REVOLVE UP FOR TENDER?

AUSSIE JUNK MUGGA LANE IS NOW OPEN ALL WELCOME

revolve has closed down

what are the actual rules for this tender?
I don’t understand why the govt suddenly wants to put it out to tender after 18 years? what has changed?

Yes I agree some of the sales staff at revolve do sometimes go a bit crazy, but in their defence they dont get it for free, as sadly workers that dont get paid a pretty hard to find.

Revolve pays huge rent just for the shed, then there are obvious expenses like Wages, super, workers comp and other insurances as well as normal running costs.

As far as aussie junk goes, It is owned by a fellow from wagga, they are contracted to theiss and not the ACT government, they pay no Rent or any other fees for what they do. Its a total cash business with no receipts ever being isssued and they seem to be accountable to no one? Mosts of their workers are on way less than award wages. I know of people who have worked for $50 cash in hand for a 10 hour day! They are much pickier about what they take and a lot of their business is based online so locals shoppers dont even get a sniff at the good stuff. The way I see it is atleast revolve employs local people and is a local business.

Does yer EP have a name yet Thumper? (Like AD, I was initially very confused).

Does anyone know if you can still dump your recyclables (cardboard, glass etc) at the old belco tip?

humans can game any system.

They might have goodwill with some people, but not with me. Years ago I had a good look through revolve, only to be amazed at the prices being asked for the crap they had scavenged from the tip for free. As an example, they were trying to sell second hand sheets of gyprock in odd sizes (offcuts I guess), for more than the sheets cost originally! They wouldn’t even negotiate the price! After that I haven’t bothered going back.

I have taken advantage of their services though. They often won’t accept stuff youo drop off to them (for free), instead making you pay to get into the tip then dump your second hand (but still useable) couch, computer or whatever. The trick is to go into the tip between 7.30am and 8.00am on a Saturday. The tip is open but revolve is not. I generally just unload whatever I was going to give them (not real rubbish, but actual recyclable goods/material) in front of their gate and then piss off, all for free.

Screw revolve, if they got their shit together people might support them. At present they have a giant shed of stuff no-one will buy.

/end_bitter_and_twisted_rant

they closed the revolve at belco tip a few years ago,and opened that bizarre ‘recycling centre’ at mitchell that makes you sort all your rubbbish and then transports it away somewhere.

they also opened ‘aussie junk’ at mitchell, which is a privately owned and run for profit operation. the prices there are sometimes better than revolve in mugga lane.

maybe they coudl let koomarri take it over…

I read this a revolver up for tender and in my unwell state confused the hell out of me.

I would have thought it’s private industry’s job to get the best possible return.

Government’s supposed to be involved when the short term “best possible return” for a single entity doesn’t actually give the best results to everyone.