Vendor Loan Schemes

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Vendor Loan Schemes Mar 10, 2016 6:33:14 GMT

Post by MartinT on Mar 10, 2016 6:33:14 GMT

Now that we feel a vendor loan scheme works and there is no conflict with our stance (in other words, loan schemes are primarily for the benefit of our members, the incentive for you as the vendor is potential sales), we would like to invite trusted vendor members who wish to inaugurate a Loan Scheme to contact us via PM to discuss starting a thread for you. You would manage the scheme within your own thread in the Vendors section and set your own rules. You maintain the list of requests and inform the current evaluator where to send it next. TAS is a facilitator only and will not be involved with the loan, nor will it ever make any financial gain from it. Interested vendors should note that we expect this to be for genuine loans, not sale-or-return of product.

Loan schemes are not a shop front, so the thread must not become a sales mechanism, you are free to respond to any technical or sales questions asked. Any thread drift or hijacking from members will be tightly controlled. Of course, you are welcome to conduct any resultant sales via the existing PM mechanism.

Last Edit: Mar 10, 2016 7:36:42 GMT by MartinT

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MartinT Administrator Posts: 56,921	Vendor Loan Schemes Mar 10, 2016 11:33:07 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by MartinT on Mar 10, 2016 11:33:07 GMT All discussion has been moved to this thread - we do encourage your feedback, but the intention was not for it to be here. Thank you.
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Vendor Loan Schemes Apr 5, 2016 5:15:44 GMT

Post by Admin on Apr 5, 2016 5:15:44 GMT

LOAN SCHEME ANNOUNCEMENT

TAS has been running a Vendor's Loan Scheme for a while now, with the stated benefit to our membership of an easy way to access and listen to equipment not otherwise easily available to them. One vendor joined the scheme as a pilot project. This pilot was successful with several members purchasing equipment after a loan and others increasing their knowledge through exposure to equipment they would not otherwise have had access to. We have since opened up the scheme to other vendors in the hope that a beneficial balance could be achieved with several good schemes in operation.

It has become clear to us that other vendors are not willing to join the scheme, leaving only a single vendor on board. This situation is no longer tenable since it creates the impression that TAS is not impartial (which is not the case). Therefore, with regret, we are closing the Loan Scheme with immediate effect. Any new requests for a loan scheme from vendors will be refused and, as has always been the case, there must be no open trading on the forum. This thread and the existing vendor thread will be locked.

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Post by MartinT on Mar 10, 2016 6:33:14 GMT

Post by MartinT on Mar 10, 2016 11:33:07 GMT

Post by Admin on Apr 5, 2016 5:15:44 GMT