Shipping sadly is out of the question for items that large but I'm sure there's some company in whatever the largest city you're close to (sorry I don't know where your space is, if you're already in a big city then it'll be even easier) which sells refurbished hardware. I.e. I have a friend out in ann arbor who's dad does just that, only with old soda machines and those old metal pull-bar cigarette machines. He cleans them up, gets them working again and sells them. With the cigarette machines he converts them so they can handle items larger & heavier than a box of cigarettes. He has a warehouse full of 'em. Where he gets all that stuff is just by going to huge auctions, from the regular government ones where they sell off seized items to foreclosure sales or he'll drive down and pick them up in a uhaul from cities like NYC where to stop the drunks from trying to smoke in the bar (where it's illegal) they are happy to sell them to him for practically nothing (mainly because he's actually the one picking them up....it's somewhat hard to move those suckers especially when running a business like a bar already has a low ROI).
I would assume pay-phones/phone-booths (more pay phones though) would be easy to find at those types of auctions. Switching them over to be free and/or work off voip or even a real hard-line would involve just opening it up and flipping a switch. An old ad agency out in dallas (Moroch/Leo Burnett) had those old-school phone booths with the 1920s style doors on each floor. They were very cool (and were put there for both vanity as well as a way to make sure people made their personal calls away from the cube next to them where someone might be on the phone with a client). Also with this economy usually when a developer buys up an entire block to tear down + rebuild into a condo/strip mall/ whatever, the city is so desperate for growth that they're allowed to rip out any old payphones that were previously on the property, even the street. -b On Jun 13, 6:46 pm, Campbell McKellar <[email protected]> wrote: > We have a civil war reenactor's tent that our neighbors gave us after using > it for an art exhibit. It is great, portable and good for sound with a fake > grass carpet and couch inside. > A real office would be even better! > > Loosecubes.com > Follow us @loosecubes > > On Jun 13, 2011, at 1:45 PM, Garth Frizzell <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > thanks for the thread. My dad restored a phone booth and put it in our > > kitchen when I was a kid. We loved it. > > > on reading the thread, I agree that functionally, our coworking site works > > best with a small (8' X 8') room that has a table and a handfree phone for > > quiet calls, teleconferences, etc. > > > style-wise, I would go after a replica of an old British police box. I > > browsed and found a company that offers them at: > >http://www.unicornkiosks.com/ > > > the site included a photo of a pretty innovative sculpture in Kingston, > > "Tumbling Telephones" > > here's some pix of ithttp://www.flickr.com/photos/anthonyfalla/3841353825/ > > > Cheers, > > Garth. > > > Two Rivers Business Centre > > > On 13 June 2011 10:18, Alex Hillman <[email protected]> wrote: > > We bought a vintage wooden phone booth on Craigslist and it's a great piece > > of furniture, but as others have pointed out, makes a pretty unfunctional > > phone booth. > > > We've also converted a closet into a more functional phone booth that gets > > used a lot - the key to making it suitable was foam acoustic insulation. > > It's worth it's weight in gold. > > > -Alex > > > /ah > > indyhall.org > > coworking in philadelphia > > > On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 12:24 PM, Chad Ballantyne > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > We have one called a "cloffice" get's use all the time. (Closet/Office) > > > Chad Ballantyne > > The Creative Space Director > > > (705) 252-2423 > >www.thecreativespace.ca > > > <tcs-sign-1.png> > > On 2011-06-13, at 12:07 PM, Bianca Rico wrote: > > >> I'm all about the office. We asked our members what they would preffer and > >> that was exactly what was most requested. A private "shared office" where > >> people can dip into make phone calls. > > >> On 6/13/2011 12:00 PM, Jerome Chang wrote: > >>> ...or just have an office, even if it's small. An office doubles up as a > >>> rentable area. People can also pace around in an office, or sit down at > >>> some kind of table, etc. > > >>> Jerome > >>> ______________ > >>> BLANKSPACES > >>> "work FOR yourself, not BY yourself" > > >>>www.blankspaces.com > >>> 5405 Wilshire Blvd (2 blocks west of La Brea) Los Angeles, CA 90036 > >>> 1450 2nd Street (@ Broadway), Santa Monica, CA 90401 > > >>> 323.330.9505 (office) > > >>> On Jun 13, 2011, at 8:57 AM, Liz Elam wrote: > > >>>>http://www.shopchristophers.com/ccp11723-english-style-telephone-boot... > >>>> ted-red-70028801.htm > > >>>> This is where I got mine. The shipping is stressful (I wanted scheduled > >>>> delivery) and they want to drop it on a loading dock and not bring it > >>>> into > >>>> the space (I talked them into it). I will tell you mine is very popular > >>>> to > >>>> look at but isn't utilized a great deal. It needs some additional sound > >>>> proofing and a light. If I were to do it all over again I think I would > >>>> get > >>>> something custom built. > > >>>> Liz > > >>>> Liz Elam > >>>> Curator of Link Coworking > >>>>www.linkcoworking.com > >>>> 512-632-4591 > > >>>> -----Original Message----- > > >>>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > >>>> Behalf Of Hera Hub > >>>> Sent: Sunday, June 12, 2011 2:26 PM > > >>>> To: Coworking > >>>> Subject: [Coworking] Phone booths > > >>>> Curious to know if anyone has purchased a full-size phone booth for > > >>>> their space? If so, where did you purchase? I've been searching > >>>> online (would be great to get something along the lines of the red > >>>> british phone booths) > >>>> I'm also open to other ideas that would give our members escape > >>>> options for calls. > > >>>> We're launching our first official coworking space in San Diego > >>>> (focused on serving enterprising women -www.HeraHub.com). We will > >>>> have close to 5,000 square feet with some escape space for phone calls > >>>> and meetings but I'm looking for more solutions on this. > > >>>> Thank you! > >>>> Felena :) > > >>>> -- > >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > >>>> "Coworking" group. > >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >>>> [email protected]. > >>>> For more options, visit this group at > >>>>http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. > > >>>> -- > >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > >>>> Groups "Coworking" group. > >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >>>> [email protected]. > >>>> For more options, visit this group > >>>> athttp://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. > > >> -- > >> Sincerely, > >> Bianca Rico > >> Client Services > >> MiamiShared.com > >> Tel: 305-929-8688, ext. 143 > >> Fax: 305-397-1250 > >>http://www.miamishared.com > > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > >> "Coworking" group. > >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> [email protected]. > >> For more options, visit this group > >> athttp://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. > > > Chad Ballantyne > > The Creative Space Director > > > (705) 252-2423 > >www.thecreativespace.ca > > > <tcs-sign-1.png> > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Coworking" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Coworking" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Coworking" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. 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