New Subforum Suggestion

[HoneyBadger]

Would it be helpful or useful to have a "Recommendations" subforum? This would be a place where members can post recommendations for landscapers, auto mechanics, A/C companies, plumbers, babysitters, you name it.

yes? no?

[Irving]

Depends if you want to take this from a gun site to an everything site. It's okay to wander. ;)

[HoneyBadger]

Depends if you want to take this from a gun site to an everything site. It's okay to wander. ;)
What do you mean wander? To where shall I wander? This site is the only place I know...

[Coffee]


I just thought it might be nice to get business recommendations from folks with similar interests.

[HoneyBadger]

So is that a unanimous "no"?

[BigBear]

You mean something like a pro-2A recommendation list?

not all who wander are lost

[HoneyBadger]

Depends if you want to take this from a gun site to an everything site. It's okay to wander. ;)
Okay, we got a DIY subforum, but no recommendations subforum? [gohome]

How come Stu is getting preferential treatment?!? [Rant2] [ROFL1]

If nobody else thinks it would be helpful, then we can let this one die. There are already a lot of subforums, and I don't want to muddy things up even more. Maybe we can make this idea into a sticky in the DIY subforum?

[Irving]

I didn't suggest the DIY forum; but I sure jumped in with both feet.

[Graves]

What's wrong with tracking down what you're after in the Wanted section? This place is starting to suffer from a little subforum bloat as it is imo.

[sellersm]

But do all who are lost, wander? I'm kinda neutral on the OP's idea: I see the value, but not sure if it needs a specific subforum?

[HoneyBadger]

I didn't suggest the DIY forum; but I sure jumped in with both feet.
Nothing wrong with that!

What's wrong with tracking down what you're after in the Wanted section? This place is starting to suffer from a little subforum bloat as it is imo.
Maybe I didn't explain this very well. I was looking for a place where people could go to find a trusted auto mechanic, plumber, electrician, etc. Someplace where you can get a trusted recommendation and don't have to worry about getting ripped off. The "Wanted" subforum is geared more toward buying products, not services.

[ChunkyMonkey]

Nothing wrong with that!

Maybe I didn't explain this very well. I was looking for a place where people could go to find a trusted auto mechanic, plumber, electrician, etc. Someplace where you can get a trusted recommendation and don't have to worry about getting ripped off. The "Wanted" subforum is geared more toward buying products, not services.


99% of my need is fulfilled by 'Just In a Minute' guy. You may know him too. He lives in windsor and go by the abbreviation, JIM.

EDIT w/ a recent recommendation..

"Jim, my octopus furnace is broken. Noone knows how to fix it. It's built 90 years ago"
"I ll text you the number to a guy who's been working on those for 95 years in just a minute!"

[HoneyBadger]

Okay, fair enough... [Flower]


I wish there was a way to tag people like Facebook, so if I needed Jim, I could just tag him and he would see it.

Paging Jim... I need to know a good source of U238 in the Colorado Springs area..

[SideShow Bob]

Doesn't this sub forum fit what you are wanting ? Granted it is member owned businesses, but seems to cover a bunch of trades.

https://www.ar-15.co/forums/149-COAR-NON-FIREARM-member-owned-business