[sdiy] Trades?
ColinMuirDorward
colindorward at gmail.com
Thu Oct 29 00:42:46 CET 2020
I see your point, GB, but the self-improvement argument feels a little
shallow.
I believe SDIY is a community, and trading could be a nice way to
strengthen community bonds.
But I don't mind a separate list!
On Wed, Oct 28, 2020 at 2:37 PM MTG <grant at musictechnologiesgroup.com>
wrote:
> As far as I can see, this list is about self-improvement, one way or
> another. The trading thing adds nothing to that (at least on the mailing
> list aspect). I agree that Muffs, or Electro-Music or even Gearslutz
> would be better.
>
> GB
>
>
> On 10/28/2020 2:07 PM, ColinMuirDorward wrote:
> > +1 for a separate trading at synth-diy.org <mailto:trading at synth-diy.org>
> > list.
> >
> > I think the question is if there is a critical mass to sustain it. It
> > seems a little premature to know. Could we let it live here for a
> > moment, and see where it goes?
> >
> > It's also possible to try again at muffs. I posted there once before,
> > and people reacted negatively to the idea. I feel like the attitude was
> > more like, "why trade when I can sell it for a buck". Well...fair
> > enough! Again, if people start chiming in with interest in a new list, I
> > think it would be a nice parallel to the conversations here.
> >
> > -1 for marketplace at synth-diy
> > IMHO the inability to make financial gains directly via the SDIY
> > community benefits the quality of its conversations.
> >
> > Just my 2cents.
> >
> > Colin
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Oct 28, 2020 at 1:50 PM Ben Stuyts <ben at stuyts.nl
> > <mailto:ben at stuyts.nl>> wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I let this discussion go for a while to see what kind of ideas would
> > come out of it. I like the idea of trading modules, but this list is
> > not the correct place for it. As others have stated, it might be
> > better to take this to AH or Muff’s. I would not object to a message
> > with a link to interesting diy-modules for trade over there (for
> now).
> >
> > Or, if there is enough interest, I can start another list here
> > (trading@ or perhaps more general: marketplace at synth-diy,org).
> > Members would have to subscribe separately to that list, of course.
> > Let me know what you think.
> >
> > And for the record, the sporadic messages here for tempco’s fill a
> > very specific niche for hard to get parts. That service is very
> > useful to the list members. All correspondence following that is
> > strictly off-list. Trading modules on the other hand would generate
> > lots of to-and-fro messages here. It would lower the signal to noise
> > ratio considerably.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Ben (moderator)
> >
> >
> >> On 28 Oct 2020, at 21:20, Phillip Gallo <philgallo at gmail.com
> >> <mailto:philgallo at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >>
> >> Well things change i guess.
> >> The list had a norm, maybe a gentlemen's agreement which i believe
> >> was the result of exposure to the horrid exchanges and capricious
> >> moderation that too often occurred on the Analog Heaven (not
> >> Analog Haven) List.
> >> It set the standard for how the SDIY list was not going to be.
> >>
> >> The folks on this list seem generally considerate and the degree
> >> of information exchanged is still a benchmark for how folks can
> >> interchange ideas and efforts.
> >> Once the trading starts what are the chances it won't overtake the
> >> list. Hard to know. A companion sub-list for trading would
> >> probably be a better idea from my POV.
> >>
> >> regards,
> >> p
> >>
> >>
> >> On Wed, Oct 28, 2020 at 1:04 PM ColinMuirDorward
> >> <colindorward at gmail.com <mailto:colindorward at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >>
> >> Just to be clear, Ian, you are only speaking about sales,
> >> correct? I assume there is no opposition to trades.
> >>
> >> On Wed, Oct 28, 2020 at 12:01 PM Quincas Moreira
> >> <quincas at gmail.com <mailto:quincas at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >>
> >> I didn't know that Ian, sorry. Just out of curiosity, why
> >> is selling discouraged? I've seen posts for Tempcos
> >> before, and the AH list has for sale posts regularly...
> >>
> >> On Wed, Oct 28, 2020 at 12:48 PM Ian Fritz
> >> <ijfritz at comcast.net <mailto:ijfritz at comcast.net>> wrote:
> >>
> >> Absolutely not! It's always been a rule here to forbid
> >> comnmercial
> >> traffic. Let's keep it that way. There's a good
> >> subforum at Muff's for
> >> buy/sell/trade.
> >>
> >> Ian
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On 10/28/2020 11:58 AM, Quincas Moreira wrote:
> >> > Hey all, great initiative! I would include sales
> >> too, as well as trades,
> >> > in case somebody wants something and has nothing to
> >> give in return.
> >> > I have quite a few modules available myself, as not
> >> everything I build
> >> > for my channel I actually end up using. I'll make a
> >> list and photos
> >> > soon. Yeah, photos everyone! An abstract description
> >> is good but seeing
> >> > the thing is helpful as well.
> >> > Cheers!
> >> >
> >> > On Wed, Oct 28, 2020 at 7:25 AM Jacob Watters
> >> <jacobwatters at gmail.com <mailto:jacobwatters at gmail.com>
> >> > <mailto:jacobwatters at gmail.com
> >> <mailto:jacobwatters at gmail.com>>> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > This is a great idea. I have a bunch of
> >> prototypes of a filter at
> >> > various stages. They all have minor little
> >> issues that will be
> >> > worked out in the final version, but they work
> >> well despite the
> >> > issues. For example, I made up ten versions of
> >> the filter with two
> >> > different types of resonance that can be
> >> switched with a toggle (one
> >> > has clipping diodes and some other stuff in the
> >> feedback path that
> >> > changes the characteristics of the resonance).
> >> The range is off on
> >> > the one type of resonance (self oscillates at 9
> >> o'clock). It works
> >> > perfectly fine with the one resonance type, and
> >> the other works too,
> >> > but the range on the pot is limited.
> >> >
> >> > I don't know what I will do with all of these. I
> >> will keep at least
> >> > one, but that is 9 others that will just sit on
> >> a shelf. I can't
> >> > really sell them when they don't work the way I
> >> intended.
> >> >
> >> > I would be open to trading for other people's
> >> DIY extras or buggy
> >> > prototypes.
> >> >
> >> > Please send a direct message if you are
> >> interested. I am also in Canada.
> >> >
> >> > *Jacob Watters*
> >> > JacobWatters.com <http://JacobWatters.com>
> >> <http://jacobwatters.com/>
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > On Tue, Oct 27, 2020 at 12:36 AM ColinMuirDorward
> >> > <colindorward at gmail.com
> >> <mailto:colindorward at gmail.com>
> >> <mailto:colindorward at gmail.com
> >> <mailto:colindorward at gmail.com>>> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > Does anybody want to trade eurorack or other
> >> self-built stuff?
> >> > I'm not worried about dollar value, it just
> >> seems crazy to not
> >> > trade these things since it's only 20%
> >> harder to build 2x as
> >> > many modules.
> >> > I'm open to ideas, offers, or explanations
> >> as to why this is a
> >> > bad idea!
> >> > I'm in Canada, but IMO, shipping worldwide
> >> isn't out of the
> >> > question.
> >> > Cheers,
> >> > Colin
> >> >
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