This is a cool idea, but would probably be best started at a local level, to avoid shipping.
On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 12:16 PM, William! <[email protected]> wrote: > Anyone else interested in starting a sort of tire lending library for the > list? There are quite a few tires I've been curious to try (or to even see > if they'll fit) but the cost has prevented me from taking the risk. > > I'm imagining a tire lending library would: > - Start by letting all list members vote for the tires they'd want to see > in the library > - Allow list members to join the library by purchasing or donating a set > of the tires on the 'most wanted' list. There may need to be some sort of > additional donation or buy-in given the range in tire prices. > - Let a library member 'check out' a tire by paying its current holder the > price of shipping them. A library member could use the tires for a > reasonable amount of time (a week?) or until the tires are requested by > another member. > - Keep track of who's got what on a private Google doc or a simple web > app. Maybe also let people share their reviews of a tire they've checked > out. > > If there is enough interest I'd be happy to organize and possibly build a > simple web app to power it if Google docs isn't sufficient. Thoughts? > > William > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
