Quoth wasn't a unknown here either. Plenty of people purchased from him prior and during his start of activity on this forum.
Like I said: relative unknown; undoubtedly many more people had dealt with Dean before and were willing to wait. I'm not surprised that quoth didn't get a more favorable response, as his post offering to set up a deal was condescending (just like the one above) and started off complaining that someone else hadn't already stepped up to the plate.
Not sure where you see me as being
condescending, but the fact of the matter is that several people on this site kissed the ground that Dean walked on. No one should have that kind of status. I'm sure you of all people know about the arguments between Michael and Dean from a couple of years back; that was a result of that worship crap, and Michael pretty much put that into perspective. Dean's mods and other services were overrated, especially his superguns, and I saw one of those first hand. Dean is not the only person that could have done things around here.
I wasn't looking for a favorable response - I was giving people an alternative to waiting for Dean beating around the bush and twiddling his thumbs - which there was no excuse for, and exactly what he did. Look how many people waited on his last sale that didn't happen.
Someone else should have stepped up to the plate and offered to do the order...I mean how much does it take to do an order of 10+ Flash Carts through that site? All that has to be done is people say they want the stuff and make a promise / agreements / arrangements to pay. It takes nothing. I'm sure I'm not the only person here with a credit card and a Paypal account, which is ALL it takes, other than a few emails.
In fact, screw all of this talk - if people are interested in doing this, let's stop beating around the bush...
There is no real reason to wait, other than for people to be interested and say they are in for one. I have no incentive for myself other than being able to save on the cost of 1 with a bulk discount.
The item in discussion is here:
http://www.ic2005.com/shop/product.php?productid=62&cat=0&page=1The cost would be $119.00 + split up shipping - must have at least 9 people on board though (I'm already #10).
Shipping cost is $50 for 10 of the units, and it looks like it goes up $1 for each additional. Depending on how many we have joining, the shipping cost would be divided by how many people we have. The more people we have, the cheaper shipping will be for everyone, so every extra person makes a difference on that aspect.
Also, each person would be responsible for shipping from me to them, insured. We can work out the details on that closer to purchase, but most likely the easiest method would be to do Priority fully insured, so everyone gets their card within a few days of them all arriving. Obviously this could be voted on, as an alternative would be to purchase some cheap + small boxes, and ship First Class insured, but this all depends on how big the packaging is, and if the weight is under 13oz. after packing. If anyone knows how much their 64MB card weighed in the packaging, or the dimensions, please PM me or post on here, as that would be a big help to having an alternative shipping method.
$7.40 is the cost of Priority fully insured under 1lb to anywhere in the US. Obviously Canada or elsewhere would be responsible for their own costs, and I would require Priority for any member in that case, due to lack of tracking/insurance on First Class International.
So, if you are interested in joining up for a bulk order of 128MB cards, either post here or PM me.
