For Sale and Wanted Forum

Jeremy

I'm shocked. Posting a poll on polling day indeed. What came over you?

Good idea though (no.3 that is.)

cheers

Dev

I voted for "all rooms," but with a strict condition that it should be for people upgrading to Naim components,with the sale of the advertised product facilitating this end.
Advertising the sale of previously-owned Naim components should also be permitted for the same reason.
The above should surely work to the advantage of sales of Naim components overall. Someone buying a second-hand Naim product advertised on this forum will gain access to the great sound that Naim produces and will then possibly upgrade later. It's a win-win situation for Naim-audio, IMHO.

Absolutely!

Ho hum

I agree that advertising kit will not affect values and image etc but I think it is enjoyable using and reading the forum knowing that people contribute out of shared interests, their prime motive for joining being contact not commerce.

Sites such as loot.com seem to work well, do we really need to duplicate it here? We have no more guarantee bewteen members than on loot.

If we do allow adverts how could we possibly limit this to Naim only-not only would that be uneforceable but it is rather snobbish. What about all you LP12 owners. We don't bar discussion of non-Naim in the forum so we could not block sales thereof!

Regards

Bruce

If it's restricted to a separate room then we get the CHOICE of viewing it or not.

Jay

I don't think we need to change the rules on this, anyone wanting to buy or sell can use the following e-mail list started by Matthew to get round just this problem.

List Information

List Name The Naim Marketplace (TNM)
Purpose: A list for the buying and selling of Naim Audio hi-fi and related equipment.
List Type: Unmoderated discussion
Subscription: Does not require owner approval
Archive: Readable by subscribers only
Created: Apr 28, 2000
Owner: Matthew Robinson
To Join: Send an email to naimmarket-subscribe@topica.com
To Post: Send mail to 'naimmarket@topica.com'
Stats: 243 subscribers / 3 messages per week

Kevin.

Here's today's example:

"Naim CD3, excellent condi ....   £4.75 or near offer."

I've offered £3.25 and await a response.

Here's today's offer:

"Naim CD3, excellent condi ....   £4.75 or near offer."

I've offered £3.99 with some confidence

Excuse any multiple posts - the forum's acting stange. Its not me - honest.

....It'll be CD 3.5 £600 ........<sni>....old chewing gum to put under it, £4.75.

How about a fiver for the h/cap?

Stephen

[This message was edited by Stephen Bennett on FRIDAY 08 June 2001 at 15:21.]

I don't know much about this area of law, but (at least in the UK) would Naim or Infopop be under any legal obligations regarding the sale and purchase of used gear?

I seem to remember that magazines and newspapers used to shoulder some very limited responsibilities for the behavior of the advertisers and the quality of the goods.

As for my view, I think a for sale/wanted forum would be just fine - although I don't see why we can't all use the naimmarket on topica.com

Chris L

Option 3 gets my vote
Providing any possible legal issues can be addressed it should be a win-win situation for Naim and the user-base as well.

David S