Bulk Buys

With some help from your fellow members a bulk buy is a great way to buy hard-to-source items from overseas by sharing the cost of shipping or getting quantity discount prices from suppliers.

Members are solely responsible for organising bulk buys themselves. This is done by posting the item to the members mail list or this website in the classifieds section of the forums. Consequently it will require some trust and organisation as someone will need to be responsible for the collection of money from other members, order the item(s) from the supplier and make sure those other members get the items when they arrive (usually at a members meeting).

Although there are some risks, if members openly communicate and agree to share the responsibility for purchases, the benefits can be significant…