Right then, this is the score:
As of this moment, including 2 for me, I have requests for 13 patches wanted by 9 people.
Cost of delivery to me = £2.50 / 13 = £0.1923 per patch.
The cheapest envelopes I can find in a quick fleabay search are £2.29 for 15 or £0.1527 each.
Thus the cost of delivery from me to each of you:
2nd Class Signed For Letter = £1.63
+ envelope = £1.7827
So it will cost those of you who want just 1 patch £7.98 and those who want 2 patches £14.17 all in, assuming you gift the money to me by PayPal. I will provide you with my home address, landline, mobile, and email address, plus, for anyone who wants it, my eBay ID so you can inspect my 100% Positive 805 Feedback Profile as well as my feedback thread in our own Classifieds forum. If you insist then naturally I wont hold it against any of you who wish to send the money as a payment "For Goods or Services", however since this is not a sale from me to you, but rather a collaborative buying enterprise which I am organising purely because I want a couple of the patches myself, I am going to insist that you pay your own PP fees of 3.4% + 20p (putting the price for 1 patch at £8.47 and 2 patches at £14.88 - pls see enclosed screenshots of PP Fee Calculator App below).
Now that I have a definite quote I am inclined to advertise this collaborative buy on FB as well, just so that we can have a whole bunch of them made at once (bear in mind that I am going to end up paying for excess envelopes that i don't need, so even though adding greater numbers will barely dent what you lot all pay, unless we do get requests for 50+ patches, the closer the parity between people ordering and an amount of envelopes I can buy at circa/<15p each, the better it will be for me). Plus I just think it will be cool to have a whole bunch of us turn up to sites all over the UK wearing them the weekend following delivery and a whole chunk of the "Photos From The Field" thread dedicated to the hilarity which will ensue... (i type with my tongue so far into my cheek that my head is anvil shaped :lol: ). However if the majority view is that we should just crack on, or that there's a desire for exclusivity, I could only leave it until the 8 of you have got the money sent to me before placing the order with Nicky. Those of you who have made patch requests please indicate your preference by replying to the poll.
N.B. I realise that I am being far more cautiously comprehensive with my language concerning this venture than is necessary just to organise a few acquaintances putting a few poxy quid together, but my experience is that things do occasionally go wrong with such collaborative efforts through no fault of any member of the group, such as suppliers letting you down, postage being clowns, 3rd party disasters which require a member of the group to pull out due to needing every last penny to bail the granny out of the Magistrates Court cells, etc... and it is only by being 100% transparent that my reputation for trustworthiness has weathered such cock ups unscathed, so if we can keep the tittering behind my back to a minimum, I'd appreciate it
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