Site Recommendation

[jramire2]

I don't know if we have an official "Site recommendations" thread or not. Couldn't find one, but I have a suggestion.

We already have a great feature that allows members to share w/the board what they currently have in their medicine cabinet. I have found this to be a great way for me to track my current shaveden inventory, as well as easily ID for other members what I have FS/FT. Works really well when working a trade w/another member as I can just send them a link to my med cabinet and they can see what I've got. ....man, you know you're in over your head w/a hobby when you rely on a piece of software just to track it.:rolleyes:

Anyway, I think a good feature to add to the board would be a "wish list" or "wanted" thread that allows each member to list what they are wanting to buy or trade for.

It's one thing to peruse each members medicine cabinet to envy what they have, or see what they might have to trade. It's another thing altogether to 1)find out they have something you want and 2)find out they want something you have.

So, in addition to the medicine cabinet, maybe a "wish" list forum would be a good idea.

Thoughts?

[Queen of Blades]

Great idea, Joshua!

However I don't think another forum is required. I think we could just do these lists in our medicine cabinets. Or rather I mean, as a second post in our cabinets.

List what you have in your original medicine cabinet post, and then add a second post to your own thread stating what your "wish list" consists of.

Keeps it all in one place. Should help facilitate trades even better. ::

[Scorpio]

Thanks for the idea. I believe the best area to post trades requests is in the market place. It will get the most views and responses. Something buried in the Cabinet will not get the desire responses. I for one dont go looking at every members Cabinet every day to see if they have something I want, too time consuming. Just my thought.

Raf

[qhsdoitall]

I keep notes in my medicine cabinet for items that I want near similar items. Which reminds me. I need to add a few more notes. :D

[Queen of Blades]

Thanks for the idea. I believe the best area to post trades requests is in the market place. It will get the most views and responses. Something buried in the Cabinet will not get the desire responses. I for one dont go looking at every members Cabinet every day to see if they have something I want, too time consuming. Just my thought.

Raf

Not really talking about trade requests. A wish list is a bit different.

I still think this is a good idea.

[sparky5693]

For the long wish lists that you're net "desperately searching" for, I think a place in the medicine cabinet would be great. For those higher priority items, i'd think a post in the classifieds would yield the best response.

[jramire2]

For the long wish lists that you're not "desperately searching" for, I think a place in the medicine cabinet would be great. For those higher priority items, i'd think a post in the classifieds would yield the best response.

Exactly what my recommendation was intended to do for members. And I like Queens idea of simply a second post in a med cabinet thread.

Serious and/or soon to be purchased if I can't find someone to trade with items would best be listed in a post in the classifieds. But a casual, this is what I'm looking for in the long term, list would be good as a second post in the medicince cabinet.

For some trades I've done in the past that involved quite a few items (aka, w/TraderJoe) it would've been so much easier for me to send a PM w/a link to my med cabinet that said "here's what I have, and below is what I want" rather than listing out every single item. I'm sure a PM w/an official "here's what you're getting from me, this is what I'm getting from you" would occur. But for most trades/inquiries, having a wishlist setup would be so much easier.

[TraderJoe]

For some trades I've done in the past that involved quite a few items (aka, w/TraderJoe)

Heh....Those were Mega-trades ::