and by the end of October the light can be ordered from US and UK warehouse with a small priceupgrade!
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hey guys!
a real groupbuy starts with a “interested“ list... (otherwise i would be a “code beside MAP sneaking thread - which should be placed in the commercial thread of the involved seller)
to start negotiate a good deal for us i need a number of members who want to buy for the lowest price possible now.
please post your interest below with a reasonable pricewish
stage 2 will be PMing the prices and building the buyers list
Price wise, since the EC4 can be had for 1/3 off the retail price with discount code or coupon, I think it is reasonable to expect more or less the same discount rate.
So maybe, from RRP of $98, possible to get around $65? :bigsmile:
I think it is better we get the BEST price of BG first. Else, it’s basically like they can ‘use’ this information to get a better mark-up on the sales by seeing ‘where’ members judge a ‘fair’ price for the nitecore. It definetely is playing in the hands of the seller as opposed to the buyers of the GB. So, in the best interest of the buyers Madmax, I think it is best to let BG post their BEST PRICE or you communicate them via PM instead of letting them get insight on pricing
Just my worthless 0.2 lumens
a shop can get a better price from the manufacturer in ordering more units…
so he can go deeper for us.
without having a good clue how many items will be sold in short time no reasonable businessman will order the biggest pack to fill the warehouse.
( one could make a ridiculous low price on cells for example and then collect the necessary number of orders before stocking and shipping them… the customers have to wait, but hey! ;))
Oh I see your point Madmax. Valid point but still plays in the hands of BG imho. Lets say members want $60 and you get 50 buyers (both hypothetical of course). In the instance BG gets a really good price and can sell it for say $50 or 55, I doubt they will adjust their prices and ‘eat up’ into their profits.
So, I still believe the idea is a great one (as you said, none will stock many items) but the pricing part plays into their hands instead of going the classic way of say:
20 units - $80
50 units - $70
100 units - $65 etc
All hypothetical prices of course. So, they would have to ‘squeeze up’ their profits to get more people interested. Makes more sense IMHO.
The way above means BG negociates first with vendor for x units and price and comes with its best price.
And DanielM, I am not here to ‘break’ his GB or any other member’s work by going to another vendor to get a better deal of zomgzor $1 off. I have only ever organised one group buy for which I didnot receive ONE CENT (fenix bc30). My sole thought was that the pricing part (members stating their price) should be removed as it is basically playing into the hands of BG at the expense of forum members (expense in the sense of better pricing)
I agree with you. It reminds me of the S1 where BangGood priced it at $35 because that’s the price people wanted, but then GearBest posted a lower price and then BangGood lowered theirs too.
