Any serious interest in a LiveAquaria order?

I am looking at picking up a couple clownfish and firefish which comes to about $48. A bit short from the $225 needed for free shipping.

Just putting some feelers out there. I would be looking to iron something out right at the end of the month (ordering on January 31st) since I will be home that Friday to receive the shipment.

 

OK. I've never done one of these before, so if anyone has any experience from a previous group buy, let me know.

Otherwise, get your lists together and I will be contacting anyone that shows interest via PM about 1 week prior to the order and then again a confirmation 1 day before the order.

 

It should show above my avatar that I am from Marion. Just south of 29th Avenue and a little west of Hwy 13 if that helps people with my general location in case they want to figure out drive distances, etc to see if you are wanting to make the trip to me.

I will be off work all day on Feb 1 (a Friday) and I can babysit the stuff and make sure none are DOA. Obviously they should be picked up as soon as possible as I don't want to open any bags that I don't have to so that the water doesn't go totally toxic when hit with air. I can float bags in my 120 to keep the water at a decent temp.

Otherwise, if we have enough interest, we could split the Saturday delivery upcharge (only $15) and just plan for late morning/early afternoon pickups on that Saturday.

Looks like the standard practice for this is that once the order has been confirmed here, I will have each of you send payment no later than the day BEFORE the order (since I have to order by 9:30 am) via paypal. When things are sent as a gift, it sounds like I shouldn't get dinged paypal fees. No need for me to cover the fees and no need for people to have to pay for the paypal fees if they can be avoided.

Then I will place the order and confirm with everyone. Again, start planning, I will hit people up for their anticipate order on January 25th and then need final confirmation and payment by January 30th (unless we all opt for Saturday delivery, then final order and payment will be January 31st at the latest).

Keep in mind that you can make your list from the regular site and/or the Diver's Den and they will still ship for free if the total is $225 or more even though they regular stock and Diver's Den ship from different locations.

 

What would you have done had they not paid?

Money can be sent through Paypal for free and it is pretty quick to set up an account, but I guess depending on the person here I could do cash at the time of pick-up. I am thinking that the person would need to be a member and/or be someone who is highly "trusted" here whatever that means, LOL.

For those that are wondering, I haven't been around here for years like some others, but I've purchased my RO/DI, sump, 120 gallon rr tank, stand, hood, live rock, live sand, pump and more from a variety of members and users here so I've hopefully earned some "cred" myself

 

Ha. Sounds like you should get some new saltwater friends.