Idea : The Fretboard indoor carboot sale

Alnico

TimmyO said:

I'd be up for something like that - a swapshop/boot sale aspect is a great idea

Will it be a multi-coloured Swapshop?

Loobs

Cool idea. I'd be in. 

Flanging_Fred

jellyroll;242607" said:

TimmyO said:

I'd be up for something like that - a swapshop/boot sale aspect is a great idea





Just as long as Noël Edmonds doesn't turn up. Or Mr Blobby.....

Mr Blobby? Don't you mean Posh Paws the t-Rex made of fuzzy felt. God I'm surprised I can even remember that...

Paul_C

I organised four Basschat get-togethers - just off J16 of the M1 (Northampton) - not a huge room but it coped with around 40 folk as far as I can recall.

kelvinburn

It MUST have a bar!

johnnyurq

Don't forget cake, there must be cake too. Get the WI in for some Jam and Jerusalem.

Bummer I am so far away a GAS super swapshop/bring and buy sounds awesome.

TTony

meltedbuzzbox said:

@TTony is this something you are looking to take over? Do you want some help etc?

Unfortunately, I don't have the time to take the lead on arranging it.

I'd love for it to happen, but apart from making encouraging noises, there's not a lot I can do to ensure that it does happen.

We'd need;

1.  A venue - that people can get to reasonably easily, no matter where they're starting from (!)  Road & rail links ideally.

2.  A date - that most people can make, doesn't conflict with family holidays, gig dates, hairdresser appointments (etc).

3.  A program of events that means people want to make the effort to get there.

4.  A few people (3-4?) to organise it all ...

Rocker

TBH I can't see this idea, good as it is, as a runner.  If we all lived in London then it is a possibility but the cost of travel and accommodation rules it out for me.

But we could have a virtual car boot sale.  Similar to normal sales except all items are listed on the same thread.  Description, condition, price and a pic or two.  No public contact between seller and buyer, all by PMs.  Details need to be worked out but it is possible..... 

xSkarloey

Unless we can get motoring on the organisation, September strikes me as being potentially helpful in terms of a date. Weather's still good and most people are back from holiday.

What about somewhere like Rugby? 

meltedbuzzbox

TTony said:

meltedbuzzbox said:

@TTony is this something you are looking to take over? Do you want some help etc?

Unfortunately, I don't have the time to take the lead on arranging it.

I'd love for it to happen, but apart from making encouraging noises, there's not a lot I can do to ensure that it does happen.

We'd need;

1.  A venue - that people can get to reasonably easily, no matter where they're starting from (!)  Road & rail links ideally.

2.  A date - that most people can make, doesn't conflict with family holidays, gig dates, hairdresser appointments (etc).

3.  A program of events that means people want to make the effort to get there.

4.  A few people (3-4?) to organise it all ...

I happy to provisionally suggest 20th September in Rugby Hilmorton or somewhere near Daventry (otherside of M1 from Rugby)

A program of events? I will look to someone else for that.

I imagine with all the gear potentially on site it would be easy to cobble together enough stuff for a jam.

@TTony would the fretboard coffers be contributing to this? (I make an assumption here that there is some money for this sort of thing).

@Rocker its £20 return for Euston to Long Buckby. I think the train runs until 11pm. Im sure one of us round here would pick you up.

kelvinburn

Id personally love to hear the strymon big boxes linked together (mobius, timeline, big sky) if possible. Rugby is easy enough from w yorks, so I remain in.

kelvinburn

If @wazmeister is up for it id also love to hear his Cornish pedals together.

TTony

meltedbuzzbox said:

@TTony would the fretboard coffers be contributing to this? (I make an assumption here that there is some money for this sort of thing).

Unfortunately, the only monies we have are what's been donated to us to keep this place running.

We could maybe look at trying to arrange some sort of sponsored event, but I'm not sure what sort of benefit there's likely to be for a sponsor.  Hence, most of "our" (forum community) events of this type have tended to be held in function rooms of pubs, where the potential for food/drink sales persuade the owner to give us the space for free.

20th Sept is sufficiently far away, and outside summer holidays, to sound like it could be a go-er.

littlegreenman

Rocker said:

TBH I can't see this idea, good as it is, as a runner.  If we all lived in London then it is a possibility but the cost of travel and accommodation rules it out for me.

But we could have a virtual car boot sale.  Similar to normal sales except all items are listed on the same thread.  Description, condition, price and a pic or two.  No public contact between seller and buyer, all by PMs.  Details need to be worked out but it is possible..... 

That's already sorted, it's called the classifieds

meltedbuzzbox

Thread resurrection

So everyone has had a week or 2 to mull this over. 

Shall I get the wheels in motion/

kelvinburn

Assuming 20th September in Rugby, I'm in

TTony

meltedbuzzbox said:

Thread resurrection

So everyone has had a week or 2 to mull this over. 

Shall I get the wheels in motion/

Yes.

Got a venue (rather than location) in mind?

If we can get that confirmed, with an idea of facilities (stage, PA, food/drink, separate "quiet" room for trading perhaps), we can do some more planning and get the dates in people's diaries ...

meltedbuzzbox

A venue is in the works but as we are looking at something for no cost I dont think we will have the luxury of multiple rooms.

I will keep you all posted