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Title: New forum - vendor selling board
Post by: saint on January 03, 2007, 11:12:48 pm
We're mulling over the idea of breaking the buy/sell/trade forum into two forums. One would be for most users to buy/sell/trade what they've got. The other would be for vendors who are selling to the BYOAC community (ponyboy, divemaster, slikstik, etc...) to sell what they've got. The main benefit would be to give vendors a home to sell things without them either 1) getting lost in the rest of buy/sell/trade or 2) cluttering up the BST forum with a dozen sticky threads.

Opinions?  First question is whether or not people think that's an idea worth following up on, and second question is whether it should be a sub forum of the BST forum, or a top level forum of it's own. We seem to be leaning towards it being a top level forum.  Oh, name suggestions are welcomed also.

--- saint
Title: Re: New forum - vendor selling board
Post by: missioncontrol on January 03, 2007, 11:25:39 pm
Not a bad idea... it would eliminate a few of the stickies in the BST...

also it would help because instead of a very long thread you have to read to find out what new thing they have to offer they could make new threads withouht the fear of them being buried before people see them....

My biggest gripe with some vendors is that they don't post pictures to give you an idea of what they are selling at times....
Title: Re: New forum - vendor selling board
Post by: Encryptor on January 04, 2007, 12:11:17 am
I think it's a great idea as well. I also agree with missioncontrol on the length of some of the threads...(ie ponyboy 10 pages, divemaster127 19 pages). It can be frustrating looking through them.

Name? - Vendors Store, BYOAC Vendors


Encryptor
Title: Re: New forum - vendor selling board
Post by: Organic Jerk on January 04, 2007, 12:30:03 am
Excellent Idea... 

Keeps things clean/organized, and gives us two different (and more importantly, seperate) "malls" of sorts... one filled with commercial entities, and one filled with yard sales...

Thumbs up from me  (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/Themes/classic/images/post/thumbup.gif)

Title: Re: New forum - vendor selling board
Post by: mccoy178 on January 04, 2007, 02:35:08 am
As long as I can get a stickied thread in the B/S/T.
Title: Re: New forum - vendor selling board
Post by: NinjaEpisode on January 04, 2007, 07:58:10 am
As long as I can get a stickied thread in the B/S/T.

Man whoring doesn't count.  ;D

Oh, and great idea Saint!
Title: Re: New forum - vendor selling board
Post by: whatzcrackn on January 04, 2007, 08:27:22 am
why not
Title: Re: New forum - vendor selling board
Post by: ChadTower on January 04, 2007, 09:37:47 am

I always miss out on product announcements and such since I don't frequent Main (don't have any MAME cabs).  This would be a good place to keep up on the new/recent products without losing it in all of the Main traffic.
Title: Re: New forum - vendor selling board
Post by: GadgetGeek on January 04, 2007, 12:51:45 pm
I like this idea as well.
Title: Re: New forum - vendor selling board
Post by: albert_c on January 04, 2007, 01:18:08 pm
I don't like the idea of having to go to 2 different sections to buy stuff.   
Title: Re: New forum - vendor selling board
Post by: missioncontrol on January 04, 2007, 04:11:08 pm
I would also like to remind vendors that they could set up a free store at http://www.gamersmarket.net to help display the stuff they have to sell....
Title: Re: New forum - vendor selling board
Post by: MYX on January 04, 2007, 10:21:03 pm
Like it.  :cheers:
Title: Re: New forum - vendor selling board
Post by: Arcadiac on January 04, 2007, 11:09:20 pm
I like it, I would even like a bst sub-forum for "everything else" like consoles etc. 
Hell, I even posted a van here and sold it, but I would have put it elsewhere if possible.  Thanks! Ron
Title: Re: New forum - vendor selling board
Post by: miles2912 on January 04, 2007, 11:24:23 pm
Gee Don Great idea!  :)

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=53689.0


Don
Title: Re: New forum - vendor selling board
Post by: daywane on January 05, 2007, 10:47:11 pm
I like the idea.
van still runs good
just bought 4  seats for it and a couch/bed for it  8)
Title: Re: New forum - vendor selling board
Post by: saint on January 07, 2007, 11:20:36 pm
Heh :)  Kudos and credit to Don!

Gee Don Great idea!  :)

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=53689.0


Don
Title: Re: New forum - vendor selling board
Post by: NinjaEpisode on January 08, 2007, 08:26:55 am
Hey Saint, looks like that forum area is set to a default board theme that's forced down?
Title: Re: New forum - vendor selling board
Post by: saint on January 08, 2007, 08:41:51 am
Yeah :)  Experimenting.