wonderful world

[paco]

isn't it funny when you first discover ebay  " All those bits and peices for sale;from bikes you dont see advertsed in the usual papers.I can remember getting up at the break of dawn on a thursday,to trundle down to the news agents to get the trading post:sometimes the papers were out the front,with no one around.A feeling of guilt as we slid one from under the ties,always ripping it a little.I'd always leave the money on top of the papers and wonder if they ever got it.The smell of ink.Then there was saturdays Age'I'm going to stop now;to wipe a nostalgic tear from my eye.All I can say is"its a beautiful world and god bless every one in it.paco

[NSR]

The trading post was better before it was put into alphabetical order.  You had to read the whole thing.

[crash n bern]

I even organised my days off for a Thursday so I could get the Trading post.  What happened to all the BSA Bantams that used to be for sale for $60.

[oldfart]

Another 0 got added, when people figure they where in demand .....you can blame "Ebay" for that.
 

[crash n bern]

Yeah, but there used to be 20 of them in each issue.

[firko]

Now that the Trading Post is only available online I reckon it's only a matter of time before one of the big hitters like eBay swallows it up to get it out of the way.

A couple of other Aussie online trade sites have gone that way over the years.

[monaro308]

I am pretty sure that Telstra and Aust Post are owners of the trading post thats why its online and Aust post get the kick backs from the postage.

[Tankslapper]

Used to go down to Seaford where they printed the Trading Post. Earliest you could get them off the press was 2:00AM, $20.00 a copy !

[paco]

$20 a copy......no wonder when I rang at 8 o'clock a sleepy voice would tell me that it had been sold.paul.