Originally Posted by Dkm
I thought it was a good ideal.....until I ordered somethings before Thanksgiving and am still waiting for the other person to pick up and pay for their things. That is the chance you take.
On a bulk buy, you should always collect the money up front. Your vendor wont ship it to you without collecting their money first why should you?
Most people understand that and are really more than happy to pay first. It is like they teach you in sales, if you don't get the sale right then, after they sleep on it, chances are they will decide they don't need it.
Most people are impulse buyers. Same with a coop buy, if you don't get the money up front, you run the risk of people deciding they don't want it and they don't pay you. Then you are stuck with whatever... maybe the ugliest piece of material you ever saw and now, you can't get rid of it. :(