Brett Miles
Stunt Coordinator
- Joined
- Apr 22, 1999
- Messages
- 106
What's up?
As Jason and I stated in the Group Buys area we shut this down due to a lack of interest or partipation.
Lack of participation, yes, but I'm not so sure about a lack of interest. I think we're all interested in good deals, but no one is going to buy a product that they don't want/need. Perhaps the right products weren't selected. I know that was the case with me. With all due respect, it seems a little hasty to stop this after one attempt. The labor involved in making a post with a simple list can't be that great, can it? I would think the exposure for the retailer would more than off set it, at least. I also find it troubling that we may not be getting the best deal possible :frowning: .
P.S. I think those are some sound recommendations by Ron E.
Jason quoted me "x" price for the Atlantic Technology speaker package from One Call. Within a week or so, One Call sent out a flier with a better price and a discount coupon. I'm all for a business making money....but when a "special arrangement" is set for a group like ours, I should be able to assume I am getting the best price they are offering. This was an example where it was not the case.
I'm very sorry, guys.
We had not wanted GROUP PURCHASES on this forum
until ONE CALL made us a very tempting offer.
It was my understanding that ONE CALL would not
offer better prices anywhere than what they were
quoting in their GROUP PURCHASE. To hear that
they were, is disturbing. I was totally unaware of
this and it was not part of our agreement.
I also echo the voices of members that better
products should have been offered.
I too ran into the situation where the price on the OneCall.com website was $50.00 LESS than the group buy price that was offered.
Seems OneCall may have been taking a price that was already on sale, tacking on the "finder's fee," and issuing that as the group buy price. Just my guess, but would account for the higher price.
Ron E. has made some great and logical reccomendations.
But I'm a bit let-down to find out that OneCall thinks we at the HTF aren't astute enough to realize what is and is not a great deal.
I look forward to them trying this experiment again.