Request for assistance: Need a wiki page for buying and selling GTA01
Michael Shiloh
michael at openmoko.org
Wed Feb 20 00:42:18 CET 2008
Yes, that too. I agree that this would be a completely appropriate item
to post to the community list. I'm suggesting the wiki page in addition,
and I think having your eBay listing listed on the wiki suggests that
you are a member of the community, and not some random outsider
(although hard to imagine any of them having a Neo :-)
Ortwin Regel wrote:
> Wiki pages are nice but they are not really a good way to push info to
> people as you would like to do if you have just put your phone on ebay
> for sale. If I decided to sell my phone, I'd probably send a message
> to the community mailing list. Is this wanted or would anyone be
> annoyed by it? I'm not really sure but it would probably be the most
> effective way to find a buyer for your phone.
>
> Ortwin
>
> On 2/19/08, Michael Shiloh <michael at openmoko.org> wrote:
>> Thanks everyone for your feedback. As a number of you pointed out, there
>> is no security in a contact you've made via a random web page, while
>> eBay has a whole system in place to provide exactly the needed security.
>>
>> I think it makes perfect sense to use eBay.
>>
>> However, I propose we use our wiki page to point at such eBay listings,
>> in case anyone has difficulty finding them on eBay.
>>
>> So, I propose we re-purpose our wiki page to indicate eBay listings,
>> perhaps sorted simply into "BUYING" and "SELLING".
>>
>> Sound like a plan?
>>
>> I thank you all for your input.
>>
>> Michael
>>
>> Michael Shiloh wrote:
>>> Hi Community,
>>>
>>> I need your help.
>>>
>>> Having completely sold out of GTA01, we are still getting a large number
>>> of requests for them.
>>>
>>> On the other hand, many of you intend to purchase a GTA02 and perhaps
>>> feel you have no use for your GTA01.
>>>
>>> Some of you might have other reasons to sell your GTA01.
>>>
>>> I'd like a wiki page to allow these buyers and sellers to find each other.
>>>
>>> We have a wiki page for GTA01 owners who lived in 850 MHz-only areas to
>>> sell their units; perhaps this page can be repurposed for this broader
>>> issue.
>>>
>>> Perhaps we call this the OpenMoko flea market.
>>>
>>> Anyone?
>>>
>>> Michael
>>>
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