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My view is that the "bulk buys" to date have been arranged for the
benefit
of the group, and any profits have been returned.
If someone's making a profit, then I think they ought to realise that
they're acting as a reseller, and have the same obligations under the eyes
of
the law as any other reseller - like a "grace period" in which the
purchaser can
return the goods and demand a full refund (a legal obligation of any
purchase
made over the internet, under the Distance Selling Directive.)
Now, I realise that many of those who participate in the bulk buys are
people we know, and are friends with, but in the recent bulk buy I arranged
for
Rios, I didn't recognise half of the names!
In that case, the purchase was made directly between the
individuals
and SonicBlue UK - I didn't receive any money either profit or commission.
However, if I'd done a "send me your cheques" deal, and something had
gone
wrong, then I'd have been PERSONALLY liable for making good under the eyes
of
the law, if one of these unknown-to-me people had demanded a replacement /
repair / refund.
I think that if something's a "UKHA Bulk Buy", then it should be
understood
that there's no profit, and this is simply a group of friends purchasing in
union. And I believe that the courts would understand that... the moment
there's
a "I'm buying this, send me cash in advance, and I'm making a profit" then
that
disappears.
John Tankard, and Gareth Cook, in the WAP and Fuji purchases all made
it
clear that this was "at cost", and any over-payments would be
refunded.
Mark
-----Original Message-----
From: Mark McCall
[mailto:mark@xxxxxxx]
Sent: Thu 30/05/2002 09:33
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Cc:
Subject: Re:
[ukha_d] UK spec Audiotron Bulk Buy
> In the spirit of other bulk buys, I will reveal that I
am
making a _small_
> profit on this
I have been contacted by a
member of the list asking me for guidelines on
Bulk Buys. He
is
concerned that a private individual making a profit on a
bulk buy is
really
no different to any other dealer advertising on this
list.
My
answer
is that no one is forcing anyone to take part in any bulk buy and
it
would
be very hard to "enforce" any guidelines.
What do others
think?
Thanks
M.
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