Live Chat & Some Suggestions

[Bobby]

Hello,

I would love to see live chat for premium members. Kinda like a little garage chat section where there would be different rooms that we could talk about stuff and ask questions etc… It would be another really cool selling point for getting new members as well.

I remember OCC doing a live cam of the building which I think is a sweet idea. (Just a thought)

What about an ETCG auto parts section? Let’s say I need a headlight. It would be cool if I was able to submit a request, and if you had the part, or found it, you can mark it up and sell it to me. Also, a section that you could sell stuff you have, or found. People trust you, and I think you could have a nice side business selling parts etc…

I know that streaming cameras cost money, plus bandwidth. I also realize that having someone code a live chat costs money. I’m a designer myself, so I get it.

I would have no problem donating to help out. I realize that with the current technology it’s hard to clone yourself right now. ETCG with two heads would be pretty cool though, except when you fight. No.. Actually, That would be pretty cool to see as well. lol :woohoo:

If you ever need any help with graphics, coding etc.. let me know. I’ll PM you my portfolio. If you need anything just halla!

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[Jared Thomson]

[quote=”boodaddy” post=47366]I would love to see live chat for premium members. Kinda like a little garage chat section where there would be different rooms that we could talk about stuff and ask questions etc[/quote]
That is a pretty cool idea, Although I am not sure that making it for premium members only is such a good idea. The more people you can stuff on a chat room, the better chance there is of getting help with automotive questions, kinda like a live collab.

What about an ETCG auto parts section? Let’s say I need a headlight. It would be cool if I was able to submit a request, and if you had the part, or found it, you can mark it up and sell it to me. Also, a section that you could sell stuff you have, or found. People trust you, and I think you could have a nice side business selling parts etc…

No offence, but I dont think selling used parts is a good idea. People will end up buying the parts, and either not putting them in right, breaking them, or just finding out they are duds, and will come back 5 years later and say “Eric, this part you sold me 5 years ago for $10 doesnt work anymore, I want my money back!”.

[EricTheCarGuy]

Thanks very much for that suggestion. We have actually kicked around the idea of live chat for some time. Perhaps before years end the site will have it. It will be available to all members of the site however.

As for your other request we already have a classifieds thread. Check down toward the bottom.

At the moment my webmaster and I have the site covered. If that changes at some point in the future I’ll be sure to look you up. If you want to PM the portfolio feel free or even better send it to biz@ericthecarguy.com.

Thanks again for the suggestions.

[chris creasy]

All We would need for an Chat room is create an IRC channel on any free server such as irc.freenode.net , Then spread the word through out the forum. Its all free, and easy and everyone could get together and real time to talk about cars or anything else. Its the perfect supplement for an online forum. I would even be willing to make a simple bot for it and keep the channel alive, and create a pdf with instructions on how to get a free irc program going and connecting to the channel. Thats if other people are even interested. Maybe it would be like field of dreams, ” If you build it, They HE will come.” B)

[Wyatt Talley]

ill eventually look into that but it will be sometime before i can.

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