{"id":39210,"date":"2015-12-07T13:35:35","date_gmt":"2015-12-07T18:35:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/?p=39210"},"modified":"2015-12-08T15:21:04","modified_gmt":"2015-12-08T20:21:04","slug":"wright-states-surplus-furniture-and-supply-store-is-hidden-gem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2015\/12\/07\/wright-states-surplus-furniture-and-supply-store-is-hidden-gem\/","title":{"rendered":"Wright State\u2019s surplus furniture and supply store is hidden gem"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Located in 091 Allyn Hall, Excess and Surplus Property Management sells lightly used furniture, supplies, computers and other items at a low cost. (Photo by Erin Pence)<\/p><\/div>\n

Excess and Surplus Property Management (ESPM) is a hidden gem on Wright State\u2019s campus, selling lightly used furniture, supplies, computers and other items at a low cost. Located in 091 Allyn Hall, ESPM is a little-known place of discounted items that many students walk past nearly every day.<\/p>\n

Items sold at ESPM vary from binders to computers, from chairs and desks to cabinets and bookshelves.<\/p>\n

ESPM is a \u201cgreat value. It\u2019s cheap and has good deals,\u201d said Yousef Mohamad, an international graduate student who purchased several computers. \u201cIt\u2019s good stuff that we need and could use at home.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI encourage especially international students to come here,\u201d he said. \u201cAt Goodwill, a computer costs about $135. I bought it here for $40.<\/p>\n

ESPM was established to provide a means of legally disposing of university property no longer needed by campus departments. ESPM is part of the Division of Business and Finance and run by the Materials Management department.<\/p>\n

Departments are encouraged to visit ESPM to purchase new supplies, furniture or other items to reutilize items and save money.<\/p>\n

Advertised by word of mouth, ESPM has served students, faculty, campus departments, alumni and even non-Wright-State-affiliates for approximately 30 years.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are regular customers that walk through here all the time,\u201d said Chris Felts, materials management manager at ESPM.<\/p>\n

Unique items sold include a test flight simulator and a\u00a0seismic system\u00a0from the Department\u00a0of\u00a0Earth and\u00a0Environmental Sciences\u00a0that sold for $30,000 to a man in Tennessee, Felts said.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou just never know what\u2019s going to come down here and be surplussed,\u201d said Tom Fortener, ESPM accounting clerk. \u201cThere\u2019s been some strange School of Medicine stuff sold here.\u201d<\/p>\n

The most popular donated items are computers, computer monitors and chairs. The items that don\u2019t fit in ESPM are placed in the hallway outside 091 Allyn Hall. Donated computers are usually quality items donated from Computing and Telecommunications Services, which updates its computer labs every five years.<\/p>\n

\u201cA friend told me they sell things for ridiculously low prices and that I should come here,\u201d said Reggie Ballard, a Wright State junior studying computer science on his third visit to ESPM. \u201cI think it\u2019s awesome. \u2026 You can buy things you wouldn\u2019t expect to be here. As a college student, you can find computers for low prices.\u201d<\/p>\n

ESPM is opened by scheduled appointment and from 1 to 4 p.m. on Wednesdays.<\/p>\n

ESPM sells approximately 815 donated items a week. Items sell fast. Within 45 days after receipt of the property, ESPM will dispose of all items in the most advantageous way to the university.<\/p>\n

Helping international students is what Rick Gatton, now retired from materials management, enjoyed the most. \u201cI enjoy working here with the students,\u201d he said. \u201cWe sell items to avoid it going into the environment. Everything needs a home.\u201d<\/p>\n

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