I would love to see a swap meet. For used items that are relivent, not for me as a dealer but for things like used buggy's and other toy's or things like tools, for example I have a whole set of air tools I would offer here before I ebayed it, kinda to keep it at home. Somebody may have some old rims because they replaced theirs or some 18" tires because they bought 22" tires. you get it.... no dealer stuff just a swap meet.....

could be fun to see what shows up...

Buggybay

Thats my 2 cents...

STU

great idea Stu...

i'm starting to collect parts myself... like a set of tires off of my wife's blade, front wheels off mine, etc.

anyways... good idea

Rich

I agree... this is a good idea, and I know it was mentioned before.


Let's develop the rules here and now so we can get this going.


I remember hearing that a person must be a member for at least 30 days before posting a sale...I like that idea. What else be required of such a classified forum section???


-Steve

no new dealer products, Steve holds the right to delete any item for any reason, no advertising only real items

some ideas

okay, next...


Should we allow people to say "best offer" or should they have to set a price up front??

Member 30 days OR At least 50 Posts
Full profile filled out, we want to know who you are, where ya live
No Comercial Ads
Make sure they have their Emails ON
No one under 18 making deals

Steve, does it cost anything to maintain this board? If so some forums
admins charge a small fee to post ads. It helps defray costs and it would
be a way to get the ball rolling on t-shirts, stickers etc. Fees would be
small, $1-$100 would be free, $100-$500 would be $5 and over $500
could be $10

Another courtesy is to offer it up here before it goes to Ebay.

Here are the rules from another forum I'm On

Please post single item ads only with asking price.


Please provide your contact information in the body of your post.

Annual memberships shall be valid for 12 full months from the date your payment is received.

Any items under $100 - No Charge

Ads for items under $500 are $5.00

Ads for items $500 and under $1,500 are $10.00

Ads for items at $1,500 or above are $15.00

The annual subscription rate of $52.00 allows unlimited postings for 12 months.

Ads will remain in place for 2 weeks from initial posting.

Ad fees are paid thru Paypal



Just my 2 cents worth...................


Mark

you know my though is you start out a beta with a rule up top letting all know that fees will eventually apply but for now it is a free trial to "see" how it goes. could an interesting way to start a secondary market for the 150cc used buggies too with all of the 250cc karts coming out and will draw traffic I am sure. Then Steve I see nothing wrong with you setting up a Donation to the sight link for regulars who would want to help defray some of your costs, many sites do this and people could make a contribution. just a thought... when the swap site really gets rolling you can add the fees and then presto BUGGYBAY.

IMHO

STU

Yea, Steve could set up a Paypal account for buggynews.com and the donations could go to it. I use paypal for everything on the net, have
had 0 problems with it

I have collected ALLOT of money through ebay and sent too No problems you realy should...

Stu

Thanks for the ideas guys... keep them coming if anyone else wants to add... I'm going to keep things as "free" as I can for as long as I can... and go from there.


-Steve