David,
Since I was the one who made the suggestion, I have to say, "I like it".
I look forward to seeing it on line!
Joe
GatesDavid@aol.com wrote:
>
> Hey everyone,
>
> I remember a while back there was a discussion about how it would be nice to
> set up a website where people could list parts that they had for sale.
> Recently I started looking into ways that I could make that happen. After
> all, I may soon have parts to sell off of my "new" parts car myself. My
> thought was setting up a threaded message board for this purpose. That way no
> one would be required to administer it on a daily basis. I could set it up
> with categories such as Spitfire, GT6, TR6, etc. If you have a part or even a
> car to sell just post a message in the appropriate heading. When it sells
> just post a followup to it that says SOLD. The SOLD will appear directly
> under the original post. Then once a month or so I can go in and delete the
> sold items to make it easier to find stuff, more often if needed. But the
> actual posting of items would be automatic. I should be able to incorporate a
> search function as well. I think I found a good place to host such a site for
> free, we will just have to put up with an advertisement banner at the top of
> the page. Unfortunately I cannot use my AOL space that I am using for the
> Rogues Gallery (http://members.aol.com/gatesdavid/index.htm) because they will
> not allow me to use anyone's perl/cgi programs except AOLs. And AOLs programs
> are not adequate to the job. I am hoping to be open for business in about a
> week. If we start with just the spitfire list and it works well, I will add
> categories for other Triumph models as well. There is no financial interest
> in this for me as all money will be transferred directly from buyer to seller
> (unless of course I sell something myself). I would just be providing a place
> to meet up at no cost to anyone.
>
> What does everyone think? Is anyone working on something similar? I would
> hate to duplicate someone else's effort. This will get something going pretty
> quickly while I look into a full fledged database system. A database system
> would be better, but I need to do more homework for that, it could be a while
> (or never).
>
> David Gates
> Hawaii
> '73 Spitfire 1500 (Daily driver)
> '78 Spitfire 1500 (working on this one)
> '76 Spitfire 1500 (just acquired, probably going to be a parts car)
> http://members.aol.com/gatesdavid/index.htm
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