Pay It Forward: trading for gun parts ammo etc.

[santahog]

Okay.. I'll take you up on it.. I'll take the Saiga front grip and put up something.. I'm pretty syre I have a Hogue grip for a Sig 232 if anybody wants it. I need to make sure, though.. I may have some Kimber springs, too.. I'm not sure. I'll let you know..

[fightingquaker13]

Deal accepted! I make nothing from this. He pays actual shipping, and gets a $60 stock I have no use for in return. He puts up some old parts that someone might want, and they do the same. Consider it a service to board members, as one man's trash is another's treasure. Think of it as a gear swapping site, only you pay it forward. You give, another gets, and sooner or later that part or holster you want is there.
FQ13 And yes, this really works. Enough free crap out there, with your stuff offered in return, and on a board like this you'll find what you want from somebody's bottom drawer that they'd forgotten they even bought.

[santahog]

So I've got a question....
If I find a light that I'm looking for, having taken your rail, am I eligible? Is there an order?..
You know what I mean?

[fightingquaker13]

So I've got a question....
If I find a light that I'm looking for, having taken your rail, am I eligible? Is there an order?..
You know what I mean?

Nah, its a swap meet. You have you give, you want you pay shipping. Think of it like the old school farmer's co-ops. Half socialist half capitalist. Everyone wants to help their neighbor, but everyone wants something in return. You want, you take, but you also give. Others do likewise for the same reason. So you take the light and rail, good for you. Just give away some mags or AR parts (which we all have squirelled away with our box'o holsters) and someone else will find the perfect handguard or buffer tube, and they will put something else out there in return. Its the barter system, only here, it recognizes that the odds of two people having compatible  trades is low. BUT, if many people put trade goods into the marketplace at the same time, the odds of finding a match are much higher. It sounds socialist at first blush, but when you look at it, its pure capitalism. This for that,you just might have to wait a bit. But that's life when you're trading, not selling.
FQ13

[santahog]

I'm not trying to look a gift horse in the mouth, but it kinda is a communist thing.. We're not trading, selling/buying or bartering..
It's the same thing that didn't work in the beginning, here. Without keeping score, it's kinda hard to keep balanced.

It's like the "got a cig-give a cig, need a cig-take a cig" jar, like we all did in college, when we were all sharing apartments and renting rooms in trailers, with the cigarette bums who liked to smoke more than paying for them.. You still had to have a monitor to keep the bums from doing all take and no give.. You had to give three before you could take one, and you weren't allowed to take more than three before you had to contribute again..
(That worked well in curbing the "aw, man, cut me some slack" routine that kept me from enduring the eternal guilt trip from every pothead that never had a joint, er uh, cigarette..) I don't miss those days...

I'll put something up. Not sure what I have yet, but I'll put it up.. (No AR parts.. Sorry. My last AR was an "issued" A2.)

[Sponsor]

[santahog]

Okay. It's yours if you want it. Pay the freight, (USPS) and I'll mail it to you.
> Hogue grip for a Sig 230/232, NIB <
PM me, but don't get rattled if I don't reply right away. We'll get there..

So, what do we call this?
  "I'm on F.Q.'s Shit List"? 
(Perhaps that's a bit strong, huh?..) 
F.Q.'s Bucket List?
I don't know. It's your idea.. You name it!..

[kmitch200]

FQ, I like the idea, on another board they just post it as "Karma".
First reply, email or PM gets the item, posters choice.

They don't have a separate section for it, usually the rifle stuff goes in the rifle category, etc.

I have some stuff to get rid of God knows....I'm headed out of town for a couple of days but when I get back I'll get to digging.

[santahog]

FQ. If you don't tell me how much to send you, how am I supposed to know how much to send you??

[fightingquaker13]

FQ. If you don't tell me how much to send you, how am I supposed to know how much to send you??

Sorry dude, RL caught up with me, I've been on a job the last few days, no time to think about this. I'd intended to get to the USPS monday, but it'll probably be tommorow. I've been stupid busy, which is good, because I'm getting paid. I'll stick it in the smallest box I can, and email you the amount. Chill though, we're talking small dollars here.
FQ13

[1911 Junkie]

What's the deal if I wanted to ship ammo? I have 100rds of .40 and that's a caliber I don't own and I'm not interested in owning. With ammo being what it is I'd like to offer them up but if shipping is a huge hassle then they can sit on the shelf.