Reminder about non-striping stuff for sale

[pavepro]

is there a forum for selling forums?

[Robert]

Please remember to post the pavers, etc. where they should go on this NPCA forum. And remember here or on or the NPCA forum the same "NO DEALERS" rule applies for free posts.
Some of the quantities of "excess" or "duplicate" equipment have been a bit out of the ordinary for any contractor lately, especially when a profile is incomplete.
Posts are far less likely to be edited or removed when the profile is complete and there are more than a handful of posts. Please follow the rules 

For Straightline: the NPCA either has or is planning paid sections for dealers to do that very thing. Not so much for the money as for the differences in a contractor and dealers who are "in it for the money" as a profession.

[NPCA]

Just an update: We haven't made it to "full-blown" classifieds yet but you can now post pictures of equipment for sale in the classifieds. The software will automatically resize them and put a "thumbnail" on the forum home page. Just make sure the file size (resolution) is not too high. If you get an error that will be the reason. Display size doesn't matter it does the thumbnails & such on it's own.
More to come, only so much time in a day.
Also please see our post in the "Around the water cooler" forums about our recent fund raising drive with updated info, and there is updated info for members on the discounted insurance program too.
Note: To do the photo thing we had to separate "For Sale" from "Equipment Wanted" and we didn't bother moving older posts so some for sale items are still in the equipment wanted section for now.

[NPCA]

We have been undergoing a "world of work" with our new forums and all but there is a likely possibility we will soon have a classified section that is more like actual on-line classifieds (ad categories, ads with descriptions & full text & photos etc. not just a forum like we have now, similar to this one).
If we do get that implemented such a section could be created but like Robert here we don't really think it's fair for dealers to get free advertising.
Our current dilemma is (a) offer free classifieds in a more advanced system, still no dealers (b) spend more money we don't have (we're still trying to get donations to pay for the new forums) to get classified ad software that would let us make a difference in free and "paid" ads. That type software is GREAT but it's not free or even cheap. But we have looked at ideas and are continuing to do so. (c) do option '"a" and make a section like you describe but then spend hours trying to verify the "deal is real" even though the ads are free.
Even for the paid ads we couldn't charge much but it would keep some dealers from flooding the place with free advertising under the guise of a closeout item or whatever. So it's kind-of a hard deal. We imagine Robert would face the same dilemma, how to tell an honest dealer with 3 "leftover" 2004 Graco 3900s from a dealer just calling them that when they sell them that way everyday and have a warehouse full?
There is a magazine for example called PaverMarket. The deal is supposed to be dealers buy regular ads at a per issue rate but individuals can run 4 "classified" type ads for $100 for a whole year or until the items sell. However if you ever see the magazine you will see many "personal" ads for a variety of equipment not likely any one contractor would own (or they would have a really weird business) all with the same name & number so you know it's dealers posting as individuals to get the cheap advertising. Sometimes they are so bold as to run an ad picture with a "line" of different equipment behind it or a "dealer looking" building in the background of several ads so it's pretty obvious.

[straightline]

Maybe we need a place for dealers to post specials and closeouts only.

[NPCA]

We see a lot of posts here about paving related equipment, Cracksealing, etc. and just wanted to remind everyone our forums have free classifieds too (just like here, no dealers) and we get more traffic from pavers & such for those looking to buy or sell that type equipment. (There is a link in this forum header)
It's free and the more exposure the better when you are trying to buy or sell. The only real difference is we don't don't appreciate posting eBay links since these are so easy to be disguised by dealers or just "traders" trying to make a buck on eBay. If you want to post a legitimate personal link to an eBay item please add some description about who you are & how you came to have the item so we can tell it's not a "dealer in disguise".