We are trying to organize a coral swap amongst the members of Talking Reef. At this point we would like to have suggestions for some ground rules for the swap. Maybe we could have all rule suggestions in by 7/1/06. At that point we can decided on the final rule format and setup a registration to figure out how many people are interested and what they have to swap. Obviously the rules would have to be approved by Rob before he would sanction it.
I think we should also have a frag swap committee to oversee these rules and be the mediator in case needed (hopefully they won't be). If I may start this off with the first rule suggestions:
All corals are worth the same dollar amount....NOTHING. This is a voluntary swap therefore I think you should swap at your own risk and it is a friendly swap.
All frag should be photographed with a size reference in the photo. In the case where a photo is not available, an oil painting may be substituted.
i think this is a great idea. Right now i only have one thing to trade but i will have more in the future.
I would like add....
Shipping Charges - cost of boxing and shipping will be charged to the one shipping the fragged peaces.. And at no time will shipping be refunded..
Boxing Challenges - i think there should be a guide line for how the frags will be shipped. i just dont know what that should be :-)
Basicly i think that its at your own risk. and if you make a deal without seeing a picture then what you receive is what you receive..
and if you trade a peace of leather for a equal sized peace of xenia then that your choice and should be agreed in a forum for all to see. Is there anyway of making a forum that once you post you post and you cant edit it?? that would be a good way to have a sort of written contract.
like I mentioed trading with region helps save shipping allot if I trade with Ohio or with Rob lol there is no need to pay overnight since it will shop overnight any way but people should be able to trade who they want to just a thought.. also this is a different group then the other forums Rob makes all snpbs check there coats at the door so I don't think we will have those problems,,
So do you think we could just offer open registration. People post a pic of what they have and what they are looking to get? The we can just kind of open it up and let people hook up?
I like that idea, but the only issue I see is that many people here don't have alot to trade, but I guess they can trade with others that don't have alot to trade.
i say open game. you trade what you want. if you dont want to trade something you have then dont. also in my opinion if it matches the size then everything is worth the same ( to some degree ) but i think thats the way it should be becase you are only trading some of what you have not the hole thing. what you cut off will grow back. cost is kind of a touchy place.. i wouldnt look at something i had being costly compared to something because i would still have what i bought.. does that even make since? i guess im looking at this as a way for people to learn more about corals and fragging and trading for stuff that they dont want to pay $40 for a small peace of it.
i hope someone understands what i just said lol :-)
shipping more than $40? i ship 60 pound transmissions for around $30 just depends on where its going. but i figure shipping frags shouldnt be more than 15 to 20 dollars.. actually i have a UPS account thats why its cheap if we were to walk into a ups store it would probably be over $40..
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