they couldn't be resold on ebay... :blackeye:

Did he give reasoning to why?


Because he's an ashole.
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Re: Decommissioned Gamewell Fire and Police call boxes

Postby Old-Timer on Mon Jul 15, 2013 7:18 am

It would be cool to have the local newspaper print an article on how the city is missing out on an opportunity to cash in.....or how they could have a CHARITY auction.......... :Phil:
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Re: Decommissioned Gamewell Fire and Police call boxes

Postby vaughnsimon on Mon Jul 15, 2013 7:52 am

This may not be a popular opinion here but...

The city should put them on that certain auction site that I hate. They should do so one at a time with unpredictable timing so they get the best price for each. This would allow the taxpayers to reap whatever the market will bear for these historical treasures that they own.

I think we all agree that destroying them is insane.
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Re: Decommissioned Gamewell Fire and Police call boxes

Postby 2070 on Mon Jul 15, 2013 11:17 am

vaughnsimon wrote:This may not be a popular opinion here but...

The city should put them on that certain auction site that I hate. They should do so one at a time with unpredictable timing so they get the best price for each. This would allow the taxpayers to reap whatever the market will bear for these historical treasures that they own.

I think we all agree that destroying them is insane.


I have to agree with this!

But all of the City's taxpayers should be notified that the city will have "EXTRA" money coming in!
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Re: Decommissioned Gamewell Fire and Police call boxes

Postby BigTbird1974 on Mon Jul 15, 2013 1:08 pm

Old-Timer wrote:It would be cool to have the local newspaper print an article on how the city is missing out on an opportunity to cash in.....or how they could have a CHARITY auction.......... :Phil:


I like where OT is going with this... :yes:

Presuming it hasn't been too long since they all got pulled from the streets, surely SOME of the rest of the "normal citizens/taxpayers" also noticed them going away...? Was there any mention in the local media then?? (maybe the reporter would be interested in a 'followup story'?) Even a 'Letter to the Editor' of the local paper might help to generate a little "public interest", thereby hopefully reducing the chance of them being "scrapped, at least"...?

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Re: Decommissioned Gamewell Fire and Police call boxes

Postby Macsignals on Mon Jul 15, 2013 5:52 pm

2070 wrote:But all of the City's taxpayers should be notified that the city will have "EXTRA" money coming in!


Good luck with that in NYC, NJ Bloomfield/Newark.
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