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There's some red/black cumberland ebonite rods for sale, but he only wants to do 10 rod MOQ and I can't swing that.
Anybody interested in a group buy?
Any interest?
5/26/12
It appears there is plenty of interest. I'm inserting the rules Shawn presented:
A - The item/s to be purchased,
Ebonite group buy.
red/black (Cumberland) in 20mm and 22mm. It's $38 and $42 respectively for 1/2 meter rods. MOQ is 10 rods.
B - The anticipated discount and how many items are needed to make this discount
No discount - it's just a good price but comes with an MOQ of 10 rods which I can't swing. $380 plus shipping is way over my head. This distributes the cost.
C - Spell out all costs associated with the buy such as shipping, insurance and PayPal fees
I just ordered some free triangle boxes. 38 3/16" x 6 9/16" x 5 9/16" x 5 5/16"Priority Mail tubes free from the Post Office delivered to your door. Check it out here.
I'll cut them down to size so things fit better w/o so much wiggle room.
For shipping, I'm going to ask a flat $15 for US orders, $30 for international, and then I'll refund whatever is left over.
Please add 3.3% for domestic and 4.3% for international (PP charges 1% more for cross boarder transactions).
He estimated $20 for a 20 rod package, so please add $1 for each rod you order to help cover shipping from him to me.
D - State what form of payment you will accept (Pay Pal only, checks, money orders)
I prefer paypal, but will take a check if you really need to pay that way.
E - Will you ship internationally?
I will ship internationally at actual cost. I ship pens world wide all the time and it's no big deal - but it will cost a load extra for rods.
F - When will the Buy be closed to orders.
7 days from the date of this post.
G - What will be done with any leftover funds?
Extra shipping fees will be refunded, but shouldn't be any leftover funds - but it can all go straight to IAP if there is any.
H - How will you handle back orders?
There is a limited quantity, so first come first served (some names are already down - your places will be saved). If he doesn't have enough for everybody, I'll supply as much as I can to everybody in the order the requests were made. He has 84 rods total as of tonight - he just counted.
Anybody interested in a group buy?
His shipping would be at actual cost to us - then we could each swing our own actual costs. I'm about to be off for the summer so I have some time to do this. We could get the requests together, money together after that, and then figure shipping individual orders out. I'm thinking cardboard tubes and bubble wrap to individuals once the main order is received.
Any interest?
5/26/12
It appears there is plenty of interest. I'm inserting the rules Shawn presented:
A - The item/s to be purchased,
Ebonite group buy.
red/black (Cumberland) in 20mm and 22mm. It's $38 and $42 respectively for 1/2 meter rods. MOQ is 10 rods.
B - The anticipated discount and how many items are needed to make this discount
No discount - it's just a good price but comes with an MOQ of 10 rods which I can't swing. $380 plus shipping is way over my head. This distributes the cost.
C - Spell out all costs associated with the buy such as shipping, insurance and PayPal fees
I just ordered some free triangle boxes. 38 3/16" x 6 9/16" x 5 9/16" x 5 5/16"Priority Mail tubes free from the Post Office delivered to your door. Check it out here.
I'll cut them down to size so things fit better w/o so much wiggle room.
For shipping, I'm going to ask a flat $15 for US orders, $30 for international, and then I'll refund whatever is left over.
Please add 3.3% for domestic and 4.3% for international (PP charges 1% more for cross boarder transactions).
He estimated $20 for a 20 rod package, so please add $1 for each rod you order to help cover shipping from him to me.
D - State what form of payment you will accept (Pay Pal only, checks, money orders)
I prefer paypal, but will take a check if you really need to pay that way.
E - Will you ship internationally?
I will ship internationally at actual cost. I ship pens world wide all the time and it's no big deal - but it will cost a load extra for rods.
F - When will the Buy be closed to orders.
7 days from the date of this post.
G - What will be done with any leftover funds?
Extra shipping fees will be refunded, but shouldn't be any leftover funds - but it can all go straight to IAP if there is any.
H - How will you handle back orders?
There is a limited quantity, so first come first served (some names are already down - your places will be saved). If he doesn't have enough for everybody, I'll supply as much as I can to everybody in the order the requests were made. He has 84 rods total as of tonight - he just counted.
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