One website with people on classiccmp's "for trade/wanted" lists....could be searchable by parts, location, interests etc...this an idea? - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

13 Jun 2001

I am, of course.

In some countries like Spain, where computer technology came 
more slowly than others cause of circunstances about I don't 
like to speak now, an afficionado to classic computing has 
a lot of problems to obtain some class of equipment.

The only ways we have are eBay or another auction house, and lists 
like this, ever thinking in the problem that suppose the shipping 
costs and the shipping act itself from any foreign country of one 
machine of big or medium (and even little) size.

I vote for this site.

Greetings and Best Regards from Spain

Sergio Pedraja

----- Mensaje Original -----
Remitente: "Claude.W" &lt;claudew(a)videotron.ca&gt;
Fecha: Jueves, Junio 14, 2001 7:02 am
Asunto: One website with people on classiccmp's "for trade/wanted" 
lists....could be searchable by parts, location, interests etc...this 
an idea?

...
  Hi all.

 Yes, I enjoy making trades with a lot of people on classiccmp...I 
 have done
 many and given away a lotta stuff too...I make friends and 
 contacts and the
 stuff gets delivered to my door and I dont spend long days hunting 
 in garage
 sales and flea markets....

 I see a lot of posts of people offering stuff lately and I think 
 this is
 great...

 Would this be a good idea having a kinda "central classiccmp collector
 trader list site" where people could post their trade/wish lists 
 in a
 "standard format" and this could be searched by location, parts, 
 interestsand such? Would this not be a good way of encouraging 
 trades and help people
 complete machines and find parts...?

 Would there be enough people interested?

 Who has the will, time, knowledge and web space? Anyone?

 Claude
 http://www.members.tripod.com/computer_collector