KingAether
Eternal noob
Evening, night, morning.. It a late post..
Of course, currently travel is restricted but moving forward I'm wondering about the viability of a sub-section in the marketplace to link up members travelling with members searching for items not often/easily/cheaply found domestically eg-certain Japanese hand tools, lots of useful dewalt/makita/milwaukee accessories, worm-drive skilsaws and plenty of other stuff we do not get for one reason or another that doesn't make a lot of difference to many of us hobbyist's.
Im not sure this is the right place for this thread and its something for the mods to consider more so than a subject of conversation but member input and opinions would be helpful in how/if it could work. Maybe something as simple as posting if you are particularly in search of something from somewhere and allowing the thread a similar period of time to what the wanted/sale sections have/had for members to reply to it if they happen to be travelling to that place; i imagine many of us would still take time to look at tools while abroad.
For instance, someone travelling to japan for a few weeks may be in a position to help facilitate someone here getting stones or chisels a good deal cheaper and likely quicker than finding them online at auctions used or paying retails + shipping and import if they can instead be packed in luggage and brought home for collection/domestic delivery.
It would have to be seen how it could be dealt with in terms of payments but i imagine letting people decide between themselves whether to agree on something to keep an eye for and a budget payed in advance or just a see it and tell me how much it is/was deal would be sound enough as long as people use good judgement and communicate well.
Of course, currently travel is restricted but moving forward I'm wondering about the viability of a sub-section in the marketplace to link up members travelling with members searching for items not often/easily/cheaply found domestically eg-certain Japanese hand tools, lots of useful dewalt/makita/milwaukee accessories, worm-drive skilsaws and plenty of other stuff we do not get for one reason or another that doesn't make a lot of difference to many of us hobbyist's.
Im not sure this is the right place for this thread and its something for the mods to consider more so than a subject of conversation but member input and opinions would be helpful in how/if it could work. Maybe something as simple as posting if you are particularly in search of something from somewhere and allowing the thread a similar period of time to what the wanted/sale sections have/had for members to reply to it if they happen to be travelling to that place; i imagine many of us would still take time to look at tools while abroad.
For instance, someone travelling to japan for a few weeks may be in a position to help facilitate someone here getting stones or chisels a good deal cheaper and likely quicker than finding them online at auctions used or paying retails + shipping and import if they can instead be packed in luggage and brought home for collection/domestic delivery.
It would have to be seen how it could be dealt with in terms of payments but i imagine letting people decide between themselves whether to agree on something to keep an eye for and a budget payed in advance or just a see it and tell me how much it is/was deal would be sound enough as long as people use good judgement and communicate well.
