Lokko - I'm in H'wood
Here is what I suggest on the group buy:
1 Someone start a spreadsheet in google docs and post the link here.
2 Those who want to participate go onto the spreadsheet and type in their RC name, quantity of pacs (.5, 1, 2 etc) and the shipping zip code.
3 Obviously if you are ordering .5 then you need to indicate who your "purchasing partner" will be.
4 Have an established time that you will close the GB and then keep bumping the thread up to keep it active.
Note: Might be beneficial to also set a date that everyone needs to have paid. By having this list and the payment you might be able to negotiate better rates with the vendor.
IMHO! HTH
it probably wont be that beneficial if you have a list because his supply is always random. somedays he'll have more ric packs available and other days there might not be any thing left. What we did, we had about 4 of us, each pretty much willing to spend $100 each, but only 3 of us went on in the order.
just make sure you have enough willing to hit that $250 bench mark and start up the group buy.
People will need to order on their own, pay on their own, and Colin will give you a code to use for the group buy. Sometimes he might even give an extra 10% off coupon code for the group buy. Just get a few interested and contact colin for more detail.
He'll let you set a end date of the order and also the day to pick out to get it shipped to the host.
so maybe he'll open it on tuesday and say close by sunday night. Your group will have 4-5 days to purchase whatever is listed on the site.
Note, that he does release new rics every few days. I suggest not waiting, cause you'll lose out on some nice single selection rics. So you might end up putting 1 or 2 orders during that time.
Everyone part of the group should note on that spreadsheet the total of your order and hopefully it adds up to $250. If not, you'll end up having to split the $35 in shipping, or maybe someone will purchase 1 or 2 more rics to hit free shipping. None-the-less, it's a great deal