>>
>>If I build a database to buy/sell items on-line, would you folks use it?
>>Yes/no? Dumb idea or needed service? Now, before I sell my soul to the
>>machines for a fortnight, I have to know what you want out of such a
>>feature. Obviously, selling only Mac stuff -- parts, whole Macs, etc.
>
>Great idea !
>
>>Make it Duo/2400 specific or general Mac stuff?
>
>How about mac stuff in general ?
>
>>Is there enough demand/need to warrant such a service?
>
>Count my vote as yes !
>
>>Would you be willing to pay for such a service? (stupid question, but one
>>has to figure out how he can afford the development time and maintenance)
>
>I would pay for the Duo list in general. Maybe a yearly fee ? Or are
>you thinkning of something Ebay-ish and formal ? I would like just a
>place to list your stuff without any other formalities.
>
>>If so, how would you want to pay? A price premium like eBay (starter fee
>>+ commiss)? Subscription registration fee (can't see how that would
>>attract new members of a "co-op"-like sales model, but who knows),
>>purchase via escrow? Put up with bannerads and hope the marketing would
>>cover costs?
>
>Well, how many people are here on the list ? That tells you your $$$ base.
>
>>What would you pay? (pennies on the dollar, $10/yr for unlimited access,
>>free for buyers but fee for sellers, donations out of the general
>>goodness of your heart -- the shareware of classified ads?)
>
>I would be most willing to pay a yearly fee for the list in general.
>
>>What kind of functionality do you want? Separate goods into categories,
>>obviously. Would it be beneficial to separate into locales (States,
>>etc)? Listing capabilities? Sorting by price, posting date,
>>alphabetical?
>
>For me, just a place (like a forum on a web page) would suffice.
>
>>Y'all let me know what appeals to you (obviously, you want it free, all
>>postings to be cheap, and totally unobtrusive... :) )
>>
>>Let me know, and maybe I'll build it.
>>
>>paul
>
>Mad Dog
I've a bunch of stuff I need to get rid of but have hesitated to post it to
any groups for fear of being a business. Businesses in groups like this can
be annoying, at least they are to me. I think it would be nice to have a
kind of non-commercial, yet nonetheless financial, posting place. Something
civilians could use but not people who did this as a side business.
That would be completely unenforceable of course, How could you tell if
someone like Mark had a business or was just trying to thin the pile in the
basement? But it should be the seller's job to keep his list of stuff up to
date and post things, not a maintenance job for some poor list slave.
Would it work to just let people post lists with accurate subject lines,
like by machine or era or function (Duo 280 stuff, or ethernet cards or
power supplies or Docks)? There is always comp.sys.mac.wanted for that kind
of thing. There are also local newsgroups, like seattle.users.mac where
people post local items they want to move out of the closet.
...another opinion.
John S
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