(ET) Re: group buying power

[Allan <allanhv worldnet att net>]

I read the responses in favor of using Bill Gunn / Technical Service for 
parts,
and I would have to agree with them for repair parts.

However, I think you may have a good idea when it comes to new, big ticket
items, especially items which would have to be custom built.  For example, 
I'm
concerned that my mower decks will not last much longer.  Maybe, as a 
group, we
could buy enough decks at a time to make it worth someone's while to build
them.  This could work in Bill G.'s favor, too, since I think (hope) he 
builds
new decks.  If he could get an order for, say, 10 decks at a time, it would
probably be cheaper for him to get the parts and build them.

It might even make sense for stuff like batteries.  If enough of us 
decided to
get batteries, we might be able to convince a manufacturer to sell to the 
group
directly, somehow.  Someone would have to handle the shipping nightmare,
though.

Has anyone looked into this before?  I need new batteries; maybe I'll 
check it
out.

Food for thought.
Allan



Ed Johnson wrote:

> Hello; Has anyone in the group ever thought about starting a buying 
> group ?
> This would allow us to go out and find parts and attachment manufacturers
> and get a better price than is now available on our repair needs. Enough 
> of
> us would make quite a substantial coverage of the US and maybe even 
> start a
> distribution network. Ed
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