I've heard a few people talk about combining orders to save on shipping for jcvibby's **AR500 Summer STEEL TARGET group buy! OPEN NOW!! group buy . . . so I thought I'd start this thread to see if we can get ourselves organized.

The last time jcvibby did one of these group buys, I put together the orders for a few people and it worked well.

I'm willing to order one box (up to 70 pounds). With what I want and one target for oldkim, I'm currently at 32.5 pounds. If anyone else wants to join in my order, and lives near Renton or sees me regularly, please let me know.

If anyone else would like to "host" an order, please post that up too! Look below . . . I have attached an Excel file that should help you calculate the weight and the amount that each person owes. Customize it with the names of the people in your order, and the quantities they want. (NOTE: You won't see the file unless you are logged in.)



NOTE: I'm only doing this for the targets that are part of the flat-rate shipping; the bigger targets are paid for and shipped separately, so I assume that anyone ordering one of those can do it himself.

Here is what I want.

6"x6" square - 1/2" - 1
40% IPSC - 3/8" - 1
Total is $42.34 according to your spread sheet. How do I pay? You? Them? Total weight is now 38#.

Gotcha.

I have one other person on my order too, so the spreadsheet I posted is out of date for me . . . but that's okay, I intended it for others to use to start their own buys.

I'm currently at 45.5 pounds in my order.

BadKarma, once I get my order finalized I'll let all of you know the final price, and you can pay me. I'll take care of ordering through jcvibby.

Thank you sir. And good spread sheet work. I do these all the time and realized I have not played around with formals in a while.

1-40% idpa
1-8in gong
1spring popper

Steve, I can get the first two for you but the popper has separate shipping charges so you can just order that one yourself. Remember he has two kinds of poppers, so specify the one you want.

Please confirm that you want me to order the 40% IDPA and 8" round for you. Thanks.

Yea I'll be in for those

Well, my order is at 53 pounds and I'm officially out of columns on my spreadsheet.

I guess I know what I'll be doing tonight....

Anyone else in my area need targets? I have 17 pounds to go!

I'll handle the popper

Steve, I'll do a 40% IPSC if there's still room.

Done. Does anyone want to start a group buy on white spray paint now??

White or orange paint

Can you engineer us an auto spray system? That fresh coat of paint sure dont last very long....

Note: I have updated the Excel spreadsheet in the original post to add more columns, for a total of seven buyers. Download it if you need it.

My buy is full, coming in just under the wire at 69.5 pounds!

And the winners are:



I'll get these ordered. Everyone can see their totals in the picture above (click to enlarge), but we'll talk money later.

Is there more interest? Does anyone else want to start an order? Note that boostless has an order for the JBLM-area folks in another thread.

Wow... now that's a spreadsheet. can you make a pie chart showing the output as well?