> On Friday 16 January 2004 10:27 am, Dominic Stratten wrote:
> > Hi fellow piclisters.
> >
> > I've been working on a new forum based website mainly for parts trading
> > but also for technical help, chat and other uses.
>
> Parts trading: eBay.

Fair enough but ebay is an auction site. This site is a site where people
can offer bulk or individual items to like minded people at a price that
they think is fair


> Technical help/chat: PICList

Fair enough again but its nice to have an alternative to the piclist that
isnt email based. Forums are generally a good way to get involved in a
discussion and can be faster to search for information than mailing list
based alternatives.

I'm in no way trying to compete with the Piclist, I just thought it would be
nice to have something similar (and not Yahoo Groups based) that people
could also use.

> Other uses: If it'll mow my lawn in the summertime, that'd be useful.
>
Mmmmmm - I dont think it can do that yet - you might want to advertise for
someone to do it for you on my forums ;-)

>
> How are you handling fraud / people claiming to have parts they don't
> have?  If you're going to say it's "a problem between the two parties",
> I'll stick to auction sites.  At least they make a half-hearted attempt
> to stop this type of activity.
>

These forums are here to help like minded individuals advertise their wares.
Its more of an introduction agency kind of site rather than an escrow site.
To set up a site that would be more "auction" like would take a lot more
funds and time and as this site is free and always will be then thats out of
the question. I have done quite a few transactions that havent been auction
based recently and while it is a little nerveracking to start with if you're
careful then its not too bad.

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