My view is that the "bulk buys" to date have been arranged for the
benefit of the group, and any profits have been returned.
If someone's making a profit, then I think they ought to realise that
they're acting as a reseller, and have the same obligations under the eyes
of
the law as any other reseller - like a "grace period" in which the
purchaser
can return the goods and demand a full refund (a legal obligation of any
purchase made over the internet, under the Distance Selling
Directive.)
Now, I realise that many of those who participate in the bulk buys are
people we know, and are friends with, but in the recent bulk buy I arranged
for Rios, I didn't recognise half of the names!
In that case, the purchase was
made
directly between the individuals and SonicBlue UK - I didn't receive any
money
either profit or commission.
However, if I'd done a "send me your cheques" deal, and something had
gone wrong, then I'd have been PERSONALLY liable for making good under the
eyes of the law, if one of these unknown-to-me people had demanded a
replacement / repair / refund.
I think that if something's a "UKHA Bulk Buy", then it should be
understood that there's no profit, and this is simply a group of friends
purchasing in union. And I believe that the courts would understand that...
the moment there's a "I'm buying this, send me cash in advance, and I'm
making
a profit" then that disappears.
John Tankard, and Gareth Cook, in the WAP and Fuji purchases all made
it
clear that this was "at cost", and any over-payments would be
refunded.
Mark
-----Original Message-----
From: Mark McCall
[mailto:mark@xxxxxxx]
Sent: Thu 30/05/2002 09:33
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Cc:
Subject: Re:
[ukha_d] UK spec Audiotron Bulk Buy
> In the spirit of other bulk buys, I will reveal that I
am making a _small_
> profit on this
I have been contacted by
a
member of the list asking me for guidelines on
Bulk Buys. He
is concerned that a private individual making a profit on a
bulk buy is
really no different to any other dealer advertising on
this
list.
My answer is that no one is forcing anyone to take
part
in any bulk buy and
it would be very hard to "enforce" any
guidelines.
What do others
think?
Thanks
M.
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