I didn't mean to upset the mods...
You didn't, thats ok :biggthump
it was indeed just to save on postage... eg: get a guage if people want loads of stuff from one shop and order it in... get the money via paypal or whatever when I order and just bring the stuff along to the meet.
I wasn't intending on trading or having any kind of mark up of any kind.
We know you just intend on saving postage.... that is quite obvious from the posts....... Its not about you making a profit.
Please remember when we ask for something to be stopped on the forum it will be for a very good reason..... one that you may not of thought of, or something behind the scenes. Posting things like 'but i only wanted.....' only takes up moderaters time justifying/explaining why we have done something..... time which could be better spent else where. :biggthump
One of the main reasons why we do not want this a public thing is as follows......
We have strict rules about no sellers at the BCUK meetup. With a public thread like the one you have posted, dealers/sellers may offer to sell you the goods in bulk now and bring them to the meetup and therefore getting around our no sellers/dealing rule.... it could just turn into a free advertising thread and at worse a trade war.
It would be grossly unfair to say you can organise a public bulk buy as long as you don't buy off a member to avoid the situation above don't you think?
I also didn't want to spam PM people asking if they wanted anything while I was at the shops
Paid up subscribing members can always post in the members classified advertising a bulk buy and get people to pm them.... If you want to use BCUK to get something on a commercial level, ie buying in bulk to save postage, we ask for you to subscribe and put a little something back into BCUK.
Hope that explains a few things. :biggthump .....
Ed