Want/Available list

[Grant Taylor]

On 12/20/2018 03:46 PM, Guy Dunphy via cctalk wrote:
> I too want a web forum venue for hunting, acquiring and dispersing 
> vintage computing gear, with a restoration/collector slant, ie not about 
> the money, ie I'm poor, ha ha.  A mailing list is NOT an appropriate 
> context. It has no categories, is ephemeral, chews local storage, has 
> no hot-linking, and demands more real-time attention than I can spare.

Is there really a dearth of satisfactory locations for people to swap / 
trade / buy / sell computer equipment?

I've not seriously looked.  But I feel like this should have been solved 
already.  Maybe it has an the typical places are running people off or 
otherwise unappealing.

What would people want in such a swap-n-shop?

In some ways it's a basic inventory management system, with the ability 
for people to add their own listings.

I feel like the community could likely benefit from an associated forum 
to discuss things without bogging down the business transactions.

I would want it easy to search and find things, or possibly even 
register as being interested in being notified when someone lists 
something for sale in the future.



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Grant. . . .
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