Big Brothers Used Binder  Repository and Disbursement Program -2012

ESTABLISHED IN 2001

Providing Quality New or Gently Used Binders to Disabled, Homeless and Struggling Transmen/FTM/Intersexed Men

 

please note! this program is for Transmen/FTM TS/TG and Intersexed Men only! It is not for TG butch, Lesbians, Genderqueer persons, Deliberate Gender Bending/Blending Females or drag kings. click here to read why.

Menu: Please note: "I didn't know" is never accepted as an excuse. All the basic info you need to know is right on this page
 
 

From Nick, The Director:

Why the Program almost went bye-bye....

 

 

Dear reader.

The last few months of 2011 proved to be very challenging. Binders were being reserved but no payment for shipping sent and often with no word. It happened over and over and over when in the past, guys couldn't wait to get their binder.

Binders sat for 14 days in the Reserved Box, waiting to be shipped once shipping payment arrived. But, many never arrived with not a word as to why.

As a result, the program went on Hold. Those binders that sat there, could have gone to someone else who cared.

I became so frustrated that, I had thought about shutting the program down for good.

And so, it's back and some things have changed. The application process is staying relatively the same but time frame to get payment in for a binder for sale or shipping for the free binders donated by Underworks, has been drastically cut down!

There is a reason for this; to be fair to others. Keeping a binder reserved for long periods just to then be forfeited for non-payment, deprives another of a binder they desperately need.

Think about it; would you want to be placed on a waiting list when the binder that could go to you, sits waiting for a payment/shipping payment that never comes?

Regards, Nick - BBUB Creator - Director - Coordinator

 

News Today is May 11, 2012 -

Apologies for some pages still not being up yet. Every item has been charted and will appear on the site over this weekend (May 12-13, maybe 14th)

I recently found 3 boxes of Underworks binders, donated by Underworks, that needed inventoried and several packages of donated binders, unopened.

While the program was on hiatus, I was still accepting binders. I simply picked up packages, as they came in, from the post office and put in a box until the day the program began again or if I shut it down. I would have donated all stock to someone who wished to continue this program on my behalf

Remember! All applicants must measure to be considered! http://www.thetransitionalmale.com/measure.html

Priorities: What transitioning related item should you buy first with extra cash?

If binding is important to you, a binder should never be down the list from the #1 spot. Presenting gear, such as expensive packers, packer holders, stand to urinate packers, should be down the line meaning, buy a new binder first THEN packing gear.

What's more important, a stand to pee packer or a binder? Have some extra money? Buy a binder so you won't need this program. Being able to afford an STP packer says, you can afford a binder. You can pretty much guess the outcome of your application.

You can buy a new Underworks binder for LESS than the cost of one STP packer! Applicants are subject to cross referencing with gear client requests

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Did You Apply in 2011 or early 2012 and did not get a reply?

If you submitted an application before the restructuring, it is void. We are starting from point A.

You will need to fill out the new form.

If you did not get an answer, it may have been for a different reason. Remember, missing information means no reply. Applicants were and are given clear instructions about what needs to be sent in and a separate page where one is shown how to measure , which is still a valid page today: http://www.thetransitionalmale.com/measure.html

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Free Versus Low Cost

Free Binders require a flat shipping fee, used for shipping and other ancillary costs of running the program 1. These will always be binders donated by Underworks®. They are styles 997, 983, 980 and 990.

For those who don't want to apply for a free binder but can afford a great used binder and some new, in the package*  for a very low price - that option will be available but sizes and styles will be based on what is on hand. Nothing will be over $10! Shipping may be included - this will be noted on each page of items

Examples of Low Cost binders available for sale (Nothing will be over $10!):

  • T-Kingdom
  • Marena
  • Morris Designs
  • Veronique
  • No name surgical binders
  • Various other Underworks binders (Not donated by Underworks) such as T-shirt concealers, concealer vests, 990's
  • Frog Bras

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Binders Always Needed!

We are always needing binders, brand does not matter, no matter what the size. We especially need average and larger sizes such as:

  • Medium
  • Large
  • Extra Large (Desperate!!!!)
  • 2XL

"Binders" we really don't like getting or need:

  • Lumbar support bands
  • Light weight athletic shirts (thin nylon)

Please consider donating these to your local Disabled American Veterans Association, VA Hospitals or Good Will type Thrift stores.

Send details of what you have, sizes, brands, conditions to: BBUB2012@gmail.com

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   Binder/Inventory Availability

All binders listed will be subject to availability, meaning, prior reservation/prior sale. The first person, with an email dated the earliest who qualifies, will have a binder they are interested in, if in their size, reserved under their name and until what date.

Their initials and location will be shown either along side of below the listed binder with a due date for payment. If not paid by that date, the binder will be listed as available again. Showing the date due also gives the reserved a reference; it helps remind him when he needs to get his payment in, at the very latest!

Listing will be taken down within 24 hours of payment arriving.

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Reservation/Payment Deadline Information

All payments must be on time! The approved applicant will be given a due date in the email approval or text approval letter.

  • USA - 7 working days only!
  • Canada - 9 working days only!
  • International - 10 working days only!

PLAN AHEAD. A payment needs to be mailed within 24 hours of notice of approval being read.

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Applying and If Approved

Only the applicant may apply and make contact in follow-ups.

With the exception of Parents/Guardians or Mental Health Professionals on behalf of a patient, No spouses, Wives, Husbands, Significant Others, Girlfriends, Boyfriends, well meaning friends, may contact me unless and only unless, the applicant is unable to, which means but is not limited to: Hospitalized, Severe mental problems that render him unable to temporarily take care of his own affairs.

Time to "man-up" guys. You need to learn to handle your own affairs because living as a man in the world will surely and most definitely present you with far more challenging things than applying for a binder. This is a cake walk to most things - like getting x-rays of your lower back. Think they can't see you have no penis? Need a colonoscopy? No balls and a vaginal opening for the doc to see. See what I mean?

Do not email me asking when your application will be reviewed/approved. I will get to yours. The number of applications coming in are unreal. Most of them from non- FTM persons, which is really slowing things.

NEVER, ever text me unless I specifically give you permission to do so in context of a binder. Just because you may have my number, does not means you may use it for this purpose. People have passed my number around telling people to text me and ask for a binder. DO NOT DO THIS

I do not play favorites - I make no special allowances for friends. Everyone is subject to the same protocol.

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Late Payment/No Payment

If payment did not come or payment was late, the Reservation info will remain for a few weeks! It will have a strike through line across it with the words "DEFAULT" beside it and in the case of a payment arriving late (which will be sent back "postage due"), the date payment arrived, will also appear. This was visitors know, once again, someone did not send it payment on time and the person for whom it was reserved for, will know why. No emails will be sent telling the defaulted why his reservation was canceled.

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Click to go to Inventory pages for Low Cost Binders for Sale

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Remember, you cannot apply for a binder if you do not have the measurements, as outlined on this page below and on the actual form. It is very important that an accurate size be established. This formula was created by the owner of Underworks/Simple Solutions and is close to fool proof as humanly possible.

http://www.thetransitionalmale.com/measure.html

please note! this program is not for tg butch, genderqueer persons or drag kings. click here to read why.

 
Where do left over monies go after shipping is paid for?

Left over funds are used for - definitely not for a profit! Left over monies from shipping, which often their are, are used for the expenses below and often times, there is nothing left for these to be paid for except out of my own pocket.

  1. Mailing supplies (Envelopes)

  2. Printing supplies (Paper and Ink)

  3. Travel expenses (Gas)

  4. Post Office box fees

  5. Website expenses

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