Request for assistance: Need a wiki page for buying andselling GTA01

ian douglas ian.douglas at iandouglas.com
Wed Feb 20 01:57:05 CET 2008


... which brings up an interesting question: how many people are likely to
want to buy a GTA01 once the GTA02 is released?

I'm thinking about listing my GTA01 for sale *now* than to try to sell it
in March/April/Whenever when demand for it will be much less.

Thoughts?

Ian


On Tue, 19 Feb 2008 19:25:22 -0500, "Christopher Earl"
<earlc8451 at clarkstate.edu> wrote:
> My GTA01 will be for sale soon, I know there is no official date for the
> GTA02 but if i can get an unofficial answer from an official source on if
> it looks good or bad for march, same for April. This will dictate when my
> Neo gets listed  
> 
>>>> Michael Shiloh <michael at openmoko.org> 02/19/08 6:42 PM >>>
> 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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