A posted this to uk.rec.walking and uk.rec.camping yesterday. Any feedback
greatly appreciated.
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Quite often, I see outdoor related bargains in shops such as Lidl and Aldi.
Normally, I post these sightings to urc or urw if someone else hasn't
beaten me to it. I had an idea about having a simple, central, web based
bulletin board upon which people can post 'Outdoor Bargain Sightings'.
To get an idea of what such a system would look like, I've set up a PHPBB
forum within my webspace.
http://www.unmusic.co.uk/ukodb (UK outdoor bargains).
One of the advantages of such a system is that you can post a message
anonymously. Some people might want to draw attention to a sale they see in
local shop without giving away precisely where they live. You can also use
your regular Usenet handle or real name if you want people to know who the
post came from.
At the moment, the board is configured with one 'open' forum so you don't
even have to register to post. If any abuses cropped up I could switch it
to subscriber only.
A full PHPBB system might seem a bit cumbersome for a single forum but I
think that this is the best way of doing it. People can create a new topic
or add to comments to a topic. They can also make enquires and see the
answers. I'll probably set it up so that old messages get deleted after
three months or so.
The idea would be that, rather than checking all of the sites that have
these sorts of sales each week, you could just keep checking the one site.
On purely selfish grounds, I would like the scope to include Camping and
Cycling related bargains.
Any interest in the idea? Any suggestions?
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***My real address is m/ike at u/nmusic d/ot co dot u/k (removing /s)
np:
http://www.unmusic.co.uk
http://www.unmusic.co.uk/amh-s-faq.html - alt.music.home-studio FAQ
http://www.unmusic.co.uk/wrap.php?file=vhs.html - vhs purchase log.