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Old 28-08-2012, 07:28 PM   #181
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Jeez 8 months to organize the group buy. And 8 hours to sell of all the extras. lol
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Old 28-08-2012, 07:44 PM   #182
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Jeez 8 months to organize the group buy. And 8 hours to sell of all the extras. lol
I see this all the time.

There was a GB for custom keyboard keycaps over on Geekhack that took over a year to gather, pay for, get made up, and shipped to buyers. The ordering system was needlessly complicated, keycaps were axed because of lack of interest, and so on and so forth.

But the extras sell like hotcakes.

I put it down to the excessive complexity of the group buys themselves. Rupe would be THE man to go through to do something like this but having to deal with Cusco and then having to wait for the ship would have been a pain in the ass.

Another thing is the newbies signing on too late and then jump on the extras because the regulars are too busy hurting with all the other **** they buy on the forums. I would be the former

If watching Geekhack GBs tell me anything, it's:

*Make it a singular item.
*Specify the minimum order, and probably have a maximum too.
*Have a quick cutoff date, i.e. two weeks.
*If the items are small enough, then get them expressed over.

Having said that who wants to do a EL gauges GB from astina.dk
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Old 28-08-2012, 07:45 PM   #183
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Would have bought one earlier but was saving for a car and unsure of what was happening etc.
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Old 28-08-2012, 08:08 PM   #184
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I put it down to people being lax with payment of deposits!



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Hook me up Dan.

Send it with all the other stuff we have coming to QLD
Aight!


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Old 28-08-2012, 08:14 PM   #185
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I put it down to people being lax with payments
which is why it gives people like me the ****s coz I like to pay the full ammount upfront as soon as I possibly can.
Also makes it annoying for rupe as he has to deal with myself and others whining! Lol

Anyways... Can't bloody wait glad they are on the way!

Big cheers to dan as usual for doing a great job and organising/ running the GB
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Old 28-08-2012, 08:19 PM   #186
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Big cheers to dan as usual for doing a great job and organising/ running the GB
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Old 28-08-2012, 09:38 PM   #187
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which is why it gives people like me the ****s coz I like to pay the full ammount upfront as soon as I possibly can.
Also makes it annoying for rupe as he has to deal with myself and others whining! Lol

Anyways... Can't bloody wait glad they are on the way!

Big cheers to dan as usual for doing a great job and organising/ running the GB

You can't complain too much. Because you won't get the deal without the numbers. Especially in small community of members overall. Willing to part with the money.

Not saying it makes it right but sometimes you won't get any group buy happening if you don't allow for others who may not be able to pay straight up.


PS DAN - no need to tell me about it. You know normal drill with me.
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Old 28-08-2012, 09:42 PM   #188
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man i would love th cusco rear strut bar
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Old 28-08-2012, 09:50 PM   #189
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PS DAN - no need to tell me about it. You know normal drill with me.
Yeah Jesse dropped off your cluster, so will add it to the box.


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man i would love th cusco rear strut bar
Cusco don't make a rear tower bar for P5 unfortunately - only AutoExe and Carbing (in terms of JDM stuff).
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Old 28-08-2012, 09:54 PM   #190
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sorry meant carbing my bad.

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Old 28-08-2012, 09:55 PM   #191
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I've got an AutoExe one coming in soon, shoot me a PM if interested.
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Old 28-08-2012, 09:58 PM   #192
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Old 11-09-2012, 06:36 PM   #193
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LCA brace left? If so I take dibs!

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Old 12-09-2012, 12:12 PM   #194
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LCA brace left? If so I take dibs!

PM sent.
PM replied to!

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Old 12-09-2012, 12:59 PM   #195
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i assume you will send mine with the other pile of stuff which periodically makes its way up here.
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Old 12-09-2012, 01:00 PM   #196
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i assume you will send mine with the other pile of stuff which periodically makes its way up here.
Yeah, there's going to be a big heap of crap heading to Phil with stuff for about 4 or 5 people in there.
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Old 12-09-2012, 01:09 PM   #197
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Yeah, there's going to be a big heap of crap heading to Phil with stuff for about 4 or 5 people in there.
Any idea on where and when this pile will arrive, I need to prepare space for it.
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Old 12-09-2012, 01:12 PM   #198
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Any idea on where and when this pile will arrive, I need to prepare space for it.
Once it's on the way you'll be the first to know.
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As i said with Phil, if there's an exact day it will arrive, ship it to my place as there's more room, and the courier doesn't have to cart it through the shopping centre!
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Old 12-09-2012, 06:22 PM   #200
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As i said with Phil, if there's an exact day it will arrive, ship it to my place as there's more room, and the courier doesn't have to cart it through the shopping centre!
You guys decide, easy to readdress it.
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