Question to the Moderators and members of our Altec Family!

Hello All,

First off, I am a proud member of this group. I am not a middle-man of anything just want to see if my request will be permitted here in our forum. Here it goes...

I have a friend who wants to sell Altec drivers. He is not a member here and he does not participate in any audio forums. In fact, he does not even know that I'm trying to help him out and will tell him about it once I got the go signal to post pics of the drivers here.

Once I get the permission, I will post the pics and his email info. For those of you who will be interested on the stuff he have, you can email him directly and do your business with him. I will be out of the loop after I post the infos. I just want to help him out by getting some "exposure" of the things he wants to sell. Nothing else.

Is it okay to post this type of stuff here in our forum?

Best regards,

Abe

Todd has final say...but at this point with the classifieds not working....not much else you could do.

I would post with the caveat not yours as you did here.

It's a two way street, yes it helps your friend to get money, but it also helps somebody to get drivers.

I think it best not to bother Todd with small issues, if you get several ayes, I would go ahead.

Will step off my soap box now.

Next?

The one thing I would make sure is the asking price is reasonable. I won't aid people who ask way more than the going rate.

I'd say OK, post what you've got. Or what he' got. The fellows here will let you know if the price are inline.
Thanls very much for asking first!

The posting's have been pretty slow around here lately plus I always like to see home pictures of altec goodies. Also I don't really like having to go over to a classified section to see whats for sale....can't we just make a marketplace thread and sticky it?

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Originally Posted by cradeldorf

Also I don't really like having to go over to a classified section to see whats for sale....can't we just make a marketplace thread and sticky it?

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I second dat emotion. Sellers can delete ads when sold.

Though for referencing other people's stuff I feel that should be it's own thread, just as we do for eBay and CL.

Thank You!

I do not know the prices nor I do not want to know. As I said, I will only provide pics here and contact info, nothing else. having said that, here are some pics:

TruSonic 206axa Duplex pair

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he can be reach at Rugman555 (at)gmail (dot) com

Regards,

Abe

Altec 604 Hollywood

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NOT a problem - THANKS for helping him!

I'm still trying to figure out what's wrong with the classified's...we'll try to get them fixed shortly, or we could try the "marketplace" idea...

What say ye?

I wouldn't mind seeing a "Marketplace" sticky. When the item is sold, the seller could note it his post.

A market place sticky is a good idea, so long as some basic rules are followed, ie the title/post heading is changed to SOLD when the item sells. Also suggest a format such as username <at> isp <dot> com (<dot> au/uk/etc) for email addresses, to avoid them being trolled and used for spam.
I would go further and say no 'make me an offer' lines. A price should be stated, even if it is 'ono' be used.
Ideally a photo or links to same.

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Originally Posted by magnarc

.....Also suggest a format such as username <at> isp <dot> com (<dot> au/uk/etc) for email addresses, to avoid them being trolled and used for spam.

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Just use PM's and eliminate the hassle of an email address.

Possibly, but that eliminates those who are not logged in users of the board, ie those with no Hostboard account, which is a few, as if you do a Google search for Altec, this board often comes up.

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Originally Posted by Todd W. White

NOT a problem - THANKS for helping him!

I'm still trying to figure out what's wrong with the classified's...we'll try to get them fixed shortly, or we could try the "marketplace" idea...

What say ye?

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Steven says he'll have to buy a software upgrade to get the classified section to work. I think Cradeldorf's suggestion to have a "sticky" classified thread is a winner.

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Originally Posted by magnarc

Possibly, but that eliminates those who are not logged in users of the board, ie those with no Hostboard account, which is a few, as if you do a Google search for Altec, this board often comes up.

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Good point, although a motivated buyer would take the few minutes to join just to enable him to send a PM. However, if he's not that motivated, an (encrypted) email address would make it easier for him.

If I sell any gear on the thread, I'll try to make it as easy as possible for buyers. I'll be sure to include my email address, home phone number, bank account number and bank routing number, social security number, and shoe size! (kidding)

I have a question concerning the colors.

Why not change the blue to green. DARK GREEN ,MEDIUM GREEN AND LIGHT GREEN.

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Good thinkin'.

(and that would be "OBO" in the USA)

As for colors - Steven says the software allows for customizing, so we'll work on that next week.

We'll also try the "Marketplace" idea then, too....

Thanks for your input!

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Originally Posted by Panomaniac

When the item is sold, the seller could note it his post.

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In retrospect like that better than deleting the ad...

I agree I would like to see the ads stay too, It's nice to have them to reference, but at the same time the pictures will be taking up server space. I'm not sure if that would be a concern or not.

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Originally Posted by Todd W. White

As for colors - Steven says the software allows for customizing, so we'll work on that next week.

We'll also try the "Marketplace" idea then, too....

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Todd let me know if you would like me to work on it.Steven said as a Super Moderator I have acess to the Hostboard Control Panel.If you want me to look into it let me know.All changes can revert back to default if no one likes it.

@ Abe I'm editing the email address for your friends Safety.We don't want him to get slammed with SPAM ! Then he would have to sort through to find the legit inquires.These forums are crawling with Bot Spiders and will come up in Google search to anyone.I think he should take the time to join and use the PM's, but that's his decision.

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Originally Posted by magnarc

Possibly, but that eliminates those who are not logged in users of the board, ie those with no Hostboard account, which is a few, as if you do a Google search for Altec, this board often comes up.

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If I'm advertising here, I'm specifically making my items available to those people that I "know". If I want to advertise to everyone, I'll use ebay.

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Originally Posted by Audio_by_Goodwill

I'll use ebay.

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Especially for those Hollywood 604's, the Bay will bring top dollar for him IMHO.But is very nice of him to offer it here to us Altec aficionado's first.

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Originally Posted by Todd W. White

As for colors - Steven says the software allows for customizing, so we'll work on that next week.

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Todd, I changed the color as you requested,saved it,updated it to Altec Green and then Nadda !It says color has been Updated.But nothing happens. So I'll keep messing with it to see why it isn't changing.If no luck, I'll PM Steven.

The other audio forums will all be green with envy....

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Originally Posted by Altec Best

It says color has been Updated (Green & White). But nothing happens. So I'll keep messing with it to see why it isn't changing.If no luck, I'll PM Steven.

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Talked with Steven.He said he will play with it on a test forum,when he has something presentable will take a look at it.If you like it Todd then we will move it over here.Trying to get it as close as possible to your website Altec's Unofficial Homepage.(Altec Green). :biggrin2:


Addendum: Nothing will be unveiled until it is complete....

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Originally Posted by Altec Best

Talked with Steven.He said he will play with it on a test forum,when he has something presentable will take a look at it.If you like it Todd then we will move it over here.Trying to get it as close as possible to your website Altec's Unofficial Homepage.(Altec Green). :biggrin2:

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I've been to Todd's Altec Unofficial Home Page before--lots of great info there--I noticed it was green but never "got it" that the color there was Altec Green.... doh!!

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Originally Posted by cradeldorf

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Green 102
Blue 0

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huh?

The RGB values. ;)