Auction pages like e-bay do this sort of thing all the time. They have a
hell of a system for buying, selling and potentially trading items.
At 12:10 PM 10/23/97 -0400, you wrote:
>> Yes, we should. Trading is more fun than opening your wallet.
>> Maybe we could have a "VJMC Trading List". or web site. >>
>>
>> How about two columns with brief descriptions: What You Have Available and
>> What You are Looking For. No money involved. Anyone out there... is this
>> possible?
>>
>> Example: Have for Trade- '76 GT750 Blue Tank and Side Covers (clean)
>> Will Trade For- '72 GT750 Purple Tank (Clean)
>
>A web page like that would be very easy to set up. The big problem would
>be maintaining the list. Every time that someone sold something or traded
>something, the list would have to be updated. Isn't there something like
>2000 members in the North American chapter of VJMC alone? That could
>amount to one hell of a web page... Someone with a little CGI knowledge
>could probably set up a form so that the page would be almost
>self-sufficient, with members just adding their information by themselves.
>It's probably a nifty idea, but a little hard to accomplish.
>
>--
>Sean Jacobs
>scj7557@garnet.acns.fsu.edu
>Arithmetic is being able to count up to twenty without taking off your
>shoes.
> -- Mickey Mouse
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