[Delphinus]

Hey there guys..

Ok, before we go to far into the topic of choosing a vendor, the bottom line for me is that saltwaterconnection is holding some livestock for me. I will be ordering this regardless. So if anyone else wants anything from there, here's a good chance to save a tiny bit on shipping.

Bob, I'm not so sure I'm hot on the idea of pooling a dry goods order with a livestock order. The problem for me is how to divvy up the cost of shipping while still having it end up the most economical solution for everyone (almost a classic Nash equilibrium question). For example it costs $6.50 to mail that bulb from Winnipeg to Calgary. If it costs $40 to put a box on a plane to Calgary and three people order stuff with the totals being $125 for person A who buys livestock, $30 for person B who buys livestock, and $125 for person C who buys dry goods only, then person B ends up paying $4.30 for shipping and persons A and C end up paying $17.85 for shipping, which means person B would have been better off just having the drygoods posted to him, and thus has essentially ended up unfairly subsidizing the shipping on the rest of the order. Basically my philosophy on mail-order is this: unless the need is urgent, dry goods should take the cheapest route, and livestock should take the fastest route which invariably is not the cheapest route. "I dunno" if that works for everyone but that's what works for me. So at the moment you're still better off going this on your own.

So. With all this said, is anyone still interested in pooling a livestock order with me? Let me know.

Alan, if you're still interested, maybe we can arrange to have the stuff delivered next week, which would meet (albeit barely) your one-week minimum.

Sean, I'm not sure what fighting conches are or if Jayson even has them .. but I will ask and get back to you.

cheers folks!

PS. One hour less sleep tonight? Oh the cruelty of daylight savings!!!!