The flea market SUCKS, the old one was easier to find what you want. The "flea Market" in the MOA mag. was the first place I went too, now it's gone! WTF! You need to be a computer geek to understand how to navigate the website! I was born in 1947 B.C. (That's Before Computers!) this will be most likely My last year!!!
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What happened to the BMWMOA?
- Thread starter 04gt4me
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It would see many of the "in print" for sale publications have got by the wayside- for the good or the bad. Sites like Craigslist where someone can post today and perhaps sell tomorrow are the norm- print just can't keep up with that. The only way print would work is if everyone got together and agreed to "wait". I don't think that will happen.
Not really, you just have to wonder what "this button" does, click on it and explore. Many that don't visit the forum have been finding their way through the flea market successfully.
I suppose that is up to you....But think of this, I can see you have been a forum Member since the beginning. Here it is some 13 years later and you are able to post. There have been numerous upgrades, one of the reasons that the old "in forum" flea market had to be retired, and you have made it through it all.
Your doing better than you give yourself credit for.
If you need help, just ask.
Gary
pglaves
#13338
As a counterpoint if I may. The in-print flea market required 6 weeks lead time to get into print. It still would. That might be OK if I wanted to sell something but surely won't work if I need a part, accessory, or bike. Yes - the current MOA offering - Panjo - is awkward, non-intuitive, etc. I get that. But it is better than it was. Maybe they will actually fix or replace it some day soon. Hope springs eternal.
In the meantime there is always the IBMWR Want Ads, and for those so inclined eBay, or Craiglist.
As for what else happened to the BMW MOA. The magazine is still there with good content. There are new regional week-end getaway event, the national rally continues to thrive, local clubs continue to hold rallies and other events, etc.
p.s. I was born in 1945 and don't use that as an excuse for my frustration..
In the meantime there is always the IBMWR Want Ads, and for those so inclined eBay, or Craiglist.
As for what else happened to the BMW MOA. The magazine is still there with good content. There are new regional week-end getaway event, the national rally continues to thrive, local clubs continue to hold rallies and other events, etc.
p.s. I was born in 1945 and don't use that as an excuse for my frustration..
Bud
It is what it is.
1946 here. Not a computer NOOB by any stretch of the imagination. Had an Atari 400 for crying out loud!
Panjo is a PIA for me.
Sorry, too many other places to sell, as Paul pointed out.
To add to the list: http://bmwsporttouring.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php has a classified as well. I've had a lot of successful transactions there. Good people.
Panjo is a PIA for me.
Sorry, too many other places to sell, as Paul pointed out.
To add to the list: http://bmwsporttouring.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php has a classified as well. I've had a lot of successful transactions there. Good people.
mikegalbicka
Back in the saddle again
I am over 60 but somehow figured out how to buy and sell with Panjo with no problem. Oh wait, I forgot, I am a computer geek. Duh. It's that memory thing again.
Bud
It is what it is.
rangerreece
RangerReece
That is hilarious. I think this sums up about 90% of the posts on the forum. I think the tide is turning though. We got angry old guy rants down to 85% now.
ka5ysy
2011 R1200RT
Windows anything tends to commit suicide randomly without any help from users.
OS-X Rules
akbeemer
SURVIVOR
"Angry old guy rants". The guy was expressing his opinion. Agree or disagree, fair enough, but being so dismissive of a member's opinion is not the way to go about it in my opinion.
rangerreece
RangerReece
I was referring to Bart Simpsons dad, and his issues with clouds. Why Bart Simpsons dad spends so much time on the forums under so many different user names... I'll never know.
mikegalbicka
Back in the saddle again
Windows anything tends to commit suicide randomly without any help from users.
OS-X Rules
While that may have been true a decade ago it is not my experience now. In the last few years most of my failures have been of the Apple variety instead. This in an organization that runs 70/30 MS/Apple. Disappointing especially after paying the apple tax but I have the invoices to prove it. Hard drive failure rates in the iMac has been very high and what a pain to work on.
dennisdarrow
#4869 Earned Lifetime mem
Thanks............After Paul's effort to help out it turned into the typical playground of the "make fun of him" folks........Again....Thanks
shortythorne
shortythorne
Some of these "angry old guys" are the ONES who made the BMW MOA the once great organization that it was. Thank you "angry old guys", I've enjoyed it! 
rangerreece
RangerReece
So I'm to understand that certain individuals get a free pass to be negative and hateful? So us "youngsters" that have only been in the MOA for 7 years or so have to earn our strips before we have full right and privledges to be critical, negative, and venomous on the forums? I was jumping out of C-141 in combat having people shoot at me in 1989, not riding a motorcycle. Though some may try to shut me down on the forums by calling any reference to my prior military service as "Self Adulation", I ain't going nowhere. And if staring down the barrel of my nation's enemie's weapons didn't intimate me, nothing no one can say on these forums will prevent me from calling a spade a spade. I earned my stripes way before I showed up in the MOA. You want to be an ass on the forums, by all means knock yourself out. But don't expect me to cowtow to ignorance or hatefulness. I and others were trying to add levity to the thread and the typical crowd showed up to shut us down. How's that working out for ya?
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