STYLETHREAD -- LET'S TALK SHOP!

honey · Gucci

music swaps

halleybird · Hermes

I think this is a great idea! I was just thinking (as I spent a wad of cash at Barnes & Noble this weekend) that we should start something like that for books, too.

shopgirl82 · Chanel

it sounds like a great idea, but i'm wondering about copyright laws. i'm not sure a public forum would be the best place to conduct this. hmmm. i wish i knew more and don't want to be a debbie downer, but it seems like legality issues might get in the way.

blink · Coach

once I asked if anyone knew where I could download a certain obscure song, and while I got the advice I was looking for with info about an illegal downloading site to check, a couple of posters here simply offered to email me their own copies of the songs I happened to be looking for, which was really cool.

nicoley · Coach

I think this is a great idea for music... and definitely think we should start something like this for books... i obviously wouldnt be able to participate until the summer after school is out... but i spend so much money on books and music id love to partake.

Tara · Dooney & Bourke

halleybird wrote:

I think this is a great idea! I was just thinking (as I spent a wad of cash at Barnes & Noble this weekend) that we should start something like that for books, too.

Oh halleybird, I SO want to do this! I am a very avid reader and I would love to have some recs for ST girls! Plus I realized today (after a $70 amazon book order) that I am spending WAY too much mola on books....

honey · Gucci

shopgirl82 wrote:

it sounds like a great idea, but i'm wondering about copyright laws. i'm not sure a public forum would be the best place to conduct this. hmmm. i wish i knew more and don't want to be a debbie downer, but it seems like legality issues might get in the way.

this is definitely an issue. in my head i think there's a difference b/t burning a cd for a friend and actually downloading a ton of music illegally. but i could just be trying to rationalize it. i do know that tons of websites host mp3's so i'm wondering how that works. also i def. don't think there would be a legality issue with a mix cd.

obvs i don't want to get st in trouble. but i'm curious to see if it *could* be possible.

alb · Marc Jacobs

I love this idea!! I am totally interested in participating in the music one and the book one. Honey, I'd be willing to help organize it too if you'd like. I do the cd tradeoff with my sis in law all the time. Right now I am giving her my postal service for her death cab. Anyway, maybe we should all post some cds and books we would be willing to offer up. btw I don't think we have to worry about a copyright issue, but i'm not an expert in this area.

jettie · Kate Spade

I'd be interested in the music swap also, if there wasn't a legal issue with it....

I'd also be interested in the book swap.

needsfashionadvice · Kate Spade

I'd be interested in both the music swap and the book swap.

killa · Dooney & Bourke

I already have a sh*tload of new music I would love to share, and I am always looking for more! I also am known by my friends as "The music/mix-CD Queen" and love making mixes for people.

Count me in!

NCshopper · Hermes

I'm in too if we can do it! What a cool idea!

How would it work? Would we list all the cds we have and then PM someone if they have something we want?

alb · Marc Jacobs

NCS--I'm thinking that would be the way to do it. We could start a thread where anyone who is interested can post music they have and then I guess people can pm each other or maybe respond to the thread--so we know what's already been exchanged. We can do a separate thread for books.

honey · Gucci

alb wrote:

NCS--I'm thinking that would be the way to do it. We could start a thread where anyone who is interested can post music they have and then I guess people can pm each other or maybe respond to the thread--so we know what's already been exchanged. We can do a separate thread for books.

i like this idea. my only hesitation is that it might be too cumbersome to post all the cd's you own, and it might take too long for others to read through that entire least. maybe we could just start by having people list items they want (but put a cap on it, like list 5 items you want), and then see how it goes from there.

monica · Kenneth Cole

i would definitely be interested in this also -- although i have no idea how to burn a CD (really sad, i know) but i think i could figure it out.

anyone in nyc -- i would be down to swap in person too.

honey, i think we probably walk past each other every day (you work in midtown, right?)

member · Hermes

Count me in for both if we can do it! I just think there may be some problems w/the cd swap and copyright issues. Is someone going to look into that first?

Also, I'm happy to burn cd's for people, but another suggestion would be that we could email eachother mp3 files. I have a ton of my cd's uploaded onto my itunes and if someone wanted songs just for their mp3 player, this could work too.

alb · Marc Jacobs

honey wrote:

maybe we could just start by having people list items they want (but put a cap on it, like list 5 items you want), and then see how it goes from there.

This is perfect! I agree that the other way would be too cumbersome. Should one of us start a thread?

mikacat · Coach

let's do it.

i have lots of books and music and spend too much on both.

jettie · Kate Spade

I think emailing MP3 files is a good idea too - I have tons of them in itunes also.

honey · Gucci

awesome! i'll start a thread for music, someone else can start one for books. i'll put in entertainment. and i'm going to do another one too for st mixes if anyone's interested in that.

here are the general guidelines. i'll post them in the thread too, but i kind of want to prevent it from getting super cluttered with extra stuff outside of what people want.

*magic # is 5. i'm thinking we can do this on a semi-regular basis too.

*based on shopchicago's idea we can just email mp3's. however if you don't have itunes/an itunes compatible mp3 player you should probably indicate it, so we can find another format.

*the best way to do it would probably have people pm each other about specific details like address, etc but it would be cool if you could put a general response in the thread too. i.e. if i say i want a copy of the hokey pokey and someone has it, they would post in the thread that they have it, and then pm to make arrangements.

*along the same lines, if you could edit your list as you go along. i.e. if i get the hokey pokey then i would take it off my list. obvs the last two aren't set in stone, but i think it would help avoid a situation where you get 10 pm's about the same thing.

-- Edited by honey at 12:08, 2006-02-22