RE: UK spec Audiotron Bulk Buy

["Stuart Booth" <stuart@xxxxxxx>]

On 30 May 02, at 10:13, Mark Harrison wrote:

>  Maybe they have...
> 
>  ... maybe it's from someone who _has_ organised a bulk buy and
wants
>  to see them continue as they have been to date.... open book,
and
>  with an offer of profits returned.

:-)

Perhaps if the BulkBuy s/w ever comes off it'll allow support for an 
accumulation of profits to cover problems, and when officially 
closed, a fair redistribution of the profits.

But even with a lot of the chore of organising a BB mostly removed 
by some cunning s/w, somebody still has to do the running, the 
negotiating and quite likely some repackaging/reposting (SonicBlue 
being the exception here that I know of), even if we can automate 
things with a link to APC or whomever it was that JohnT was 
recommending recently on HABUY.

Does this time&effort (the expensive bit) not put people off doing it?
For the good of the community only stretches so far I would think. 
How many of the existing BulkBuy organisers would do it again?!

As I said in my original post I have absolutely no problem with the 
organiser getting something out of it, although there will come a 
point when I would get upset and that might be enough to deter me 
>from
I'm not in a position to buy the organiser pints in return as it's 
highly unlikely I'll meet them, and there are only so many of those 
that can be consumed. Would it be fair to set a rate for the 
organiser per head in the Buy?

What I wouldn't like to see is these things stopping outright 
because it is seen as advertising, which often provokes strong 
reactions. The recent case was unacceptable, but from active 
members offering to help a community, I find it very warming that 
this happens. We all have our own thresholds.

I felt the original query raised by MarkM was a complaint about 
profits being made. I misinterpreted it, apologies to you MarkH.

Stuart

>  -----Original Message----- 
>  From: Stuart Booth [mailto:stuart@xxxxxxx] 
>  I think this person should try organising a bulk buy
themselves
>  first!




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