Re: Monterey Bay Spice Co. Co-op??

[Guest guest]

I do! I do! D.

Hi All,Is anyone interested in holding a Monterey Bay Spice Co. Co-op for thegathering? http://www.herbco.com They have a 10% discount on 5lbs and 15%discount on 25lbs of the same item plus free shipping on orders over $200.I wish I could run this myself but I just don't have the space to store it. We should be able to meet the $200 free shipping because I want $57.00worth myself. The NE group is starting to organize a buy from AtlanticSpice but that Co. doesn't carry clays. Last year Deb Z. and I bought atleast $100 each worth of stuff from Atlantic.

[Guest guest]

I could if someone tells me what you need to do to run a co-op! Do I just take the orders, money, order, then divide it up and bring it to the gathering?

Dee

Hi All,Is anyone interested in holding a Monterey Bay Spice Co. Co-op for thegathering? http://www.herbco.com They have a 10% discount on 5lbs and 15%discount on 25lbs of the same item plus free shipping on orders over $200.I wish I could run this myself but I just don't have the space to store it. We should be able to meet the $200 free shipping because I want $57.00worth myself. The NE group is starting to organize a buy from AtlanticSpice but that Co. doesn't carry clays. Last year Deb Z. and I bought atleast $100 each worth of stuff from Atlantic.Some sample prices are as follows: 1lb. $ 5lb. $Arrowroot powder $1.75 $1.56Bentonite $4.50 $4.05French green clay $4.00 $3.60Kaolin $3.25 $2.93Chamomile Egyptian whole $3.91 $3.52Fuller's Earth Powder $5.25 $4.73Anyone feel up to doing this? H.Our Message Boardhttp://www.voy.com/21568/Check out these great Molds!!http://soapwerks.com/martinworld.htmMember Kae's Site... Awesome oil Prices!http://www.olivetreesoaps.com/All posts to this list are copyrighted by post author. They may NOT be forwarded, copied, or used in anyway without the permission of the post author with the exception of answering posts to this list. Posts are personal opinions only.

[Guest guest]

Hi Dee,

If your really interested in hosting this co-op then you need to make sure

you have enough time to devote to doing everything below. There's a lot of

time and work involved in this and you need to be positive you can handle

it. Things can and will probably go wrong. If your answer is still yes

then you should:

Post to the list that you'd like to host the co-op making sure to include:

A) That a $200+ minimum must be reached before the co-op will happen.

Date for the co-op to begin.

C) Form of payment you'll be accepting (checks, money orders, credit cards,

Pay Pal etc.)

D) Date money is due to you by (leave yourself enough time between the due

date and order date for late payers because there are always a few).

E) Date product will be ordered.

F) That you are willing to bring the product to the gathering.

Ask everyone who is interested look at the site and to contact you with

an approximate order so you can see if a $200+ order is possible. Compile

and add up the potential orders making sure to keep track of everyone's

name, email address, herbs they want and what quantity. If there is enough

people interested in buying $225+ (make sure you have more than $200 in case

someone backs out) then post to the list that the co-op is on. Ask for

people to commit to the co-op by confirming their orders. What gets tricky

is that once you reach the 5lb. mark on an herb the price drops and you have

to recalculate the total needed to reach the $200 min for free shipping.

After everyone has confirmed, send each person an email of what they

ordered, the amount to be paid for each item and a total figure for each

participant, the date payment is due and your full name and the address

where payment should be sent.

Updates of how the co-op is proceeding are very important!! If people

are lagging behind in paying, let us know. If all payments are in, let us

know. If your ready to place the order, let us know. If the company is out

of certain items when the order is placed, let us know. When the order

arrives, let us know. I sound like a broken record but this is really

important to the participants and helps a co-op go smoothly.

Make sure to count every bag of herb delivered against the compiled list

you made from each separate order so you'll know whether you were shorted or

not before the gathering and then separate each persons order.

Lastly bring the stuff to the gathering where we can all examine out

purchases and thank you for doing all this hard work for us!

Whew, I'm tired! If I left something out I'm sure someone will let you

know. lol

HTH

H.

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<<I could if someone tells me what you need to do to run a co-op! Do I just

take the orders, money, order, then divide it up and bring it to the

gathering?

Dee>>

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

I wasn't sure from your response if you were interested in hosting the co-op

or were just interested in participating. If you are interested in hosting

then that's great!

H.

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I do! I do! D.

[Guest guest]

I'll definatly want to order if we get a co-op going!

.... your directions to hold a co-op are perfect!! All co-op hosts/esses should read what you wrote!

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[Guest guest]

Well, I would love to participate but I just read your last email regarding how much work it is, so no I probably don't want to host it. Now, don't get me wrong, I have no problem doing the work, timing is just real bad for me right now. Might be moving...again and still learning to do this single mom thing! I can't wait to meet everybody at the gathering and I thank everyone who is working so hard to make it happen. If there is something else that I can help out on, please don't hesitate to let me know. K???

Hi ,I wasn't sure from your response if you were interested in hosting the co-opor were just interested in participating. If you are interested in hostingthen that's great! H.

[Guest guest]

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Believe me, I understand about not wanting to host the co-op. Sounds like

you already have your plate full as it is.

H.

[Guest guest]

> Hi All,

> Is anyone interested in holding a Monterey Bay Spice Co. Co-op for

the

I would be interested in the arrowroot & bentonite clay. now...I do

bulkn potpourri and have been a loyal customer of Atlantic spice I

would have to do price comparison on the botanicals I presently buy

in 5lb+ from them. I would be buying over $100 too if they can beat

Atlantic's prices.

...Don't forget guys...as Terry and the rest know, I am a supplier

too of French Green clay at $4.00 per pound in any size and always on

hand I just don't advertise like the big guys-just have it all the

time here for my own masks I make.

Deb