suggestion : borrow or lend section

[peter12]

Many products I would like to buy right now. Obviously money is always an issue with everything.

So I propose we have a borrow or lend section.

Right now I have the cash for a goliath v2, goblin or uwell crown. Seen reviews on all and all look appealing. However often what I think differs to what others think. So would be nice to test these attys out then I would know for sure which one to get.

Maybe we could have minimum requirmens of 100 or 200 messages or has to have been a member for a certain period.

I'm sure many others would benefit as we all have items we would like to try before we buy. So the person proposing to try/borrow/lend covers postage and has a 3 day trial or something similar.

Most of us have many attys and would probably have no issue leading one out for a few days

Edit: as another thought maybe a deposit could be paid to the original owner that would cover the cost of a new one should anything happen. Which would get refunded in safe return of their item

[Deleted]

Nobody is getting their grubby mitts on my precious

[VapingBad]

Postage costs both ways make it hard, but I do recommend going to the VapeMeets posted on here, the Prestleigh one is great is not too far from South Wales I went to the last one from Hertfordshire and thoroughly recommend it a great bunch. You could post on the meet thread that you would like to try something and if someone has one they would probably oblige.

[peter12]

VapingBad I agree and a meet would be good to go to.
However having a few puffs on an atty unfortunately doesn't tell me if my abilities will be up to the task of wicking or coiling it. What the deck is like to build on and if I can keep it leak free. Also the person may ha e built a .2 or .1 tc build on it and my mod can't fire that low or do tc

On another note I often see someone selling something they haven't had long because they "don't get on with it" "too fiddly" etc. So imo many members could save themselves a fortune spending £5 p&p to borrow an atty as oppose to £25 each time to try something they may not like it may not get on with

[Greg]

I think this is a good idea but fraught with issues, mainly people losing their kit or their money, however you spin it problems could easily arise.

I think it could only work if the two people involved trusted each other based on their interaction with each other on the forum.

I say this only to demonstrate the point and it in no way suggests the third person is untrustworthy just that I'm unsure based on interaction - 3 other people have posted in this thread and I'd be happy to send any of my devices to two of them to try.

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Sept 17, 2015 18:45:49 GMT Greg said:

I think this is a good idea but fraught with issues, mainly people losing their kit or their money, however you spin it problems could easily arise.

I think it could only work if the two people involved trusted each other based on their interaction with each other on the forum.

I say this only to demonstrate the point and it in no way suggests the third person is untrustworthy just that I'm unsure based on interaction - 3 other people have posted in this thread and I'd be happy to send any of my devices to two of them to try.

[Greg]

Sept 17, 2015 19:15:00 GMT @yinyang said:

Sept 17, 2015 18:45:49 GMT Greg said:

I think this is a good idea but fraught with issues, mainly people losing their kit or their money, however you spin it problems could easily arise.

I think it could only work if the two people involved trusted each other based on their interaction with each other on the forum.

I say this only to demonstrate the point and it in no way suggests the third person is untrustworthy just that I'm unsure based on interaction - 3 other people have posted in this thread and I'd be happy to send any of my devices to two of them to try.

I never said you were one of two 

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Sept 17, 2015 19:16:24 GMT Greg said:

Sept 17, 2015 19:15:00 GMT @yinyang said:

I never said you were one of two 

Exactly ... All 3 of us is asking " does he mean me?"   

[Greg]

Sept 17, 2015 19:20:16 GMT @yinyang said:

Sept 17, 2015 19:16:24 GMT Greg said:

I never said you were one of two 

Exactly ... All 3 of us is asking " does he mean me?"   

I never thought of that 

[Perpetua]

In principle it sounds like a great idea . . . . however, I do think it has great potential to go botty up. The Classifieds are tricky enough to moderate, keep a check on and strike the right balance  - without adding a scheme like this into the equation.

It's a no from me I'm sorry peter12.

[Greg]

Sept 17, 2015 19:32:47 GMT Perpetua said:

In principle it sounds like a great idea . . . . however, I do think it has great potential to go botty up. The Classifieds are tricky enough to moderate, keep a check on and strike the right balance  - without adding a scheme like this into the equation.

It's a no from me I'm sorry peter12.

Spoilsport  Tease-smiley

oh and that makes it 3 out of 4 

[gm111]

I agree with Perpetua, is a good idea but won't work too well, you'd be spending £10 too get an atty too you and back.. You want too try 3 atties so that's £30 just in postage, you might aswell buy one.. You like those three so put a poll up maybe for people too vote.. I've heard good things of the goliath v2.. I'm guessing the goblin mini is the same.. And I can tell you that the crown is an amazing tank and mine hasn't leaked and I haven't heard of one leaking either.. You've just got too ask yourself what you really want and go for it.. I'm sure you could get 2 of these atties for about £45 maybe cheaper.

[Perpetua]

Sept 17, 2015 19:37:17 GMT Greg said:

oh and that makes it 3 out of 4 

Though truly, I'd be too frightened to use anyone's gear ' on loan ' for fear of messing it up for them Greg.

I'd rather buy it, try it and sell/give it on if it wasn't for me.

Or alternatively just shove it in with the rest of the stash that never sees the light of day. 

[chykensa]

I do think the idea has merit, but I too an see all sorts of problems. Maybe a thread could be started where arrangements can subsequently be made via PMs rather than publicly?
I was scalded by Ronaldogate, so have a certain reticence over this though!

[pipeman01]

Ronaldogate? You borrowed a footballer?