Group Purchase: GE 9325k 55w Power Compact bulbs

[GulfCoastAquarian]

Yeah, I asked and they said that $18.96 is the best they can do. Oh well. Maybe they realized there was a little bit of demand and kept the price.

[crocodylus]

hehe figures, im surprised they didnt tell you the price was going up real soon

[clearASmud]

Hey Gulf, just let me know when you are going to order and the final price, so I can pay you

[GulfCoastAquarian]

Originally Posted by clearASmud

Hey Gulf, just let me know when you are going to order and the final price, so I can pay you

Should be on Monday.

[Schala]

Darn it all. If I hadn't just bought new bulbs.. :roll:

[Momotaro]

Still a great price!

Mike

[SNPiccolo5]

Yeah, better than the $35 or whatever it is other places offer....

-Tim

[anonapersona]

I'd take 2, if I'm not too late!

[GulfCoastAquarian]

You got in on time, anona. I'm closing the group purchase as of this morning (monday, Aug 4th) so I'll place the order with 1000bulbs.com today and get back to you guys with the price and arrange for shipping information. I've never handled a group purchase before, so bear with me if things don't go perfectly smoothly.

[digger]

If i'm in time, get 4 for me.

[anonapersona]

I hope that finding boxes of the right size to ship these out in small bunches won't be a problem!

[m.lemay]

When I recently purchased some bulbs from aquarium liguidators they were in thier own seperate little box. They stacked two little boxes, in pairs together, and taped them, then they cut sheets of corrugated cardboard and rolled the bulb boxes into it. Sort of like rolling a carpet around a tube. The bulbs got here without incident.

Marcel

[GulfCoastAquarian]

Regardless of how they are packed, I knew I'd never find an adequate packaging supply for these bulbs so I am going to make my own at work using cardboard stock and bubble wrap. I'm going to package two bulbs into bubble wrap and then box them up. It might be time-consuming, but it doesn't cost anything. I've got 26 bulbs to package and ship! Be patient!

[anonapersona]

Well, I hope you can give me some estimate of time consumed. I like to add a bit of extra cash to cover the effort involved.

anona, always patient and very appreciative

[GulfCoastAquarian]

Update:

Just got off the phone with 1000bulbs.com and learned a few things:
1) Need to order in quantities of 6. Marcel was right. So, including diggers four bulbs, that makes it 28 right now. We need to get an order for two more bulbs to make it 30.
2) Freight is going to be more than expected. $46 to ship the 30 bulbs to me. Bulb cost comes to $20.50 with freight.
This brings the total to $47.35 per pair, shipped to your door USPS Priority with insurance.
3) Availability is 1-2 weeks until 1000bulbs.com gets the bulbs. Another week to ship to me. Another week for me to package and ship them to you. So we're talking 3-4 weeks to get these to your door.

If you agree to all these terms, then you can paypal me when you are ready. I'm going to call the final order in tomorrow. I'll keep everyone posted on any updates.