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

Kyle Bassett kylebassett at gmail.com
Wed Feb 20 02:32:55 CET 2008


The GTA01 (original retail $) will also be significantly cheaper though...

On Feb 19, 2008 7:57 PM, ian douglas <ian.douglas at iandouglas.com> wrote:

>
> ... 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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> >>>>
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