Region Specific IP-Trade Forum

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  1. mctizzz

    mctizzz Initiate (0) Dec 23, 2010 California

    Maybe it's just because the trade thread has been such so crazy since the Black Friday releases but I think one thing that would be nice to have is region specific IP trade threads. If I am looking to do an IP trade it is not relevant to the 95% of people who live no where near where I am trying to meet to trade, thus clogging the trade forum. I am interested to hear what others think.
     
    #1 mctizzz, Dec 1, 2013
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  2. Todd

    Todd Founder (13,518) Aug 23, 1996 Finland
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    So basically a forum dedicated to IP trades? That's doable if enough people agree.

    I'd be against multiple IP trade forums broken down by region though, as that would be overkill.
     
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  3. mctizzz

    mctizzz Initiate (0) Dec 23, 2010 California

    I was taking it a step further and breaking the proposed IP trade forum down by region. So you click on the "IP Trade" tab, which leads to a list of regional tabs (Pacific, Northeast...), so that you can quickly locate others within your region looking to trade. I could see it possibly being too specific and not getting too much traffic though.
     
    #3 mctizzz, Dec 1, 2013
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  4. Todd

    Todd Founder (13,518) Aug 23, 1996 Finland
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    That said, we could achieve the same regional breakdown using thread prefix tags. So basically all of the threads would be in a single forum, but they'd have a regional/color-coded prefix before the thread title that could also be used to sort the forum.

    See the Beer Tickets forum for an example of this:

    http://beeradvocate.com/community/forums/beer-tickets.62/

    ... and click a prefix to sort.
     
    #4 Todd, Dec 1, 2013
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  5. mctizzz

    mctizzz Initiate (0) Dec 23, 2010 California

    If there were regional tabs for IP trades that you could sort I would be very happy. I never looked at the tickets thread before, but that is a clean interface.
     
    #5 mctizzz, Dec 1, 2013
  6. kmello69

    kmello69 Initiate (0) Nov 27, 2011 Texas

    Makes a lot of sense to me. I always hate posting an IP trade in the general ISO:FT forum for fear of people not seeing it, but at the same time I know its frowned upon to put those posts in the regional forums. This would solve those issues and give people a direct place to go if they're looking to make an IP trade.
     
    #6 kmello69, Dec 1, 2013
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  7. jbaker67

    jbaker67 Pooh-Bah (2,035) Jul 1, 2012 Pennsylvania
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    I really like this idea!
     
    #7 jbaker67, Dec 1, 2013
  8. MarkF150

    MarkF150 Zealot (675) Feb 9, 2009 Massachusetts

    I think this is a great idea and am definitely in favor of a new IP:ISO section.
     
    #8 MarkF150, Dec 1, 2013
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  9. Crawfordesquire

    Crawfordesquire Initiate (0) Dec 20, 2011 North Carolina

    Good stuff, save $ on shipping always helps
     
    #9 Crawfordesquire, Dec 1, 2013
  10. HighWine

    HighWine Initiate (0) Dec 11, 2010 Illinois

    I agree with OP. It was more intuitive to me when I first joined the site to post an IP trade request in the regional forum to where I was traveling. They kept getting deleted so I stopped bothering because it seemed too narrow of a post for the ISO:FT forum for the whole community.
     
    #10 HighWine, Dec 1, 2013
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  11. Stevedore

    Stevedore Grand Pooh-Bah (5,096) Nov 16, 2012 Oregon
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    I would be in full support of this.
     
    #11 Stevedore, Dec 2, 2013
  12. mythaeus

    mythaeus Pooh-Bah (2,074) Jul 22, 2013 Pennsylvania
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    This is a terrible idea. Don't implement it! :wink:
     
    #12 mythaeus, Dec 2, 2013
  13. MattOC

    MattOC Pooh-Bah (2,100) Jan 13, 2013 Massachusetts
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    This would be a welcome addition for someone like me. I don't trade much and or often nor do I plan on doing shipping trades. All of my trades have been IP with other Massachusetts BA and this would facilitate more of those types of trades.
     
    #13 MattOC, Dec 2, 2013
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  14. Beeryurt

    Beeryurt Zealot (617) Mar 8, 2013 Wisconsin
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    I support this idea also, good idea OP
     
    #14 Beeryurt, Dec 2, 2013
  15. lowbit

    lowbit Initiate (0) Jul 24, 2013 Wisconsin

    Could there be a list or menu of prefixes at the top of the page? It would help avoid having to search through potentially pages of threads every time to find the appropriate prefix for the region you want to see. Alternatively each user's prefix selection could be sticky, so that if you're really only interested in IP trades in your area, you would only have to select the appropriate prefix once.

    In any event, this would be a huge improvement over the current options.
     
    #15 lowbit, Dec 3, 2013
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  16. HugeBulge

    HugeBulge Savant (1,132) Dec 31, 2012 New York

    Great idea
     
    #16 HugeBulge, Dec 3, 2013
  17. Jeffo

    Jeffo Pooh-Bah (2,874) Sep 7, 2008 Netherlands
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    I support. This would give IP trades a place to be recognized without getting deleted. Good idea.

    Jeff
     
    #17 Jeffo, Dec 3, 2013
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  18. GreenMtnMike

    GreenMtnMike Initiate (0) May 30, 2013 Pennsylvania

    Great idea! I think shipping is probably the biggest barrier to trading, especially for newer folks. Enough people seem to be travelling with, and for, beer to make an IP forum a success. Plus it's a great way to meet other members.
     
    #18 GreenMtnMike, Dec 3, 2013
  19. gory4d

    gory4d Maven (1,489) Apr 14, 2007 Texas

    This would be great.
     
    #19 gory4d, Dec 3, 2013
  20. ShanePB

    ShanePB Initiate (0) Sep 6, 2010 Pennsylvania

    I like this idea. I vote "Yea."
     
    #20 ShanePB, Dec 3, 2013
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