21 August 2014, 16:01
Shared Bulk Buying suggestion
Here is an idea from an E mail Group that has worked so far on stuff that is not expensive so the risks are slight; it could probably be applied to Prepper Forums if you have sufficient trust in the others you cooperate with on your favourite forums.
Recently on one of the smaller E mail groups I use we found we could arrange it so one of us takes advantage of bulk buyer discounts on certain E bay items, and buy a larger and better discounted amount of kit which other rest of the group can share out the costs evenly. It requires everyone in the scheme to have their own Paypal Account so you can send your share of the costs and postage to the person doing that particular bulk buy.
Sometimes its money saving, sometimes it’s just convenience, but in recent weeks I have got 10 FFP 3 face masks from a batch of fifty, 5 Israel trauma vac packed field dressings, 3 five hundred mil SIG water bottles and a few other things like Glucose tablets in tubes etc I reckon including postage costs I have saved about (near as dammit) £14.
Got to be honest I don’t know if the trust / reliability would stretch to larger or more expensive items, or whether its viable on forums, perhaps more caveats could be applied, or even the forum owner acting as a middleman??, who knows but for the few close friends on one E mail group it definitely works so far. Just something for you to consider.
Here is an idea from an E mail Group that has worked so far on stuff that is not expensive so the risks are slight; it could probably be applied to Prepper Forums if you have sufficient trust in the others you cooperate with on your favourite forums.
Recently on one of the smaller E mail groups I use we found we could arrange it so one of us takes advantage of bulk buyer discounts on certain E bay items, and buy a larger and better discounted amount of kit which other rest of the group can share out the costs evenly. It requires everyone in the scheme to have their own Paypal Account so you can send your share of the costs and postage to the person doing that particular bulk buy.
Sometimes its money saving, sometimes it’s just convenience, but in recent weeks I have got 10 FFP 3 face masks from a batch of fifty, 5 Israel trauma vac packed field dressings, 3 five hundred mil SIG water bottles and a few other things like Glucose tablets in tubes etc I reckon including postage costs I have saved about (near as dammit) £14.
Got to be honest I don’t know if the trust / reliability would stretch to larger or more expensive items, or whether its viable on forums, perhaps more caveats could be applied, or even the forum owner acting as a middleman??, who knows but for the few close friends on one E mail group it definitely works so far. Just something for you to consider.