sadness...

Well, Conscious Consumer, the tide has risen, and here we find ourselves at the high water mark, and what with no boat, we must swim. In this metaphor, the water is the suffering state of the economy, the boat is our financial outlook, and me, well, that's just me. Try to follow along. What all this means, in simple prose, not verse (believe me, I tried.) is that your beloved Olympia Salvage has become yet one more smashed armadillo under the tires of corporate business, on the double-lane highway of capitalism. Do not pass. Merge, baby, merge. CC, you were there for us, thick and thin, up and down, funny and serious.
As you well know, there is a time to be funny, and a time to be serious. Which type of time is this?
You be the judge.
The rumors you have been hearing for months now, have finally come to fruition. The Taxman is a-knocking on our back door. Despite enormous support from the community, and form you, CC, we are closing our doors.
The bright side of this is... you can have our stuff. All that good stuff we hoarded the second it came in, hid from you, that shiny tidbid behind the counter you coveted, the one just of reach of your tiny raccoon-like grasp? We give in, you can have it. For free. Yeah, we know, you wanted it so bad before, and we pretended like we didn't see the want in your eyes. We pretended to look the other way as you did your "please, please, please" dance. We kept it from you because we know you. We know that the sweet taste of a fruit kept long out of reach tastes so much sweeter than that of a fruit so readily available. Think; twinkies next to champagne here. And not Cold Duck, but a better one, an old one, French, dusty bottle, Dom Perignon, 1959, or something like that.
I know what you're saying: "why is this guy comparing twinkies and vintage French champagne?"
Well, I'll tell you. I don't remember.
The point is: come in and take stuff, so we don't have to pay to throw it out, besides, that would surely go against our mission of keeping precious goodies out of the landfill, and provide a final, agonizing irony at the end of our otherwise spotless performance record.

WHERE IN THE WORLD IS OLYMPIA SALVAGE??

hello fantastic olympia community members and loyal olympia salvage customers!

you may have been wondering 'where in the world is olympia salvage?'

if that is the case, please know that we are just a short distance from our old location. we survived a flurry of a move into our new space located in the historic olympia press building at 113 state ave ne. yes, the orange building on state ave between washington and capitol.

we have had a beyond difficult time getting our telephones and computers changed over to our new location, so, for all your frustration, we would like to sincerely apologize.

please swing by and say hello to our friendly staff members (new and old) and help us make our new house a home.

we will be posting for our 'grand re-opening' and celebrating Artswalk with our new downtown neighbors.

we are elated to announce the arrival of LOCAL FSC lumber into our warehouse. we have begun small, but are willing to grow with your needs and requests. our local farmers can provide custom orders of the finest FSC wood products for your structural and finish building needs, as well as providing in stock items.

in addition to telephones, our website is undergoing a much needed facelift which will be happening in the near future. please check the blog regularly for communications about what is happening while we await that change.

our hope is that all is well with you all in the world of salvage out there and we look forward to seeing each of you soon.

much salvage love, oly sal

Great Scott!

Well, friends, we took a little break there, but the weekly weekend sale which once made us all so weak in the knees is back! With fortissimo!

Zoom!

And last weekend, we announced it a little late in the game, so here's hoping that Wednesday is enough for the average Conscious Consumer to a) get on website b) find blog on said website c) exclaim 'zounds' at the potential savings had by attending the sale mentioned in said blog d) logout and drive to Olympia Salvage and sign one's signature on a cheque/credit card receipt (we take cash, too!)

So here's hopin'
And another thing... the sale itself!
This Saturday and Sunday, consider the prices on cabinets and furniture to be exactly 35% higher than the amount we sincerely expect you to pay. Unfortunately, this cannot be extended to consigned and vintage items, but that demographic makes up such a small portion of our cabinet/furniture melting pot that who cares, anyway?!
Come in and Save!!

Hot Dog, a sale!

Yes, Conscious Consumer, its that time again. A sale. A big sale. All weekend long, 50% of sinks and toilets. Sure, sinks and toilets aren't all that exciting, but what about when they're half off, hmm? Exciting yet?

Now, our sinks start at around $5, and our toilets right about at $10, so with all those savings, you might want to think about putting a sink in the garage, or a toilet in the kitchen. Why, the possibilities are endless!

We'll see you this weekend.

If you can't stand the heat...

Perhaps it's time for a more heat-resistant kitchen!
Something in a beautiful stainless steel finish, perhaps?
Yes, you guessed it, we have been inundated with an abundance of commercial grade stainless steel counter tops, appliances, and fixtures, priced to move!
Fryers, warewashers, dual-direction food grinders, huge sink and countertop spaces, and over the next week, there will be more to come! This stuff sells for thousands new, but don't expect high prices from us, Conscious Consumer. We have beautiful commercial-grade stainless wares in stock starting at just $250.

Yes, come in and see for yourself, but hurry, it won't last!

...and now we salvage ourselves

From the brilliant minds of the people who brought you Olympia Salvage, comes a new idea, Olympia Salvage!

We have a new plan, a new vision for the future, a plan so dazzling, that the mere notions couldn't be adequately expressed in such a lowly conduit as HTML. But, alas, you go to blog with the tools you have, not the tools you wish you had. So here goes:
over the next few weeks, our warehouse will undergo great changes, designed in mind to make your shopping experience more enjoyable, more efficient, and just plain fun, Conscious Consumer! We will be moving things around, making what once was lost, now found. We think you will find the new Olympia Salvage to be more exciting, and the materials you seek in a sensible, friendly, and accessible environment.
And we think you will like what you see. Remember: you can't spell "feng shui" without "f-u-n."

Stay tuned for more exciting changes on the way!

It's blog eat blog out there...

Do you know how long I've waited to use that line?
I didn't want to use it right off the bat, no. My best material, right out front? It'd all be downhill from there, and then where would we be?

So, I've wanted to do this for a while, but never actually did it. What is the 'this' to which I am referring? Just what is it that I am blathering about? Is the suspense killing you? What I've wanted to do, is find cool, not-so-obviously related websites and share them with you. And here's the first:
www.weburbanist.com A very cool website, outlining innovative projects, abandoned buildings, new and strange ideas, and beautiful pictures of things we like. Interesting things.

Now, I am kind of new to this whole 'blogosphere' The only Sphere I am familiar with is Thelonious Monk (2 cool points if you get that one) and just maybe, all of you already know about weburbanist.com. Maybe, I am the only one, standing out in the rain with my candle, complaining about y2k, and the rest of you are zooming down the information superhighway, reading my pitiful medieval blog and laughing all the while, "Ha!"
Well, I don't care if I am a Luddite, I am happy the way I am!
Or, maybe I'm wrong, and its really new and totally cool? You never can tell.