tryg wrote:Ofey, cannot see how its unfair if they want both... couldn't they just buy both...? Better still, they get a choice.
Well for one, not everyone has a deep wallet. The reason for the monthly group buy as opposed to weekly group buy is to help everyone "recharge" so they can buy a number of things.
tryg wrote:I guess the system is geared to appeal to the greater number buy, but the point is the rest of us just feel duped when some of those who vote pull out or change minds and we waste months waiting.
Sure there have been times we've had pull outs after one wins the poll.
If the EOI, the week after the poll doesn't even pull 5 votes, the next item in line will get pushed into place. So no month goes without a group buy.
However, why is this month any more special than any other month? I don't think anyone feels duped. Spare a though for the guy who wanted to buy the item that had only got 1 vote. So does he feel duped? Or the item that finishes 1 vote shy of 2nd place, should we entertain that too?
We have to draw the line somewhere.
tryg wrote: If we cannot get the exhausts, would you let someone else run one for those people still interested. Only thing is you have all the contacts.
As I said, I don't mind running 2. However the question is why this month would be any different from any other and have 2 run?
tryg wrote:Maybe running it like a business would be better, why are we limited? Possibly, once you make your minimum number stipulated by the trader, then we buy... I am sure you have tried this in the past, would be good to hear your thoughts on the whole deal...
We're NOT a store. We're a club. As a a club, we try to help everyone. Different people have different spending power. As I said above, by doing monthly group buys, it gives people a chance to recharge.
A point I made to someone else is that if we just had a flood of items all bought this month, then there's no point for group buys every month. We just dry up parts to buy and money to be spent. Not everyone has deep pockets.
You can't make everyone happy. And some members are more demanding than others. As I pointed out in another thread, some people want things to happen at their desired time. This month's group buy of filters is a case of this. Last month FYI, there was a now banned member who went round asking everyone to vote for the air filters (ironic she's no longer here). It did turn out to be a well supported item but the point I'm illustrating, some people just want things to happen so they get what they want, when they want and I don't know if its right to encourage that. It's like the kid in the playground who wants everything and everyone to go their way.
I am trying to run this in a fair way and initially, accusations of me choosing what item to buy was levelled at me as it seemed I was organising items which I wanted to buy myself. I then introduced the poll to be a little more fair. If anyone has any alternative, please let me know.
If its any assurance, In case the exhausts don't make it as the item polled this month, I will run it still since there's a number of interested parties.
Just my 2 cents.