New Sub Forum Idea

Sounds Great

 

sounds good,...so long as the receipients dont take the freebies and hock them.or just get stuff to stock pile.

 

Good idea. Could keep a lot of good stuff from getting thrown out.

 

I was gona say something about that, any parts that I recieve that are duplicate or not used by me on this car would be given to whoever needed it from me. the parts would not be sold by me
...Jim, sorry to steal the thread...

 

Stefan; great idea!

 

try it. if it gets out of hand or is abused then shut it down. but it sounds like a good thing to try to me.

 

Free = Good

I can't believe it, FREE parts. You guys are nuts.

Time to get my wish list ready.

Acornridgeman: Yes, I like that it would only be open to active members. Otherwise, you may end up with "outsiders" trolling for free parts to resell on ebay.

Along with required membership, let's require documentation (pics) and a "how you did it documentary" for our forums. Maybe we could say that to receive parts you must have something listed for free?? I don't know...

I've got a front and back window off a 74 if someone wants 'em - FREE (you pay shipping)

 

i say yes.

 

Just a thought.

Another board I'm on has a "pay it forward" thread. If you have something to give away, you advertise it, someone wants it they post back, first come, first served.The receipent pays only shipping. Then, the receipent advertises what he/she has available and the chain continues. So that if you get something, you give something, except the originator, who can get something back later.

Sometimes you have a single line of people. Sometimes you have half a dozen people giving and getting at the same time, so it's pretty fun and no one abuses it.

just a thought...

 

Stefan, I like the idea and would be willing to participate.

 

I'm on a couple of boards with Pay It Forward threads. Never works quite right and is a big headache.

Personally, I like the original idea Stefan posted. It should be first come first serve. If you pay shipping, it's no one's buisness what you do with the part once you get it in my opinion. No need to complicate it with non sense as it usually becomes a nightmare keeping track of the stuff.

I would make it where you at least have to have 20 posts to participate.

 

I think it's a good ideal where all honest adults in here and most of us know each other and know what is needed by another so we can look out for the ones that might try to sneek in and do the ebay thing to try to make a buck off someone else trying to help. It is up to us to try to keep it straight and with everyones help this can been accomplished.