Mowers for sale
How would it be if Club Members could advertise mowers direct onto the relevant section on the website ? I have a number of machines that I would like to dispose of to an interested party, rather than just dump. They are all perfectly good but probably not of great appeal to most Club members, therefore not so appropriate for a Grassbox ad I would suggest. Ideally I don't want to wait until the annual rally, in any event the ' quality not quantity ' rule applies.
On the basis that the Club website seems to be visited by more non members than Club members this would seem to be a good potential market to tap ?
While on the subject, and this is an observation not a complaint, I would like to suggest that adverts from non members in Grassbox might be sorted more selectively, so that the more mundane machines go on the website rather than Grassbox. The reason for this is the same as outlined above. In my view the greater proportion of adverts in the last Grassbox were unlikely to be of interest to most Club members and I would have preferred the space to have been used for something, dare I say, a bit more interesting. No offence intended to anyone !
If there is any question about what constitutes a mundane machine I am quite happy to volunteer to make the decision !
Best wishes and seasons greetings to all,
Colin Stone
Hello Ray,
Your comments are perfectly valid and I hope this will get people thinking and talking about it.
I have of course considered the dreaded well known on line auction site and may use it but thought this was potentially more focused. It still remains a service/opportunity to Club members if they are interested but also perhaps further promotes the Club to a wider audience, leaving the contents of Grassbox to hardcore fanatics ! Enthusiasts who would like the chance to get their hands on the really good stuff can always join the Club.
Regards,
Colin
Online Adverts
Colin
It's a good suggestion which I considered many times over the years with the old site and this newer version.
Ray has identified the main reason for not putting all ads routinely onto the website, namely fewer people have access to the web than receive the Grassbox. Moreover, with Grassbox there is an additional element of "fairness" because, as you in particular know, all copies are sent out at the same time and are therefore received by all members more or less concurrently (vagaries of postal services permitting of course).
There has always been a good number of ads in each GB and for the past several years it's been consistently at the one page of A4 level when including the sales and wanteds. I agree it does take up a fair bit of real estate on the printed page which can be exaggerated by the new A5 format. Collating and checking entries also takes up some time but many of the ads which eventually appear in GB are in fact entered via the website using the "Advertise Mowers" link. We've always included everything that was submitted (whether by post, phone, email, website etc) and I hve also been completely scrupulous in ensuring no "cherry picking" takes place.
Anyhow, that all said, there is the possibility to promote some mowers for sale on the website. None are listed at present but I have in the past posted details when people contact me and, for one reason or another, are unable to wait until the next GB is scheduled. This is usually by reason of moving house or similar.
You can check for mowers listed for sale when logged on to the site by clicking on the Adverts link on the Members menu. If you can read this message you're logged on and can access the link.
Hope that helps by way of explanation but what do other members think?
Re Mowers for Sale.
Hello Colin,
Re your thoughts about a forum section dealing with mowers for sale I suspect that it could (should ) instigate a bit of discussion from other members. It is a decision that would need careful consideration by the forum admin team, also I suspect that quite a lot of members who see Grassbox are not necessarily forum users so that aspect would need consideration.
Have you thought of that famous online auction site for the disposal of your overflow collection? you can put on a sensible reserve to avoid them going for a pound a piece! unlike some mowers that I have seen that to be polite must be wishfull thinking.
Re mundane mowers I guess that it all depends on interpretation, quite lot of my machines would probably fall into that category as I seem to have mostly acquired mowers that were made since WW2.
Wishing every one seasons greetings and happy new year.
Ray