who is haterad and when will it be eradicated

[scot w.]

On the BMX boards, you have to be a $20 dollar a year site supporter in order to use the for sale forums.

Ding, Ding, Ding! This is exactly what needs to happen for the for sale section. There are a bunch of people out there using that section to fly under the radar selling parts every single day. Once in a great while sellers are a whole different story but just like any for sale section on any site it does get abused greatly. same goes for the cars for sale section...

I think doing some structure like this for ALL of the for sale section and a PayPal donation button would be a GREAT idea.. The paypal button would then be used for the $20 a year site supporters to make their donations in order to sell on the site..


Scot W.

 

[charlief1]

The auction idea is very good I think. How many of us have parts laying around just gathering dust? I have a bunch of parts myself. I've got 5 or 6 earlier blocks laying around and 14 heads right now. Way more than I need but they do seem to accumulate.:redface:

Most of my stuff is NA or earlier parts but I think I can donate some parts that someone may be interested in to help support the site.

 

[williamsGN]

Good idea on the parts for sale section for revenue, could charge a few dollars which the seller could just build into the price of the item.
As far as paying for searches (first get real), secondly the search would have to work properly, it still is returning results that are over a month old. I search 'intercooler' and the last post was from Sept. 22. Same with searching for a members posts, it won't show anything in the last month or so.

 

[sackracing]

My site supporter subscription for Vintagebmx renews automatically every year. There's a paypal function for that.

 

[JayC]

Google is funny about excessive ad clicking but if you guys see something that interests you, take a look. I do sometimes even tho Im not supposed to click on them. I just follow ads that actually interest me.

 

[sackracing]

I am waiting for a male enhancement banner to click on

 

[TurboTGuy]

I am waiting for a male enhancement banner to click on

Don't even bother, they don't work anyway..........

DOH! Did I say that out loud????????

 

[charlief1]

Well....

I know a bunch of guys would like to see the political section away. I'd bet a lot of guys would pay not to see it anymore.:biggrin:

 

[818GN]

Hate to keep stirring this pot, but it's an important issue to all of us in the end...so before I jump to construction work for the day....

There will always be some free loader's in every situation we find ourselves in, BUT...

If the FS forum is something that you frequent, what's to stop You from starting a thread with a title like "Read Before Posting", that ask's the simple question of others,,, How much do you TIP your waiter for a GOOD Meal? And wouldn't it be equally appropriate in the case of dealing with a WEBSITE that provides YOU with access to other enthusiast's!!!??!!!

All it would take from there is a PM, asking for the sticky!

WE member's, given membership without charge or expectation of contribution, HAVE THE POWER<6, to make a difference, however small with every action, or large with every generousity to make the world around us better.

What better place to start, than with what we truly enjoy or believe in, and seek our solace or grounding with others from, or just get our Rocks Off attempting to dominate with!??!

There's SO much I see coming out of this site that we take in, and take out with us,

don't wait to be asked. That's just Not gonna happen. Take it upon yourself. And don't just do it once. Make a habit of it!

The only way it makes sense for TB.com to charge a "fee" for the sale of 3rd party parts is if they offer some sort of Buyer/Seller Protection (i.e. Ebay, Amazon, etc) for each transaction a "fee" is assessed.

Otherwise, a donation/tip system seems best.

 

[SPOOLFOOL2]

The Spoolfool 2cents.

Whether it's a car show, a web site, or what ever. If you try to extract money from people to cover the costs, people turn away.

However, If you can spin it into a fun/ donation type deal, then your a hero.

Here's just one way you could fleece the flock...Opps, I ment raise some dough to help offset the costs.

Monthly T-shirt contest.
Sell nice (very nice) TB.com T-shirts for a profitable sum. Say, thirty bucks plus shipping. Have a photo contest that is judged by admin and/or mods, with person(s) wearing shirt in some "interesting" place or setting. Photos would need to be "in good taste" and be posted in a "TB.com T-shirt photo" section. The monthly winner would earn something cool, like a new alum TA block and heads, with custom brushed and ceramic coated Wilson manifold to match my other parts. If this is a bit too optomistic, first place could get,

*Name/pic posted somewhere "special" for the month.

*Ban anyone for a week. (personal favorite).

*Mod of the Political or So. Western Section for a day. (That's as long as anyone would want the job).

Run the contest for a year and see how it goes. At worst, you'd have fun and get publicity.


Thoughts?

Mike Barnard

 

[TurboTGuy]

Thoughts?..........

(Crickets Chirping)

 

[SPOOLFOOL2]

Thoughts?..........

(Crickets Chirping)

Heck!
It's only been 22 minutes. Rome wasn't built in a day.

Mike B.

 

[TurboTGuy]

It's just that I'm impotent.

Impatient, oh gawd I meant impatient, really impatient was supposed to be my response!!!!!!:biggrin:

Stupid male enhancement pills.............

 

[usetaboost]

there's over 31000 members. I'm sure we could all pitch in a dollar? Seriously, post a sticky at the top of the forum page. I'm sure there are plenty of people here willing to send a dollar.

 

[usetaboost]

....and if it works as well as it should, we could start doing monthly giveaway drawings again for contributors if you end up with some extra cash? It would be a good incentive to donate!

 

[Rivical]

The only way it makes sense for TB.com to charge a "fee" for the sale of 3rd party parts is if they offer some sort of Buyer/Seller Protection (i.e. Ebay, Amazon, etc) for each transaction a "fee" is assessed.

Otherwise, a donation/tip system seems best.

There's no fee's involved. The person donating the item post's their raffle on the HAMB section rather than parts for sale section, or in the lounge in our case, these are the high traffic areas, where people go for community activity rather than business, so it makes sense to do it here rather than the sale section.

By posting a raffle, you just PM for a sticky on it, and agree that at the end of the time period, you will ship the Donated item to the winner upon receiving a PM from the site owner that he's been paypal'd the winning funds.

You can chose to additionally donate the shippping expenses, or require that the winner paypal them to you since you've after-all already donated. You could even require in your posting that the shipping will come from you, but it's cost be added and paid in addition to the winning bid, to the site owner.

It's all wide open as to how someone would choose to help support.

It doesn't even have to specifically be car parts. Often there's art work, services or automobilia offered.

And once it gets off the ground, I'm sure we'll find occasion to put up raffles for other member's or their families, who've fallen on "hard times" of one kind or another.



The part that works for me, is that it's all voluntary. You get to do something for what you're getting out of hanging around here and somebody else gets to show their support too!


One final thing I should mention is that yes, I've found that the item I received wasn't quite as great as what I thought I'd be getting a time or two. There's no feedback system with this. It's the HONOR SYSTEM. I've tried to remember that while I might've donated a $150 intake or something on occasion while receiving nothing but the joy of participation, a 'not so great' item is just another of those occasion's. But myself and friends don't forget who would make a cruddy donation in the future either.

It's not so much about what you get in giving, is it?

 

[GNBRETT]

If youd like to start paying the bill for this site every month, Ill be happy to send you the invoice.

What do you people expect us to do? This place doesnt run for free.

which is exactly why members should have the option to donate. are you under the assumption most members wouldnt? that would be a wrong assumption imo.

in fact, I would pay "Double" to be able to block all of 818's posts. maybe even tripple.

 

[818GN]

There's no fee's involved. The person donating the item post's their raffle on the HAMB section rather than parts for sale section, or in the lounge in our case, these are the high traffic areas, where people go for community activity rather than business, so it makes sense to do it here rather than the sale section.

By posting a raffle, you just PM for a sticky on it, and agree that at the end of the time period, you will ship the Donated item to the winner upon receiving a PM from the site owner that he's been paypal'd the winning funds.

You can chose to additionally donate the shippping expenses, or require that the winner paypal them to you since you've after-all already donated. You could even require in your posting that the shipping will come from you, but it's cost be added and paid in addition to the winning bid, to the site owner.

It's all wide open as to how someone would choose to help support.

It doesn't even have to specifically be car parts. Often there's art work, services or automobilia offered.

And once it gets off the ground, I'm sure we'll find occasion to put up raffles for other member's or their families, who've fallen on "hard times" of one kind or another.



The part that works for me, is that it's all voluntary. You get to do something for what you're getting out of hanging around here and somebody else gets to show their support too!


One final thing I should mention is that yes, I've found that the item I received wasn't quite as great as what I thought I'd be getting a time or two. There's no feedback system with this. It's the HONOR SYSTEM. I've tried to remember that while I might've donated a $150 intake or something on occasion while receiving nothing but the joy of participation, a 'not so great' item is just another of those occasion's. But myself and friends don't forget who would make a cruddy donation in the future either.

It's not so much about what you get in giving, is it?

All of these are great suggestions , especially the donation part and monthly raffle.

I would donate some $$$ if they option were available, and it seems others are ready as well.

Now the ball is in the Admin's court to set up the donation function.

which is exactly why members should have the option to donate. are you under the assumption most members wouldnt? that would be a wrong assumption imo.

in fact, I would pay "Double" to be able to block all of 818's posts. maybe even tripple.

Hey Brett, how's the car running?

 

[GNBRETT]

Hey Brett, how's the car running?

lol.... u've said the same thing 6 times now. do you have anything new or are u just gonna keep repeating urself?

 

[SGRIM]

All of these are great suggestions , especially the donation part and monthly raffle.

I would donate some $$$ if they option were available, and it seems others are ready as well.

Now the ball is in the Admin's court to set up the donation function.



Hey Brett, how's the car running?

Please step out of this thread... I don't want or need your input, or donation... I wasn't going to say anything but you had to start trouble with Brett... You have to spread venom or your not happy...