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      07-02-2010, 01:31 PM   #72
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Guys cool it off.

Shadow, part of your understanding on a group buy differs slightly from mine.
A group buy is generally organized by the supplier. They save money buy buying in bulk from their suppliers and guarantees them a business volume. They then ship to all individual end users.
In this case you are acting as the supplier so it seems logical for KrisNL to ask for an invoice from you. You could have sent him an invoice through Paypal. (using the request money feature)

Usually Prochip should be the one organizing the group buy: They would collect the money, send the invoices and do the shipping. Here, you are another customer who is trying to help other fellow forum members by taking the load upon yourself. We are grateful of your efforts. In reality, if Andreas agreed to a group buy, he should be the one organizing it since he is setup as a business.
I suppose the units will be shipped from Prochip or are they shipping them to you first and then you are supposed to redistribute them? If it is the latter as you seem to suggest, wouldn't this add one more leg to the shipping cost? The saving is really usually not in the shipping cost.
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