Suggestion: Take One / Leave One CD-R exchange
Posted: 09 Mar 2004 14:53
This is an idea from the Dylanpool forum, instant bootleg philanthropy. We'll see how far we get. You need to have at least one CD-R bootleg to start with.
How it works
At any time, there is always a boot that's up for grabs in the TO/LO thread. The person who takes it leaves something for the next person.
Rules:
You can only take what's being offered in the most recent message -- ie the one at the bottom of the thread.
When you take discs, email your mailing address to the person who left them.
Offer a few CDs in return if you have them; more obscure ones will obviously go better.
The CD-Rs that you leave must be tradeable, and not be commercially available -- they must not have any digital glitches, MP3 source, etc. If a flawed show is the only version available, flaws should be noted.
Anyone in the world is allowed to take the discs you leave. You must be prepared to send to international destinations.
You must allow your email address to be visible to listmembers, so that your trading partner can contact you, or use the Personal Message functionality.
Guidelines to follow:
After you leave your discs, check back to see how your offer is doing. If nobody's interested after a day or two, you should try offering something else.
If you've spent 5 minutes looking over a trade list, refresh the "TO/LO" thread before posting -- things can move quickly, and someone may have beaten you to it.
Don't post messages which could be handled over email. For example, rather than posting a message asking for someone's mailing address, email them about it.
If you have to post a message in which you don't take or leave anything, please re-state what's currently being offered and who offered it. This will make things less confusing.
see how it works in practise: http://pool.dylantree.com/tolo.php
I post saying
"I offer Ultra Rare Trax vol 4"
you post saying
"I take
Ultra Rare Trax 4
and leave
Wild Side Of The Street"
I send you the CD as an act of charitya, and to make the world a more VU-centric place.
then someone else claims WSOTS from you and offers something else to the next person and it hopefully carries on.
One potential prob is there are a limited number of VU boots - maybe we could include John & Lou solo stuff if there's interest.
We could also change the rules so that other bands etc are allowed but you must take OR leave a VU item, so at least every other thing will be VU.
What do you think?
Not enough people or boots to make it work?
Dunno, but I could offer the first item to be claimed if we want to try it.
How it works
At any time, there is always a boot that's up for grabs in the TO/LO thread. The person who takes it leaves something for the next person.
Rules:
You can only take what's being offered in the most recent message -- ie the one at the bottom of the thread.
When you take discs, email your mailing address to the person who left them.
Offer a few CDs in return if you have them; more obscure ones will obviously go better.
The CD-Rs that you leave must be tradeable, and not be commercially available -- they must not have any digital glitches, MP3 source, etc. If a flawed show is the only version available, flaws should be noted.
Anyone in the world is allowed to take the discs you leave. You must be prepared to send to international destinations.
You must allow your email address to be visible to listmembers, so that your trading partner can contact you, or use the Personal Message functionality.
Guidelines to follow:
After you leave your discs, check back to see how your offer is doing. If nobody's interested after a day or two, you should try offering something else.
If you've spent 5 minutes looking over a trade list, refresh the "TO/LO" thread before posting -- things can move quickly, and someone may have beaten you to it.
Don't post messages which could be handled over email. For example, rather than posting a message asking for someone's mailing address, email them about it.
If you have to post a message in which you don't take or leave anything, please re-state what's currently being offered and who offered it. This will make things less confusing.
see how it works in practise: http://pool.dylantree.com/tolo.php
I post saying
"I offer Ultra Rare Trax vol 4"
you post saying
"I take
Ultra Rare Trax 4
and leave
Wild Side Of The Street"
I send you the CD as an act of charitya, and to make the world a more VU-centric place.
then someone else claims WSOTS from you and offers something else to the next person and it hopefully carries on.
One potential prob is there are a limited number of VU boots - maybe we could include John & Lou solo stuff if there's interest.
We could also change the rules so that other bands etc are allowed but you must take OR leave a VU item, so at least every other thing will be VU.
What do you think?
Not enough people or boots to make it work?
Dunno, but I could offer the first item to be claimed if we want to try it.
