I'm not sure if you realise what "go through the forum" means so I will explain the situation as I see it:
In this case (as far as I understand it) our Chief Buyer (ofey) has a mitsubishi dealer who he buys off and gets a discount from, which is passed onto us.
As far as I'm aware the club doesn't actually 'get' anything from this, apart from cheaper prices for its members, and all that "going through the forum" means is that ofey has to organise postage, use his personal time etc for a saving of $11?
As ofey said, unless the dealer is significantly more expensive, then get it from them.
I just wanted to let you know because we all keep ofey very busy!
Please someone correct me if I'm wrong

Cheers,
Dave