UChicago Marketplace

[Curtis Miller]

Hi Everyone 

Does anyone know the status of the website for buying and selling goods and services with persons within the University community eg University of Chicago Marketplace?

The original web address still opens; but it indicates that the site is inactive.

Is this website active anymore?

is there a new website/address?

What is the new website address?

Does anyone know an alternate website for the University community for buying and selling goods and services?

If this website is no longer active, does anyone know the reason?

I would greatly appreciate any light that anyone could shed on this matter.

Thank you in advance for your help.

Thank you 

Curtis 

773.316.1194

[Sid Colton]

I can follow up with some letters to me from the Editor of the Maroon, and from the University, if needed.

1. Facebook about Sept 1 toLabor Day changed its programming.

2. marketplace.chicagomaroon.com depends on Facebook's 'programming' to verify a person about to post or reply

3. marketplace went down at that moment

4. It is a service of the Chicago Maroon since 2016.

5. The Maroon has to reprogram the entire marketplace.chicagomaroon.com site to get it to work.

6. The Maroon has been taking since Labor Day for its College student computer-programmers to re-program

7. They are likely to take another week to finish and succeed.

8.  The U of Chicago as an institution, University, and part of the community, has taken the disgraceful-to-Sid position that the UofC does not care about anything but its ... whatever; and does not care enough about the community to assign its professional IT people to work with the Chicago Maroon editor & staff to speed up the required reprogramming of marketplace.chicagomaroon.com

9. I recommend you email any U of Chicago administrator and let them know this is unacceptable to you, if that is how you feel.

In summary:

Hyde Park as a community has functioned extremely well with its use of Marketplace since it was co-founded by me in 1995.   When it has been "down" ... everyone notices.   Students don't find apartments easily.  People who want to hire helpers can't easily do it.  Etc Etc Etc

Thank you for allowing me to write the above!

Yours,

           Sid 773 643-716

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[Sid Colton]

Dear Curtis and All,

There are some not-as-widely-popular as marketplace.chicagomaroon.com sites on Facebook that can be tried.

Here is one:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/hydeparkmarket?sorting_setting=RECENT_LISTING_ACTIVITY

Yours, Sid

[Curtis Miller]

Thank you very much, Sid, for your very detailed explanation. This is very helpful.

I will definitely reach out to the University administrators to inquire further.

I know that the vast majority of the University community believes that Marketplace is a very valuable service for students, staff, faculty, alumni as well as members of the Quad communities which envelop the University. 

I will certainly enlighten members of Good Neighbors as to any information or update that I receive from my inquiries with the University administrators. 

Sincerely 

Curtis