<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Eric,<div><br></div><div>Tempus dictum will need 19 benito kits and 19 dorkboard kits for the induction at PARTs next month.<div><br></div><div>That means that it will only take 6 more to get the Q25 discount.</div><div><br></div><div>Don.</div><div><br><div><div>On Aug 6, 2008, at 1:05 PM, Mr.T wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>As a reminder, the group order for delivery on Aug 18 goes out on Aug 11.<br><br>How this works:<br><br>I have been coordinating a batch style group order to the various<br>component distributors.<br>I will be accepting parts lists to go into a group order to Digikey,<br>Mouser and Newark to be ordered on the monday before the next meeting. A <br>list of parts currently on order will be posted to this wiki page. I <br>(eric) will update the page with what is in the order and what is in the <br>"bulk discount" category.<br><br><br>Why would you want to do this? Two reasons:<br>1. Saves money (should eliminate handling fees on small orders, shipping<br>cost is spread across all people in the order, possible volume discount)<br>2. Saves resources (less packing used, less fuel used)<br><br><br>How this works (this is new and subject to change):<br><br>On the Monday of the week before a meeting I will aggregate and place<br>orders. I will send out via email the order totals plus their share of the<br>shipping. People can either bring cash to the meeting or pay pal their<br>share to me (adding 2.9% + $0.30 for the fee that paypal charges me). The<br>orders should arrive that week and I will break out components into<br>individual orders. On the day of the meeting I will bring the orders for<br>distribution.<br>If you are the only person that orders that week I will contact you to see<br>if you want me to wait until the next order cycle to put in with others,<br>or forget it altogether .<br><br>How to place an order:<br><br>Orders can be placed by sending me an email (<br><a href="mailto:drtwist@aracnet.com">drtwist@aracnet.com</a> ) with the following information: quantity, vendor,<br>exact distributor part number, part description. preferably you just <br>respond to the email reminder blabber list, this way others can see your <br>parts order an hopefully get ideas.<br><br>Looking like this:<br><br>Qty 1 , Digikey, ATMEGA168-20AU-ND, Atmel ATMega 168 MCU<br><br><br>The order goes out on on the monday at 5pm the week before a meeting and <br>every 2 weeks there after.<br>If you<br>have questions please drop me a line. If you have placed an order and are<br>not going to make it the meeting let me know. The money to place these<br>orders comes out of my pocket so if you aren't sure you.re going to pay me<br>please don't order them, I will be unlikely to order for you in the future<br>if you do.<br><br>Have fun<br><br>_____________________________<br>Drtwist:<br><a href="mailto:drtwist@aracnet.com">drtwist@aracnet.com</a><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>dorkbotpdx-blabber mailing list<br><a href="mailto:dorkbotpdx-blabber@dorkbot.org">dorkbotpdx-blabber@dorkbot.org</a><br>http://music.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/dorkbotpdx-blabber<br></div></blockquote></div><br></div></div></body></html>