TXPhi67
Member
Hello all,
Its been a while since I could have any kind of real activity (or what passes for me as real activity) in the group. Not to mention that I have not had the opportunity to spend more than a couple of hours in my shop over the last year and half.
Well, as things tend to do - the worm has turned and I can once again devote some time to one of my favorite hobbies. As part of this, I have been doing some re-organizing, cleaning, and re-evaluating of my stock and what I want to keep doing. During this, one of my kids came up with what I though was a pretty cool idea and I would like to see what all of you think.
This is a trade idea and I'm posting it here to keep it clear from actual trades as well as just get the general feedback. I think this is fairly original, but it may have been done before and feedback on the success/failure if it has would be good too.
My son calls it a "Pass It Forward Trade".
The way it would work is that folks would sign up to participate and everyone would have a number of 1 to whatever number of participants there are (lets say there are 10).
Number one would assemble a small box (say the small USPS flat rate box) consisting of blanks, kits, &/or unique pen materials they have (for me, that would most likely include Axis Antler and or Mesquite Burl). They then ship it to #2. #2 takes a picture of what was sent and posts receipt of the box. They then take no more than 1/2 of the items and replaces it with stuff from their stock. The box is then mailed to #3. #3 repeats and send it to #4. This continues till it gets to the last person (#10 for this example). After #10 completes taking/replacing, they mail it to #1. Upon receipt of the box, #1 would post with pictures.
Each participate would contact the person that they are to ship to to get shipping info.
If this sounds like something that folks would like to participate in - I will be happy to organize and "manage" it.
One of the things that jumped out at me when I was going over this was that postage would vary for members out of the US. Personally, I'm willing to work with that and shoulder the additional cost if my person is out of the US. But, any suggestions on this point would be great.
So, let me know what you think and if you think there are anyway to tweak it to enhance it - just let me know.
Finally, one of the ideas behind this is not to off load trash.
It really should be to engage the group membership and be an additional opportunity to show case anything members might have that is unique and interesting.
Its been a while since I could have any kind of real activity (or what passes for me as real activity) in the group. Not to mention that I have not had the opportunity to spend more than a couple of hours in my shop over the last year and half.
Well, as things tend to do - the worm has turned and I can once again devote some time to one of my favorite hobbies. As part of this, I have been doing some re-organizing, cleaning, and re-evaluating of my stock and what I want to keep doing. During this, one of my kids came up with what I though was a pretty cool idea and I would like to see what all of you think.
This is a trade idea and I'm posting it here to keep it clear from actual trades as well as just get the general feedback. I think this is fairly original, but it may have been done before and feedback on the success/failure if it has would be good too.
My son calls it a "Pass It Forward Trade".
The way it would work is that folks would sign up to participate and everyone would have a number of 1 to whatever number of participants there are (lets say there are 10).
Number one would assemble a small box (say the small USPS flat rate box) consisting of blanks, kits, &/or unique pen materials they have (for me, that would most likely include Axis Antler and or Mesquite Burl). They then ship it to #2. #2 takes a picture of what was sent and posts receipt of the box. They then take no more than 1/2 of the items and replaces it with stuff from their stock. The box is then mailed to #3. #3 repeats and send it to #4. This continues till it gets to the last person (#10 for this example). After #10 completes taking/replacing, they mail it to #1. Upon receipt of the box, #1 would post with pictures.
Each participate would contact the person that they are to ship to to get shipping info.
If this sounds like something that folks would like to participate in - I will be happy to organize and "manage" it.
One of the things that jumped out at me when I was going over this was that postage would vary for members out of the US. Personally, I'm willing to work with that and shoulder the additional cost if my person is out of the US. But, any suggestions on this point would be great.
So, let me know what you think and if you think there are anyway to tweak it to enhance it - just let me know.
Finally, one of the ideas behind this is not to off load trash.
It really should be to engage the group membership and be an additional opportunity to show case anything members might have that is unique and interesting.
