Folks,
I have been working on a B&B group buy for a special offering - QED Violetta. At this point I am NOT ready to start taking orders. Here is where the group buy stands as of now:
The Product:
Oh, one last note: If you want info/updates post here or PM me. Please don't contact Charles/QED directly. This is a very cool, special B&B thing he is doing for us and should only have to deal with one point of contact.
I have been working on a B&B group buy for a special offering - QED Violetta. At this point I am NOT ready to start taking orders. Here is where the group buy stands as of now:
The Product:
- The group buy will be for a standard QED 5 oz. tub of glycerin-based shaving soap in the Violetta fragrance.
- QED Violetta will have fragrance and essential oil components to produce a rich violet scent.
- The soap will have a food-grade, vegetable-based colorant to give it a nice violet hue.
- Note that in general QED products do not employ fragrance oils or colorants. That is why this will most likely be a one-time offer, similar to the story of QED Wild Rose (read between the lines - check out the Wild Rose threads and take advantage of the Violetta group buy while you can!).
- Here are some links to earlier threads discussing the original release of this product. There's not a lot out there but most speak to it's rartiy and desirability.
- The obvious - Charles and B&B are OK with this project moving forward (or you wouldn't be reading this post)
- I'll post to this thread as I get updates.
- I am still working on product pricing with Charles. That pretty much drives everything with the group buy. As soon as we have a price and a time-frame to get Violetta produced I can start taking orders. The price will be somewhere in the ballpark of what QED is currently charging for 5 oz tubs (being vary vague here - stay tuned).
- The group buy requires a minimum order of fifty tubs. Based on the interests this product has generated I assured Charles I would have no problem getting the minimum order quantity. I am putting my money where my mouth is. I assured Charles minimum quantity and am buying at least fifty tubs from him no matter what. I don't think I'll need to beg people to take this stuff off my hands.
- Payment will be through PayPal only. I'll be using Priority Mail as the only shipping option CONUSA; so folks interested in this offer should expect shipping and PayPal fees to be approximately 5.50 per tub. I'll also have to add in a little more per tub to cover the costs I'll bear of having Charles sending me a big box of tubs to re-distribute. I'll get a two-tub and a three-tub purchase/ship price out there as well before orders start.
- I would like to make this offer possible for people outside the US since you folks miss out on a lot of these deals. At this point I am trying to figure out how much of a challenge that is going to be and if I can handle it. I am going to post a separate thread to talk about costs of shipping outside the US and to see how much interest there is going to be.
Oh, one last note: If you want info/updates post here or PM me. Please don't contact Charles/QED directly. This is a very cool, special B&B thing he is doing for us and should only have to deal with one point of contact.
