SwapFest, The Computer/Amatuer Radio/Electronics and general technology sale

StephenC_IRL

I am considering holding an event similar to SwapFest which is held by MIT in america, it would be a car boot sale sort of event, on the last saturday of every month, it would only be for radio/electronic/computer equipment and you could buy/sell/swap stuff. seller fees would be 10 euro for the day and it would be 2 euro to enter. it would be in the dublin area probably in a car park or industrial estate.

i just want to know how many people would be interested, and at what level, if i get 25 sellers with at least 20 pieces of equipment each then i will arrange it for the last saturday in july onwards

g5hn710m4xpdwy

Im interested, tho as a buyer rather than a seller

SouperComputer

like anything in my sig?

Esel

Check this thread http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2054943383

gline

count me in

TerrorFirmer

living in galway sucks....would love to go to one of these

po0k

Nothing stopping you from organising one in galway.

StephenC_IRL

i have a small industrial unit in blanchardstown, which is pretty easy to get to, i can provide mains electricity for peole demoing stuff and free boradband for testing purposes each user to hava a 50mb cap sorta thing. with the industrial unit those who dont have a car to put stuff in can go inside the building. i could also get "chuck wagon" food vendors etc... to come along

one problem, i have to get the rest of the people in te estate to agree, only a few are there on saturdays so it wouldnt be much of a problem i think, but there might be a little niggle with one or two of them, but we can avoid there premesis anyway

Gone West

Yes I would go to this if you had a few vendors.

The Real B-man

id go alright have a browse around

EOA_Mushy

:mad: SH!TE.... I just through out 25 18.2Gb SCSI 2 Ultra Wide hard disk....

trojaneater1

I'd go................. Great idea BTW

lynch_3001

i would come and sell on the odd occassion and would browse regularly if you got it up. and i would come up from carlow!!
keep me in the loop would you please man!!

steveland?

I'd go and have a gander around aswell... always up for some impulse buying...

PogMoThoin

I'd go to 1 in Galway. Got few bits 2 get rid of.

g5hn710m4xpdwy

alot of yas sell stuff on adverts in the computer section right? just save up some time for this :P

peteym

I'd definitely be interested in that.................as a buyer

StephenC_IRL

We need sellers people !!!

if i can get 20 sellers, with at least 150 items total i will do this.

so I am drawing up a seller list. if you wish to be added just PM me or email imes.stephen (at) gmail.com

Also, a note to sellers, you may not sell houshold items (white goods) such as fridges/freezers, washing machines, lamps, dishwashers etc... if you are unsure about if an item falls into this catagory message me with what the item is,
sellers must be available for the last saturday in july from 9 am to 2 pm.

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gline

all depends on location as i have no car but would be interested in selling pc stuff

The Real B-man

EOA_Mushy wrote:

:mad: SH!TE.... I just through out 25 18.2Gb SCSI 2 Ultra Wide hard disk....

lol i feel your pain where i work i get paid to throw out computers:( today i spotted 2 147gb SCSI Hdd's :eek: id say they where perfect on there rails in a "old" server

SouperComputer

id definately go to sell anyway.

Sparky

Id go to buy and have a browse around.
If only I had stuff to sell.

masteroftherealm

The Real B-man wrote:

lol i feel your pain where i work i get paid to throw out computers:( today i spotted 2 147gb SCSI Hdd's :eek: id say they where perfect on there rails in a "old" server

Yup same here. I had to crush (Yes CRUSH) 20 Dell laptops all less than 6months old. Cause the company had changed PC suppliers.

Esel

Any chance this thread could be stickied for the duration? The previous thread I linked to above got over 100 posts, but it is now stickied in the Old FS General and displays only one page. By stickying this new thread, it would draw much more sellers/buyers.

BlackWizard

Count me in too.

StephenC_IRL

i hate that having to destroy things, me and a few others are paid to destroy compter equipment, as wel as supply new items, i sold company 4x 20gb SATA ard disks 3 weeks ago, tok them back yesterday and was ordered to hit the wth a hammer wile hey were gong o destroy them, what a waste.

under WEEE regulations you are not allowed destroy anything wih an LCD screen because of the mercury in the backlight tube, so i reccomend telling people that if your asked to destroy laptops, then say you will "recycle" them an just smash up the hard disks

CuLT

esel wrote:

Any chance this thread could be stickied for the duration? The previous thread I linked to above got over 100 posts, but it is now stickied in the Old FS General and displays only one page. By stickying this new thread, it would draw much more sellers/buyers.

Crap, this thread sort of slipped my mind.

Seems like StephenC_IRL has the location problem solved though. I'll move the original thread to Adverts Support for better accessibility.

masteroftherealm

StephenC_IRL wrote:

i hate that having to destroy things, me and a few others are paid to destroy compter equipment, as wel as supply new items, i sold company 4x 20gb SATA ard disks 3 weeks ago, tok them back yesterday and was ordered to hit the wth a hammer wile hey were gong o destroy them, what a waste.

under WEEE regulations you are not allowed destroy anything wih an LCD screen because of the mercury in the backlight tube, so i reccomend telling people that if your asked to destroy laptops, then say you will "recycle" them an just smash up the hard disks

Nope we had an onsite disposal company. They were certified to destroy everything

L31mr0d

StephenC_IRL wrote:

i have a small industrial unit in blanchardstown, which is pretty easy to get to, i can provide mains electricity for peole demoing stuff and free boradband for testing purposes each user to hava a 50mb cap sorta thing. with the industrial unit those who dont have a car to put stuff in can go inside the building. i could also get "chuck wagon" food vendors etc... to come along

one problem, i have to get the rest of the people in te estate to agree, only a few are there on saturdays so it wouldnt be much of a problem i think, but there might be a little niggle with one or two of them, but we can avoid there premesis anyway

Where are we on this, is the swapfest going ahead for real at the end of the month. I'd defo go. Blanch isn't the hardest to get to. Where is this industrial unit anyway. Is it on the left as you are heading out of blanch towards Cappa & Finglas, just after the turn to the national aquatics center?

Esel

CuLT has now moved the original thread to Adverts Support http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=51690073 . I've posted there linking to here, so hopefully we'll get a lot more interest.

wanwarlock

count me in, i'll defo go. might have some stuff to sell as well.

snappieT

Once it's on a bus route served from the city centre, I'll pop along with a backpack of hard drives! I'd like to see a scumbag steal that!

monkeyfudge

I'd come along as a seller anyway.

I have a good bit of tech that I could do with getting rid of, but what about stuff like DVDS and Console games? Can they be sold at this event?

SouperComputer

monkeyfudge wrote:

I'd come along as a seller anyway.

I have a good bit of tech that I could do with getting rid of, but what about stuff like DVDS and Console games? Can they be sold at this event?

Yup, the original concept was that being boards it would be a primarily computer-stuff affair, but I think people should be encouraged that people bring all kinds of stuff.

Khannie

Stuck until this happens. I'll be there. (as a buyer....I don't have that much crap to sell).

BlackWizard

Oh I forgot to mention that I'll be there as a buyer. Although I do have to sell my PC but Ill more than likely be doing that over on adverts.ie .

StephenC_IRL

swapfest is going to go ahead, if we can get sellers, everyone who will come as a seller i need you to PM or email me "imes dot stephen at gmail dot com" (edited by khannie to prevent bots spamming you) with your name, email, phone number, address, roughly how many items you have to sell.

you must not sell white goods (fridges, freezers, dishwashers etc...) and you must be available last saturday of july, the seller fee is €15

StephenC_IRL

does anybody know how much a hotel function room costs, it will have to be large, very large, or even a GAA hall would do. it has to be easy to get to and less than 400 euro, we need it 9am - 2pm last saturday in july

monkeyfudge

StephenC_IRL wrote:

does anybody know how much a hotel function room costs, it will have to be large, very large, or even a GAA hall would do. it has to be easy to get to and less than 400 euro, we need it 9am - 2pm last saturday in july

If you read through the other thread you'll see I got prices for the North Star Hotel.

SouperComputer

PM sent re selling.

shanedevane

yo, on this, I've called around the best part of 15-20 hotels within dublin.

Out of the ones I checked out myself, the north star was the biggest (for the most reasonable).

here are the pics of the north star that I took when I popped into see them:
http://www.shanedevane.com/nsh/DSC09277.JPG
http://www.shanedevane.com/nsh/DSC09278.JPG
http://www.shanedevane.com/nsh/DSC09276.JPG

they quoted me, 350 for a full day and 250 for half, but they were cool about it. so I'm sure you could cut them down more.

Thing is of course, that's not exactly GAA size, but from the pics you'll get an idea of whether it's worth it or not.

the morrisson hotel has a bigger room, but quoted, 850 for half a day. which was nice of them.

The only other bad boy, which was my very first choice, was within trinity college, they have a quote on their web site of 600 bills for one of the event rooms. With trinity though, they don't book out their events rooms after 28th of september ie. when everyone goes back to college etc. as they wouldn't let me book after that.

Revalco

I'd love to go to sell & buy, just couple question how easy via public transport is the industrial estate?

Anychance of boards orangising a transport or a carpool system for people with heavier items?

StephenC_IRL

thanks, i might use the north star, do you have the room size ? also i think i may be getting access to a big car park

StephenC_IRL

the industrial estate thing is out, i am talking to a guy and i might be getting a car park that is near a bus stop, people can organise carpool by themselves, if somebody gets me bus prices i might organise one if enough people need it

Revalco

A car park near a bus stop, makes things a dam site easier

Carpool was mainly if the event was hosted in a remote location or not as easy to access via public transport.

StephenC_IRL

because we want people to come its going to be somewhere easy to get to, and public transport is a must, if its not near a train/bus stop i will get a bus to pick sellers up from a bus/train stop

shanedevane

done deal people:
http://www.iecf.ie/ComputerFairBloomsHotel

Next Computer Fair
Blooms Hotel,
Anglesea Street,
Temple Bar,
Dublin 2.

Date: Saturday, August 12th
Time: 12.00pm - 5.00pm TBC

As you can imagine, I've a real rush now to get vendors interested and signed up.

To make the fair more enjoyable and interesting, there will be a handful of stalls that aren't vendors. In particular a Linux stall (which will be distributing Linux Distros on CD etc. - for a small fee of course), and a Games Stall, which we will setup, currently talking to Unreal.ie crowd and a few more stalls that aren't direct vendors sellings their products. So all in all, hopefully, we'll have an interesting fair for everyone.

Vendors wise though, I need support from people. So if you have items to sell and can make it out on August 12th, get in touch. The floor plan for the event will be up this weekend and I'll be doing everything possible to make setting things up. We will have a handful helpers on the day too.

shane@iecf.ie

You guys should see our buy and sell adverts running over the next week and also the typical FreelanceIreland.ie newsletter - there will be other advertising going on too, but if you can think of anything that might work, let me know.

Thanks, Laters

shanedevane

oh yeah, granted I know this thread was for the boards car boot sale but this just seemed appropreiate place to post an update.

JohnnieM

StephenC_IRL wrote:

We need sellers people !!!

if i can get 20 sellers, with at least 150 items total i will do this.

so I am drawing up a seller list. if you wish to be added just PM me or email imes.stephen (at) gmail.com

Also, a note to sellers, you may not sell houshold items (white goods) such as fridges/freezers, washing machines, lamps, dishwashers etc... if you are unsure about if an item falls into this catagory message me with what the item is,
sellers must be available for the last saturday in july from 9 am to 2pm

Only saw this thread today..did this event take place?... i would have a good bit of stuff for sale..

youcancallmeal

So If I want to drop 3 items off at stall to be sold I'll have to be there at 12 and then 5 to pick cash/items if not sold?

L31mr0d

Ok... even though this thread is about interest in a swapfest carboot sale being run by StephenC_Irl, my thread has been closed and i've been directed here to post my question about a Computer Fair being run by shanedevane??? Am I missing something irlrobins or are these not 2 seperate events?

Anyway... what I said in the other thread.

Who'll be going to this fair this weekend in Blooms Hotel. I'm going to give it a show and try to sell some old junk. Convenient that it coincides with the Boards Beers outing as well, whatever money I make will be kindly donated to good ol Messrs Maguire. Might pop in and see one of those free movies in the square as well, I think a beautiful mind is on on Sat.

Will you's be just browsing or can I hope to buy some deals off yous at it (any cheap dual cores for sale? )