Is anyone interested in a Buy & Sell forum page on the BSAC website?

Is any one interested in a Buy & Sell page on the BSAC forum website?


I have noticed that more people are submitting posts to the BSAC forum to advertise diving equipment for sale. I think this is great as divers get to see the gear quickly.

I?d like to get people?s opinions here for setting up a page dedicated to divers advertising their dive gear and associated gear, such as RHIBs and safety equipment for sale and to ask for specific equipment to buy.

I have already discussed this idea with the BSAC IT team and got an enthusiastic response ? provided there is a real interest for such a page.

Clearly for any such page there would need to be certain rules, the first of which would be that BSAC would be in no way responsible to quality or condition of the merchandise nor responsible for payment. This would be exactly the same as any other advert in a paper or magazine. Other suggestions are welcome.

So, tell me what you think. Do you want a Buy & Sell page? Do you think it?s a bad idea? Any reply is a good reply ? even if you think the idea stinks.

Steve

Is any one interested in a Buy & Sell page on the BSAC forum website?

Seeing as we currently use .......

<a href="http://www.diverforum.co.uk/talkforums/guestbook/index.html" >http://www.diverforum.co.uk/talkforums/guestbook/index.html</a>
and
<a href="http://www.ukdiving.co.uk/ukdiving.htm" >http://www.ukdiving.co.uk/ukdiving.htm</a>

or even ebay and UKrecscuba NG.

Its really quite surprising that there isnt one on here already.
Come on hurry up, I have shedloads of kit to shift!

TerryH

Its really quite surprising that there isnt one on here already.
Come on hurry up, I have shedloads of kit to shift!

What the ABLJ and AIR2 from your garage :-)

Yep!

I am always encouraging my students to buy second Hand - But Ebay can be a bit daunting - Plus on this forum you will get good honest advice!!!!!!!!

What the ABLJ and AIR2 from your garage :-)

I really hate to say this, but I have two La Spirotechnique
and three buddys + various Air2 and buddy bits in my garage.
Anybody want to buy them? Very, very cheap.

Would be good for a snorkelling club.

TerryH

Is any one interested in a Buy & Sell page on the BSAC forum website?

yes, that would be an excellent idea....

Thanks to Steve for bringing this one up, a new forum is no real problem and we just have to decide the best way to do it - which is where you all come in!

First of all what do people think of the forum structure? Have we got the right forums in the right place? There is an argument for moving Go Diving over to our Travel Club site, that often contains posts for spare spaces both at home and abroad, the Travel Club could also do with some UK trip reports - you don?t have to go abroad to enter the competition. So that is one option, move Go Diving onto the Travel Club site and fill the space with a For Sale forum.

Then what about the proposed For Sale forum? We would have to operate on a ?buyer beware? basis, the BSAC cannot be held responsible for adverts or the equipment offered, but other than that people are welcome to extend their club notice boards onto our forums. We are thinking of making it non-threaded (i.e. you can?t reply) so that it?s just a list of adverts - but then how do you know if something has sold? Maybe we should discourage replies and conversations but leave it so that the seller can post a ?Sorry - been sold? message.

Should we allow commercial posts? (personally I think not). Should we allow posts pointing to ebay auctions? (personally these annoy me, if I want to use ebay I will!).

So lots of questions from me and we?re listening, if you think that a For Sale forum is a good idea then let?s work out how to do it.

Keith L
BSAC IT Team

p.s. I know that we wont please everybody and the IT Teams discretion is final - until you persuade us otherwise that is :-)

Could the advertiser just go back in and edit their advert to say "sold".

Just a thought.

Edward

... We are thinking of making it non-threaded (i.e. you can?t reply) so that it?s just a list of adverts - but then how do you know if something has sold? Maybe we should discourage replies and conversations but leave it so that the seller can post a ?Sorry - been sold? message.

I'd rather the seller posted a reply saying "Sold".
Or allow the seller to delete the post completely.

If you edit the original post it might be for corrections, or because some (but not all) of the kit for sale was sold.....but if readers see a post has been editted then they wont bother to open it because they think that the edit was to close the sale.

John

It's a great idea, I think no replies should be allowed, author should be able to access to alter, add or subtract some sold items and the access to remove add when all sold.

KEITH, While on subject of the web site, Do we have to have the really annoying habit of us keep finding the same post subject at the top of the page just because people keep adding to it. Can't we have a system where the initial post dictates where the whole subject remains on the page, so new subjects stay at the top. I won't then have to keep plowing down the page to get to the new subjects


Derek Perry
D.O. Kensington Cosmos

Thanks to Steve for bringing this one up, a new forum is no real problem and we just have to decide the best way to do it - which is where you all come in!

First of all what do people think of the forum structure? Have we got the right forums in the right place? There is an argument for moving Go Diving over to our Travel Club site, that often contains posts for spare spaces both at home and abroad, the Travel Club could also do with some UK trip reports - you don?t have to go abroad to enter the competition. So that is one option, move Go Diving onto the Travel Club site and fill the space with a For Sale forum.

Then what about the proposed For Sale forum? We would have to operate on a ?buyer beware? basis, the BSAC cannot be held responsible for adverts or the equipment offered, but other than that people are welcome to extend their club notice boards onto our forums. We are thinking of making it non-threaded (i.e. you can?t reply) so that it?s just a list of adverts - but then how do you know if something has sold? Maybe we should discourage replies and conversations but leave it so that the seller can post a ?Sorry - been sold? message.

Should we allow commercial posts? (personally I think not). Should we allow posts pointing to ebay auctions? (personally these annoy me, if I want to use ebay I will!).

So lots of questions from me and we?re listening, if you think that a For Sale forum is a good idea then let?s work out how to do it.

Keith L
BSAC IT Team

p.s. I know that we wont please everybody and the IT Teams discretion is final - until you persuade us otherwise that is :-)