Maybe we can ask them to send directly to each person but do the order in one go. Because that means for them less office work. They only have to pack a couple of parcels with what they are maybe ok. And shipping from China can be very cheap. And we might get a huge number of forum people to order and lower the price by that. And if the price is then below 25 euro it would also be tax free. (in Germany)
They generally dont do that because its not in their interest to distribute small quantities of orders individually. I will being doing the office work as i would need to ship the wheels out myself. This shipment will not be cheap by any means 20 wheels costs 60 Dollars to ship and so did the controllers last time
describe which wheels could be in the group buy (size + durometer) and if you know the estimated cost
let`s create a document where people can note what they would order + where they live for calculating shipping costs
If we find enough people and you are willing to do the office work (organization, shipping) we can have a group buy?
If you are not to keen on all the other work, I can offer myself with helping here - yet I live in Germany - don`t know if shipping costs to/from germany are cheaper than the uk
I am personally interested in 90mm soft duro (75/78 ?) wheels. Also would be interested in a pair of 83 (and/or 97) wheels for comparison
Another idea I had:
If we find enough people per country - you could just post one shipment from the uk to that country and then the people arrange for other shipments themselve? - less work for you, but I am not sure if this increases the overall price by a significant amount
On a side note:
I was thinking of doing a larger buy and just simply reselling them via ebay - but I don`t have the money to spare for the moment
my friend i´m probably down for 2 sets.
have to tell my kids there´s no candy under the tree this december because uncle ajay is forcing me to buy cool stuff!
(don´t worry i have no kids)
In the Netherlands, just ordered mine from the US. Should be getting them this week. Damn
Including shipping I paid €45 for mine, including those bearings and stuff I don’t really need.