vendors that do bulk orders?

[coby]

Hi, I'm new here to the space. Hello to all of you.

I was just wondering: there are a lot of good vendors here in the U.S. selling individual vials. I wonder if any of them would do a sort of group buy for people who could pay in advance and participate in group testing.

For example, you want to get the Wolverine stack. say vendor is already ordering 10 boxes for their own supply and resale, but then they order a dozen more for people who have "paid them in advance", giving them a little profit margin Surety of the sale. They're already doing all the bookwork and accounting for their own orders, so it wouldn't be that much more effort for them to do a group buy. It would be a win-win situation whereby we're not having to directly deal with the gray zone in China and worry about testing on our own. The vendor is making some profit, and we get direct from China with a little bit extra going to the vendor. We get decent testing, etc. Sounds like a great idea to me.

Are there any vendors who are already doing that?

[DarkStar]

I think the domestic vendors in the space that have a good supply and reputation are able to charge the prices that they do because of that. By providing group buy services they would be uncercutting themselves.

There's a reason that you pay the retail markup. Convenience, stability, quality, no risk.... The vendor puts in all the work so you don't have to. That's why you have to go to a group buy to get group buy prices. You are then putting in the time and assuming the risk yourself.

[MyB]

All you’d be doing is adding an additional middle man who adds price for their cut.
If you want wholesale pricing from a US vendor… hit up Nexaph.

[Jdot]

@coby this is done extensively in the grey market.

A single vial reseller doesn’t need to deal with wholesale orders as they are profiting heavily on single vial markups.