Just an idea so far...
It's almost time for me to do my yearly string buy. I get a pretty good price because I buy in bulk and due to professional relationships built over the last 25 years or so.
What I was wondering is if it would be worth trying to get together one single huge order for the forum - buy in bulk and then distribute to members. Ideal would be to be able to supply at lower than usual prices (even with shipping from me to you), and still make a small margin.
You'd still have to buy a fair quantity of strings at a time to make shipping worthwhile (exact shipping method to be determined by what's most cost effective but still reliable) - say 10 sets. Single sets by normal post is a bit too risky these days...
As I said, it's still an idea at this point, but what I want to do now is gauge the response, so that I can get an idea if it's worth looking into further (and so I can haggle with numbers on my side).
So please chime in below if you would be interested and how many you would likely buy (e.g. I usually buy 40+ sets at a time: 24x electric, 12x composite nylon, 3x electric 12-string, 2x electric bass, 2x coated steel acoustic).
So once again, if you're interested, please chime in below.
It's almost time for me to do my yearly string buy. I get a pretty good price because I buy in bulk and due to professional relationships built over the last 25 years or so.
What I was wondering is if it would be worth trying to get together one single huge order for the forum - buy in bulk and then distribute to members. Ideal would be to be able to supply at lower than usual prices (even with shipping from me to you), and still make a small margin.
You'd still have to buy a fair quantity of strings at a time to make shipping worthwhile (exact shipping method to be determined by what's most cost effective but still reliable) - say 10 sets. Single sets by normal post is a bit too risky these days...
As I said, it's still an idea at this point, but what I want to do now is gauge the response, so that I can get an idea if it's worth looking into further (and so I can haggle with numbers on my side).
So please chime in below if you would be interested and how many you would likely buy (e.g. I usually buy 40+ sets at a time: 24x electric, 12x composite nylon, 3x electric 12-string, 2x electric bass, 2x coated steel acoustic).
So once again, if you're interested, please chime in below.