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

  • 04-07-2006 09:35PM
    #1
    StephenC_IRL
    Closed Accounts Posts: 438 ✭✭


    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

    Would you attend, and if so at what level 52 votes

    I wouldnt go
    0% 0 votes
    I would come to sell
    9% 5 votes
    i would come to buy/swap
    1% 1 vote
    i would come to sell and buy/swap
    88% 46 votes


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  • #2
    g5hn710m4xpdwy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,763 ✭✭✭g5hn710m4xpdwy


    Im interested, tho as a buyer rather than a seller ;)


  • #3
    SouperComputer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,946 ✭✭✭SouperComputer


    like anything in my sig?


  • #4
    Esel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,490 ✭✭✭✭Esel
    Not Your Ornery Onager


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

    Not your ornery onager



  • #5
    gline
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,605 ✭✭✭gline


    count me in ;)


  • #6
    TerrorFirmer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,930 ✭✭✭✭TerrorFirmer


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


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  • #7
    po0k
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,817 ✭✭✭✭po0k


    Nothing stopping you from organising one in galway.


  • #8
    StephenC_IRL
    Closed Accounts Posts: 438 ✭✭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


  • #9
    Gone West
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,374 ✭✭✭Gone West


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


  • #10
    The Real B-man
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 3,749 Mod ✭✭✭✭The Real B-man


    id go alright have a browse around


  • #11
    EOA_Mushy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 521 ✭✭✭EOA_Mushy


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


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  • #12
    trojaneater1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 93 ✭✭trojaneater1


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


  • #13
    lynch_3001
    Closed Accounts Posts: 380 ✭✭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!!


  • #14
    steveland?
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,842 ✭✭✭steveland?


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


  • #15
    PogMoThoin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,874 ✭✭✭✭PogMoThoin


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


  • #16
    g5hn710m4xpdwy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,763 ✭✭✭g5hn710m4xpdwy


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


  • #17
    peteym
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 77 ✭✭peteym


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


  • #18
    StephenC_IRL
    Closed Accounts Posts: 438 ✭✭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,
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  • #19
    gline
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,605 ✭✭✭gline


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


  • #20
    The Real B-man
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 3,749 Mod ✭✭✭✭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


  • #21
    SouperComputer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,946 ✭✭✭SouperComputer


    id definately go to sell anyway.


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  • #22
    Sparky
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,227 ✭✭✭✭Sparky


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


  • #23
    masteroftherealm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,141 ✭✭✭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.


  • #24
    Esel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,490 ✭✭✭✭Esel
    Not Your Ornery Onager


    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.

    Not your ornery onager



  • #25
    BlackWizard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,265 ✭✭✭BlackWizard


    Count me in too.


  • #26
    StephenC_IRL
    Closed Accounts Posts: 438 ✭✭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


  • #27
    CuLT
    Subscribers Posts: 9,716 ✭✭✭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.


  • #28
    masteroftherealm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,141 ✭✭✭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 ;)


  • #29
    L31mr0d
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,067 ✭✭✭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?


  • #30
    Esel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,490 ✭✭✭✭Esel
    Not Your Ornery Onager


    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.

    Not your ornery onager



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  • #31
    wanwarlock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 398 ✭✭wanwarlock


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


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