Ok, a few of us were talking about the logistics of this stuff we call a hobby (addiction?). And I was wondering about the possibility of members volunteering their services for "staging lots".
Say, for example, a member from MI won a GL auction in the Midwest (now who could that be?) and had the 14 days to move said lot. The "staging lot" member could retrieve the lot or just receive the lot and hold it until shipping could be arranged.
Or, if a "staging lot" member was a mid-way point in the shipping route, the stuff could be staged there until the member could come get it.
An example: I recently picked up a trailer of mine from Ft. McCoy. While there, I retrieved a pallet of stuff for a Southwest member. Well, our MI friend needs some things moved from the Southwest. If our Southwest member and our MI member get together and work out a deal on the shipping to my place, I could stage the MI stuff here until our Northern friend could come get it. The St. Louis area is a lot closer than Utah.
A lot of us already do this, but it takes some digging to find out who has the space/facilities to do this kind of thing. I was thinking of a way to show it on the member map. Kinda like an assistance member.
I don't know if I'm getting the correct thoughts out there. With shipping and fuel costs what they are, and the 14 day thing with GL, sometimes we need all the help we can get.
This is a wonderful reason that Steel Soldiers is my favorite place to hang out. Adam picked up my lube trailer and even though I was planning on driving down and picking it up we worked out a deal where he towed it up to my place and I am letting him use the dolly for an extended tour. I never would have bid on it being in Korea if Adam had not stepped up.
I would be glad to be a stageing member once I retire I just have to get back from the Orient
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You might want to check out the " Forum " then " Transporation Needs" and if you need something inspected there is " Need item inspection or loadout?!"
There are all kinds of interesting things behind the "Front Page"
On a side note:
While it sounds good in practice, how many that are close to a base would really want to help someone that maybe had just bidded against them on a item? On the other hand would you feel right about outbidding a member and then asking them to pickup the item? Wayne
After my debacle with Warner Robins, I was thinking the same thing. I maybe moving soon (it's a huge maybe) to a location near Ft McCoy. If that happens, I plan on opening an inspection, pick-up, and holding business.
Right now I am too far from Letterkenny and M-burg to get there and back quickly and my boss is too much of a clock puncher for me to get out the door to help others like I would like to. Trying to find a plausible excuse for me to go to Letterkenny on Monday and Wednesday of next week to help out Maddawg and Econstruction.
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It is a good idea.I live near3 bases.Letterkenny [Chambersburg],Navy Depot [Mechanicsburg] and Ft Indiantown Gap [Annville].I am self imployed with time on my hands well sometimes I have my 3 year old boy and 4 yearold girl.I would be in for doing this.
I've been doing this for ages now! I don't really have the room here in Norfolk for lots of stuff, but when I move this month I will have my 40+ acres to hide stuff on. Yes, if I was bidding on something close and lost, then was asked to pick it up, no hard feelings. They must have wanted it more than I did! Also, this opens up whole new areas to buy stuff for people who were usually stuck within a certain range. Now I could say bid on AL and KS auctions, where stuff might be cheaper or something I really want but can't get locally would come up for auction. Then I could plan to come out and get it or have it shipped in a more suitable time frame.
I like it and can volunteer for SC right now. Modest fees, like fuel or maybe a trade if you got like a large lot of something useful. I wouldn't gouge anyone. Because I wouldn't want another lot to gouge me.
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Ok, most of you got what I was trying to say. I know there are places here already for transportation/inspection needs, bit I was thinking more of a way to use the member map to find people that have the room/facilities to stage stuff for others. Not just stuff directly from GL, but maybe a midway point in shipping, or stuff from private sellers. A lot of us already do this type of thing, but again, maybe a way to use the map, (I think the map is a great tool that is not being used to it's full potential).
On the bidding/out-bid thing, I agree with Adam. If I want a lot on GL/E-bay/GSA, I will place MY top dollar. If it goes over that by $1 or $1000, it was more than I wanted to give. How could I have hard feelings for the person that won it if it went for more than I thought it was worth?
It's like this, this site is probably the greatest thing in the MV hobby right now. The people (Chris, mods) provide a great "family friendly" location for all of us to come together. The membership here is what makes this site the close community it is.I was just thinking of a way to make it easier for us to come together in helping others out.
Member "Staging Lots" ??
