Get Together 26

[granz]

I've been think about that since to asked me and I thought of maybe doing a print shop. Just letting people send me the files they want printed and I'd send them the print.

That sounds like a good idea, the issue there is getting the customers. Any thoughts about that?

[granz]

Yesterday, on our way to Church, the car was sliding all over (seriously heavy rain storms) - it was some of the worst traveling that I've ever experienced. When we got there, I checked the tires. The front tires are just about bald, and the back are very low. So, at this moment, I am sitting in the National Tire & Battery shop while they put four new tires on - for a bit over $700. 

It never rains, but it pours. I saw the mechanic checking out the brakes, and realized that we have not had the brakes replaced in several years. The guy came out and told me that the pads, and disks, are bad all around. When I was a kid, I used to take the disks off my car, and take them to a shop to have them put on a lathe and grind them down - it was called turning the disks. Now, so that they can scam more money from people, they make the disks so thin that you can no longer turn them. This setback ended up costing $1962.64, rather than the $700!

I thank God that he provided for us, and that my wife doesn't go nuts about this kind of stuff. Even so, we had to take money out of our savings account to cover this stuff for the car.

[Steelcitygamer8]

That sounds like a good idea, the issue there is getting the customers. Any thoughts about that?

Maybe Fiverr?

[MicroNut]

@Chris Savage I have the same issue I got some good tires 3 years ago on our car we use only locally and the last inspection they said I should get new tires before the next inspection which is way too soon! Also the car we bought 2 years ago with tires "with little wear" needs new tires too.

@granz like Chris said it'll work out, with God's help. I do really appreciate you coming. I've been in tight spots before and I found that God, family and friends stepped in to help in ways that blew my mind.

I'm starting to transition to retirement and that will mean a transition into less spending as well. Our 25th anniversary is coming up in the fall of this year. So this year I want to get nice gifts for each other and take a vacation to our favorite place which we already booked early fall. So I'm watching my pennies. That week is fair week and my wife and I will spend enough on food there and I may go to the World Coin Fair in Pittsburgh with a very limited budget but I've always wanted to go to a large coin show.

I really appreciate all who are coming because to me fellowship with friends has no price tag.

I may be a customer . I do want a Bambu printer but my laptop is turning 8 this Christmas. I love my laptop and it works great but is getting out dated. AI have raise prices of laptops sky high so I can't justify both. So I need to think things out and outsourcing 3d prints may be a solution.

[granz]

That sounds like a good idea, the issue there is getting the customers. Any thoughts about that?

Maybe Fiverr?

Maybe; take a look into what is required to set up a Fiverr shop. Let us know if that looks like it may bring in some income.

[Chris Savage]

That sounds like a good idea, the issue there is getting the customers. Any thoughts about that?

I have previously thought about this and I wondered if Tindie would be an option?

[MicroNut]

Just got an email from the church secretary asking if this announcement is worded correctly.

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[granz]

Great! Looking good, Brian. Thanks.

I'm not sure about the proper English, but maybe the title reading should be "Electronic Meetup". What do you guys think? Also, should we mention that it is the second annual meetup? That might give it a bit more legitimacy.

[granz]

That sounds like a good idea, the issue there is getting the customers. Any thoughts about that?

I have previously thought about this and I wondered if Tindie would be an option?

I was just talking to Peter, and he mentioned your idea about Tindie. Tindie is specifically designed for tech stuff, whereas Etsy is designed for arts and crafts stuff. I used to have a Tindie store, and made a little money from it.

One of my biggest troubles with Tindie was their lack of integration with shipping companies. Prior to my Tindie store, I was running ZenCart on my web hosting site. ZenCart has great integration with shippers, even getting the total weight for a customer's order and then going out to the shipper's server and getting the shipping cost for the entire order. Tindie required me to put a shipping price for each product in my store. It then gave the shipping cost without any concern for grouping multiple items into the same shipment. ZenCart (IIRC) actually let me print a pre-paid shipping label, and all I needed to do was to print it out, and take it to the shipper's drop-off location.

I seem to recall that one video that I watched recently mentioned that Etsy has something where the seller could print out a shipping label directly. In our weekly talks, we set up some goals for the following week, so this week I will be checking that out.

[Chris Savage]

I was just talking to Peter, and he mentioned your idea about Tindie. Tindie is specifically designed for tech stuff, whereas Etsy is designed for arts and crafts stuff. I used to have a Tindie store, and made a little money from it.

The link I posted above was to their 3D printing section, under which is a section for things that are 3D printed. I have purchased in the past from both Tindie and Etsy. My Savage///Circuits Mugs are printed by a vendor on Etsy who lives in my area. The RC2014 Pro Homebrew Z80 Computer Kit was purchased from Tindie.

In both cases the checkout was done on the site without ever being redirected to an external site. I haven't sold on either site, but it seems they can handle the payment and shipping stuff on their end? I'm still on the fence about selling my stuff on third-party sites. As one-off items, I'd normally use eBay, but they have screwed me so many times I feel like I'd just be asking for it to use them again.

[granz]

Okay, it seems that I'll need to take another look at Tindie. Thanks.