ferretfan123 Posted March 9, 2019 Report Share Posted March 9, 2019 Just thought it would be a good idea to have another page for people to trade hunting/shooting related things or anything, for shooting related things. Just makes sense if you want to part with something you no longer need, for other hunting bits. Saves time and effort selling things, to by something else when you can just trade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted March 9, 2019 Report Share Posted March 9, 2019 1 minute ago, ferretfan123 said: Just thought it would be a good idea to have another page for people to trade hunting/shooting related things or anything, for shooting related things. Just makes sense if you want to part with something you no longer need, for other hunting bits. Saves time and effort selling things, to by something else when you can just trade. hello, sounds a good idea, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wisdom Posted March 9, 2019 Report Share Posted March 9, 2019 Seems a great idea for me to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted March 9, 2019 Report Share Posted March 9, 2019 But it already goes on within the Other Sales pages and works quite well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaymo Posted March 9, 2019 Report Share Posted March 9, 2019 Just now, TIGHTCHOKE said: But it already goes on within the Other Sales pages and works quite well! Beat me to it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferretfan123 Posted March 9, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2019 Well it's 3 months into the new year. About time I had a good idea lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zapp Posted March 9, 2019 Report Share Posted March 9, 2019 You can already ask for swaps in Wanted or offer items to swap in Other Sales. You can also swap guns via Gun Watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferretfan123 Posted March 9, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2019 Just now, TIGHTCHOKE said: But it already goes on within the Other Sales pages and works quite well! Yes but how many people scroll the those to see if any body willing to trade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted March 9, 2019 Report Share Posted March 9, 2019 All the interested ones who can be bothered! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferretfan123 Posted March 9, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2019 1 minute ago, TIGHTCHOKE said: All the interested ones who can be bothered! Yes but not everyone can spend an hour looking at new posts to see if anyone is willing to swap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zapp Posted March 9, 2019 Report Share Posted March 9, 2019 Ok, so someone is interested in a sale or swap. Which section does it go in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted March 9, 2019 Report Share Posted March 9, 2019 2 minutes ago, ferretfan123 said: Yes but not everyone can spend an hour looking at new posts to see if anyone is willing to swap So your one of the new youngsters who want everything easy and in short time? If something is worth doing it is worth doing well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferretfan123 Posted March 9, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2019 Wow that's out of blue.....what difference does my age make. Sorry you don't like change. Sorry us youngsters don't have the time to read every post. Sorry us youngsters have to work 10 hours a day and raise a young family inbetween. But again I'm sorry I'm too lazy to find someone willing to trade. Yours sincerely the younger generation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wb123 Posted March 9, 2019 Report Share Posted March 9, 2019 You could run a time bound search for ‘swap’ on the trading post forum. That said it’s probably worth a few months of test run to see what the demand is like. Send Teal a message and see what he reckons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason_ox Posted March 9, 2019 Report Share Posted March 9, 2019 Quite like the way the stalking directory labels the classifieds, and you can filter for sale, swap or wanted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobbyathome Posted March 10, 2019 Report Share Posted March 10, 2019 Well ferritfan I quite like the idea although it goes on on other parts of the forum it might work on a separate platform ie guns for sale private /guns for sale trade /other sales / items for swap send zap a pm and sound your idea out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferretfan123 Posted March 10, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2019 21 minutes ago, nobbyathome said: Well ferritfan I quite like the idea although it goes on on other parts of the forum it might work on a separate platform ie guns for sale private /guns for sale trade /other sales / items for swap send zap a pm and sound your idea out Thanks. Just thought it would be a simpler idea, for those wanting to get shut of one thing, for another. One man's junk is another man's treasure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manthing Posted March 10, 2019 Report Share Posted March 10, 2019 Couldn't you just make the title of the post SWAP. Then when searching it would come up and it's also very visible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rst1990 Posted March 10, 2019 Report Share Posted March 10, 2019 I think it’s a good idea all swaps in one place which is easy to see. pay no attention to tightchoke he’s old with too much time on his hands 😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zapp Posted March 10, 2019 Report Share Posted March 10, 2019 Go on to the search function, go to search by tags and type in swap. Select match term or tags. Ta da, all the swaps in one place. Do the same thing, enter what you're interested in with the swap tag entered, select match term and tags... all the swaps for what you're looking for. Enter a date range or sort results guns Are to get the recent ones. The functionality is already there to do everything that is being discussed but without the confusion of items for sale or swap appearing in two subforums at the same time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rst1990 Posted March 10, 2019 Report Share Posted March 10, 2019 14 minutes ago, Zapp said: Go on to the search function, go to search by tags and type in swap. Select match term or tags. Ta da, all the swaps in one place. Do the same thing, enter what you're interested in with the swap tag entered, select match term and tags... all the swaps for what you're looking for. Enter a date range or sort results guns Are to get the recent ones. The functionality is already there to do everything that is being discussed but without the confusion of items for sale or swap appearing in two subforums at the same time. Just done what you have explained and I’ll be honest, it doesn’t really work well. perhaps in the future you may consider it but I’m guessing it’s a no from now 😂 not shore if people would be confused? I’m not confused when I see guns for sale twice, one being private and the other trade. all positive inputs sir 👍🏻 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zapp Posted March 10, 2019 Report Share Posted March 10, 2019 It's not my decision, Teal is the man to put it to Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonker Posted March 10, 2019 Report Share Posted March 10, 2019 I think a swap page is a good Idea, stating what you have, and what you want. I don't think it needs to be time limited, because not many people scroll back that many pages on the for sale pages (my thinking). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted March 10, 2019 Report Share Posted March 10, 2019 Having a SWAP SHOP would crash the site.........................OK so i go onto the swap shop section......half the contents of my shed would go on there...about 100-200 items...multiply that by the number of shed miesters on here and you are talking about 10's of 1000's of items...pictures an all.....it would be a total cluster *&^%............ it almost warrants a separet site... as zapp and tightchoke have already said...the swapping thing is already active on here...i have been doing it in a left handed way for a long time....with vikings rebuild i do stuff for him and he sent me paint and spray cans of zinc...tightchoke sends nickle rods for turbo charger...folk get knives and stuff...........i think Pigeonwatch is more of a barter economy than swap shop......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick miller Posted March 10, 2019 Report Share Posted March 10, 2019 (edited) This Swap Shop idea is all very well, but will anyone outside of London still have to dial 01 beforehand? Edited March 10, 2019 by mick miller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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