jmebgo
8th Oct 2014, 09:20 PM
http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/caloundra/miscellaneous-goods/excel-metal-lathe/1058771356
I wish a small lathe like this would come up in Melbourne, it would make a nice restoration project.
There is another thing that has been bothering me lately, it may as well go in this post. I only bother putting up posts that I personally think are a good deal, solely to help fellow members or people viewing the site. I know of at least two members off-hand that have cheap shapers due to being alerted by ads I have put up in the old thread.
I preferred the old thread over this sub-forum, as I could subscribe, and have instant email updates. Thus, so could others. Despite my best efforts I haven't figured out how to do that, if it is at all possible for this sub-forum. I think I've tried to set it twice to email me once a day (a compromise), but that doesn't seem to happen. Gumtree et al. is getting more popular by the day, and twice at least I've called up regarding a lathe and it has been gone within an hour. So, I'm happy to keep putting up items I think are a good bargain, but unless people are being alerted to it straight away, for instance, a post alert instantly going to their email inbox, then I think that is less than useful. From what I've noticed a lot of people use the site via their smartphones and I'll assume they have their email set-up with their phone too. To be clear, I would personally like the old thread re-opened.
I think it would be helpful to hear other peoples opinions, as perhaps the majority prefer it one way or the other.
Regards,
Joe
I wish a small lathe like this would come up in Melbourne, it would make a nice restoration project.
There is another thing that has been bothering me lately, it may as well go in this post. I only bother putting up posts that I personally think are a good deal, solely to help fellow members or people viewing the site. I know of at least two members off-hand that have cheap shapers due to being alerted by ads I have put up in the old thread.
I preferred the old thread over this sub-forum, as I could subscribe, and have instant email updates. Thus, so could others. Despite my best efforts I haven't figured out how to do that, if it is at all possible for this sub-forum. I think I've tried to set it twice to email me once a day (a compromise), but that doesn't seem to happen. Gumtree et al. is getting more popular by the day, and twice at least I've called up regarding a lathe and it has been gone within an hour. So, I'm happy to keep putting up items I think are a good bargain, but unless people are being alerted to it straight away, for instance, a post alert instantly going to their email inbox, then I think that is less than useful. From what I've noticed a lot of people use the site via their smartphones and I'll assume they have their email set-up with their phone too. To be clear, I would personally like the old thread re-opened.
I think it would be helpful to hear other peoples opinions, as perhaps the majority prefer it one way or the other.
Regards,
Joe