this post was submitted on 29 Apr 2025
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I'm no mod or anything, but with the post count so low I, as a mere reader, would not mind seeing HA items for sale here as long as it's hobbyists and not businesses.
You'd almost certainly want to employ some of the posting rules used in the r/XXXXsales subs. Things like prepend your title with For Sale, location and item description. It would also make some sense to declare in your ad some guidelines to ensure a smooth sale like PP invoice and/or some verifiable reference to your credibility (ie - Heatware/ebay ratings). There naturally needs to be some sort of assurances on both sides of the transaction.
I very much miss the r/homelabsales sub, but I am never going back.
I agree they have some interest, I learn that these devices even exist, whether I'm going to buy or not.
I'm also not going to look for 1 or 2 interesting posts in amongst many more ads.
Maybe if the seller just posts with their ebay / wherever link and we keep the selling elsewhere, then any discussions of whether they'll post to exotic locations aren't diluting here?
Not sure if businesses will be more obvious that way...?
That does invite a whole host of issues, and waters down the bit of content we do have.
Yeah, especially since this community is likely spread among continents and overseas shipping being prohibitively expensive.