Members Only Access to "Found for Sale/Hot Deal" ?

[Tarhead]

Just a suggestion and a question as I don't know if this has been hashed out behind the scenes. Most times there are as many if not almost double the number of guests here as there are members. I know a lot of the "Guests" are virtual bots but I imagine a lot are lurkers. It would increase the value of membership and may motivate a few lurkers into joining up.

[Gofor]

I guess I don't understand the question. Is the point that the "hot deals" should be restricted to members only, or do we need more members? My personal opinion is most of the "hot deals" aren't that hot, so I usually skip them. The ones that have promise are gone before I get to view them because I don't live on my computer. We don't yet charge a membership fee, so why do we want/need more people to be members if all they are looking for is cheap buys? I see plenty of daily posts giving the info/support for those that are here for the core reason of sharing knowledge/experience of things related to wood working. (I may be wrong on that point as I recall maybe this was all started because Steve was looking for some good plywood!!) I guess I am just dumb about why "more is better" when it comes to anything internet.

JMTCW

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[McRabbet]

We have the restricted Forum for DQ Members and I think that is sufficient. Otherwise, let's not be overly restrictive. Our Classified Ads are for Members Only and if members choose, they can post a thread in the DQ forum rather that the Found For Sale/Hot Deal forum. I'd say let's leave it as is and promote the use of our forgotten forum with a User Announcement.
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[Tarhead]

Mark and others scratching their heads on this:

My suggestion and question was to bring back an area we had earlier where we could post private deals such as the discount code Vijay gave me for North Carolina Woodworker members for shellac. Because that function had vanished I offered to do it by PM.

Also, I know some members are searching for rarely available items. For instance: Yesterday I posted a floor model Jet OSS. Might have seen 3 of these in the used/auction market in the NC/SC/VA area in the last 12 months and I got one of them (thanks Tom! It's da bomb!). I was asking about the hot deals section going member access to protect these types of local, rare, legitimate, real deals for the group, not the typical thing you can find on the other forums and HF/Woodcraft/Rockler flyers. Maybe I was just having a xenophobic moment. I don't see the big picture sometimes. The best idea I guess is to post an announcement when you see something like this without a lot of detail. If someone is interested use PM for the details.

If you're looking for something, having 350 or so active members spread out looking can be a powerful thing. Speak up. Some of us are master shoppers, spotters and enablers.

Still looking for a sub $500 Emmert Vise complete in good shape.
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[Bigdog72]

Originally Posted by Tarhead

Mark and others scratching their heads on this:

My suggestion and question was to bring back an area we had earlier where we could post private deals such as the discount code Vijay gave me for North Carolina Woodworker members for shellac. Because that function had vanished I offered to do it by PM.

Also, I know some members are searching for rarely available items. For instance: Yesterday I posted a floor model Jet OSS. Might have seen 3 of these in the used/auction market in the NC/SC/VA area in the last 12 months and I got one of them (thanks Tom! It's da bomb!). I was asking about the hot deals section going member access to protect these types of local, rare, legitimate, real deals for the group, not the typical thing you can find on the other forums and HF/Woodcraft/Rockler flyers. Maybe I was just having a xenophobic moment. I don't see the big picture sometimes. The best idea I guess is to post an announcement when you see something like this without a lot of detail. If someone is interested use PM for the details.
If you're looking for something, having 350 or so active members spread out looking can be a powerful thing. Speak up. Some of us are master shoppers, spotters and enablers.
Still looking for a sub $500 Emmert Vise complete in good shape.
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[JimmyC]

Originally Posted by WoodWrangler

Good points, Bas. I wasn't aware of the other place to post these deals for DQ members only (I like that idea for some stuff). That alone may do it ... so that when JimmyC finds me a 32" disc sander for $200 he can inform all of my competition! haha
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You'll be the first on my list to call about that 32" disc sander Jeremy .

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