Forum idea - improved parts for sale mod

[Adydas]

whats been done and not done over what time period isnt worth discussing any more, to many posts have allready taken the subject off topic, lets focus on the question at hand.

[gurutasker]

I do know some of the other car clubs over time have arranged a 'swap meet' of such with a large amount of parts.. i guess this would just be an online version of that ongoing

[cogent]

jappa swap meet would be mad awesome.

To be honest, I'm not really sure of how much benefit this would add for second hand parts. I can definitely see how it would help people that want to offer a service, or fabricate bits as a side thing but don't necessarily qualify for sponsorship.

An example might be someone who works a day job as an auto sparky and can rewire a silvertop loom to suit a AW11 with their eyes closed. That person could have a thread in the "Services and Fab" B/S/E sub forum advertising the things they can do and the prices they charge toyspeed, and the prices they charge public.

Another example would be bazdas turbo plenums and dizzy caps, or those oil catch cans that other guy is fabricating.

Maybe this could be a solution to the "do we need paid services?" question. A one-off charge of $10 would allow you to create a thread for your products and services in the forum (think like the projects forum, one thread for each person).

It would also be very easy to implement. A new subforum and a new user group with rights to create threads in that forum. Everyone would have rights to post (so that questions, comments and feedback can be posted). When someone pays thier $10 into the TS account and it clears, a mod just adds them to the thread creating group.

[Mr Revhead]

ah but then you have a money generating system, which brings in a whole raft of issues.....

[Alex B]

See another accountant, its a not for profit situation, i don't see how its so damn hard.

[Mr Revhead]

because to be not for profit, you have to register as a not for profit organization....

[gurutasker]

because to be not for profit, you have to register as a not for profit organization....

And that involves tracking accounts, committee meetings, auditing, and other requirements by our friends at the IRD

[cogent]

ok, so you wouldnt have to charge people to use it.

[Alex B]

because to be not for profit, you have to register as a not for profit organization....

And that involves tracking accounts, committee meetings, auditing, and other requirements by our friends at the IRD

Which comes back to I guess, the toyspeed community just isnt big enough to support this anymore. Rock and a hardplace.

[Santa'sBoostinSleigh]

Santas list is a good example of why we could do with an improvement here.

my list has expired! damnit!!!
i think its a good idea but getting it to work practically may be the hard thing (I personally dont have an IT background, so who knows)

[Paulio]

There doesnt need to be a money side of it, sponsors provide special pricing for toyspeed users, in return toyspeed allows the sponsor to promote their products via toyspeed forums. Sponsors make sales, users get better prices. Everyone wins.

I want something like this mod to list the bits & pieces I want to offer, what if I set it up on a website I have and use it myself, anyone is welcome to use it, it wont be as good but atleast some of us could test drive it properly and feel for its pros and cons.

Then it wouldnt affect the status quo

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[Bling]

Some benefits may include:
* Greatly improves searching for parts
* Ability to promote & list all items a user has for sale
* Easier for the seller to manage his/her for sale items?

Sounds like this site tbh: www.trademe.co.nz

Interesting concept though overall