[mit-habitat-exec] order placed

Thu Apr 21 11:56:19 EDT 2005

Ok, I called the Home Depot to ask about paying with a check and about getting a
discount.

They won't take a check, so someone will have to pay with credit card and get
reimbursed. They said to get the payment made by Friday at 11am at latest.

Discount is also not looking good. They do have money allocated for charitable
donations, but they only have so much for each quarter, and their current
quarter's funds are being spent on another event this Saturday. The manager
said that if we wanted to do a Campus Build again, we should contact them about
a month ahead of time and we would probably be able to get a discount on the
wood.

He said we might be able to get the supplies tax-free, but we have to talk to
them about that when we actually pay for the stuff. We might have to get some
sort of verification that we are a tax-exempt, non-profit organization, and I
don't know how to do that. 

I also forgot to ask what time on Saturday the delivery will arrive - maybe we
should check on that when we pay.

-Radhika

Quoting Elyse J Pieper <epieper at MIT.EDU>:

> Whoops...when I said "get habitat to cut it"...i really meant to say "get
> Home Depot to cut it".  I do NOT want to be responsible for cutting all that
> wood...
> 
> :-)
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Anne Chin [mailto:annechin at MIT.EDU] 
> Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2005 3:06 AM
> To: Elyse J Pieper
> Subject: RE: [mit-habitat-exec] order placed 
> 
> Hey,
> 
> Last year the wood wasn't donated and it was pre-cut by Home Depot.  I'm 
> not sure if we got them to do the cutting for free, but it's worth it to 
> try asking them.
> 
> Anne
> 
> At 01:24 AM 4/21/2005 -0400, you wrote:
> >We'll just get habitat to cut it.  No need to extract more manpower than
> >needed this week.  :-)
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: mit-habitat-exec-bounces at MIT.EDU
> >[mailto:mit-habitat-exec-bounces at MIT.EDU] On Behalf Of Radhika Jagannathan
> >Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2005 1:19 AM
> >To: Matthew R. Zedler
> >Cc: mit-habitat-exec at mit.edu
> >Subject: Re: [mit-habitat-exec] order placed
> >
> >I think we thought about it last year, but there were two issues. One was
> >that
> >MIT did not like the idea of MIT students using sharp objects at a Spring
> >Weekend event. And the second was that we weren't sure if we had the tools
> >to
> >do it, or the time and man-power.
> >
> >We spent a lot of last year teaching people and fixing people's screw-ups
> >(yes,
> >they could screw up hammering two pieces of wood together). And we had most
> >of
> >exec there all day last year, which we may not have this time.
> >
> >Not sure - if you guys think you can pull it off, cutting the wood
> >yourselves
> >might not be a bad idea. You'd have to clear it with Spring Weekend and
> >probably promise that only exec would touch a saw. Do people know how to
> use
> >a
> >power saw?
> >
> >-Radhika
> >
> >
> >
> >Quoting "Matthew R. Zedler" <mzedler at MIT.EDU>:
> >
> > > Why do we need it pre cut? Can we have one or two exec cutting the wood?
> > >
> > > MZ
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > At 10:21 PM 4/20/2005 -0400, Anne S Yu wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > >Hi Sid.  Elyse and I just spent an hour on the phone with the people at
> > > Home
> > > >Depot, ordering wood, nails, hammers, tarp for Campus Build.  The total
> > > came
> > > >out to $1306.75.  It will be delivered to McCormick Saturday morning,
> >exact
> > > >time to be specified later.
> > > >
> > > >We were wondering if lumber was donated last year?  This price seems
> very
> > > >expensive, but that takes into account the $.50 per cut, and we have
> LOTS
> > > of
> > > >cuts.  Can we pay this price?  Otherwise, we don't really know what to
> >do.
> > > >Also, would you be able to pay for this order?  Elyse can, if she must,
> >but
> > > >would rather not...
> > > >
> > > >The order number is 357-211 and Home Depot's number is 617-623-0001.
> You
> > > can
> > > >charge it over the phone.  If you can do this, when you call to pay,
> >maybe
> > > you
> > > >can try and cut a deal?  Like...no tax, free cuts?  Just mention
> Habitat
> > > and
> > > >see what you can get :)  Whatever you think would be best.  Please let
> us
> > > know
> > > >what you want to do with this.
> > > >
> > > >Thanks,
> > > >Anne and Elyse
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >==================
> > > >Anne S. Yu
> > > >MIT Class of 2007
> > > >Biology
> > > >978.430.6232
> > > >asy306 at mit.edu
> > > >==================
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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> > >
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