Here is what I came up with so far. Please review and let me know if there are any corrections. Right now, I have a count of 39 bags from the original people who said they were in. I did not hear from a few people and their names don't have anything listed. I did hear from a few extra people and have included their requests. Let me know if anyone has any questions.
FYI- A pallet is 42 sacks. Looks like you have 39 original and 3 people on wait list, including me who would likely get on at 42 sacks. Also, you dont really need 42 sacks, you could go at 39 but shipping is over less bags so higher. I have done other group buys, I cannot volunteer my time in setting this one up, but I can share my experience to make this one run smooth. Has anyone stepped up to actually do the buy, coordinate, picked a drop location w/ a loading dock? Also, when we did ours for some reason pallet jack was not enough and the driver for CMG insisted we use the forklift. Also, concerning a quote...you are going to pay homebrew prices which are higher than those on catalog, unless you have homebrew catalog. It ends up being close to the 1500 lb prices, but not exact...its not enough to not proceed with buy.
next steps are;
someone step up to lead the buy
confirm grain orders. you snooze you lose, dont confirm next in line gets ur spot
contact CMG and get quote (takes a few days) prices will be different than online catalog
get quote back, send emails for payment, last min add/changes
get money thru paypal, again you snooze you lose and next in line gets on buy
call CMG, pay for order and arrange delivery. Typically we are one day out from them. We did a thurs/fri delivery window, with a pick up on the weekend. SAT. People are usually eager to get grain and also many have other ferry their grain for them...so its not a huge time commitment at the drop location
Hope that all helps. whomever is doing this buy...I am happy to get into more details. just PM me