Collectors on ebay. We call them collectors. 

I know what it's like to have family members in the hospital. Best wishes to your uncle for a speedy recovery.

Just on the halfs:

Thanks! Glad you like your shirt

I could add three silver halfs to your order for BTC1.75 each. As I mentioned in the other thread, I've requested the old Series 2 holograms, which will only be available for a very short period of time.

I also have about 20 brass halfs, if anyone is interested in adding a couple of those to their order for BTC0.9 each.

Posting a link to your own GB in someone else's GB thread is crass.

Please do go ahead and send hundreds of dollars to a newb with only 23 posts and no transaction history, who is suspiciously willing to donate hours of his time for free, just so strangers can get these coins at wholesale prices.

Or, for only BTC0.32 extra, make your purchase from a forum member who has been trusted with money before, has experience sending a lot of packages out in a short period of time, and whose motivation is obviously turning a profit and not just running away with your money.

If you want to see what kind of train wreck you might be buying into with Silfax's at-cost GB, go look up Arklan's USB Block Erupter group buy. People were waiting two weeks for their products to get sent out from the organizer.

The idea behind a group buy is to get things for cheaper than you would otherwise, which is still the case here.

The guy running that group buy on reddit obviously does not value his time in any way. He's willing to spend several hours organizing buyers, updating spreadsheets, verifying payments, repackaging coins for reshipment, going to the post office, etc, all for free.

I'm not interested in arguing semantics, nor am I ashamed in any way by my actions.

I'm not willing to work for free just because some teenager from Europe is.

Thanks for the comments, enjoy the weekend

(The cost difference is enough to buy a silver 1oz Maple Leaf and a few beers out of the savings) 

Find me a group buy where the organizer isn't making a profit. These things take a lot of time and effort to organize.


Yes, that's correct. However, I'm not the only one who benefits: the buyers benefit, too. Keep reading:


1 coin from Casascius = 2.5 BTC + 0.35 shipping = 2.85 BTC/coin
1 coin from me = 2.25 BTC + 0.24 shipping = 2.51 BTC/coin

You seem to be under the impression that everyone who wants one of these coins is willing to buy a roll of 20. Some people don't want 20, they only want 1 or 2. I'm offering them a way to purchase them at a lower price than they'd be able to get otherwise.

I'm not sure why you have a problem with this, since this is how the entire world operates. 

I went ahead and pulled the trigger on a USA/Canada group buy: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=245596.0

Price reduced to BTC2 per coin, plus shipping!

It seems that I'm not the only one who would like some of the sweet new 1BTC 1oz silver rounds from Casascius. They're so beautiful!

But buying them in singles is pretty expensive: BTC2.5 plus shipping! So, why don't we combine our resources and do a group buy?

I recently organized a worldwide group buy for some friedcat t-shirts (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=230843.0), so I've learned a lot about what works and what doesn't.

If you're still not sure if you can trust me, please take a look through that last link, and notice that I actually gave the entire group a partial refund when we hit a volume milestone.

So, if you're still with me, here are the details:

Cost:
BTC2 per 1oz silver round

Shipping:
Canada: for up to 5 rounds via Xpresspost (tracked)
USA: for up to 5 rounds via Xpresspost (tracked)
International: You're probably better off finding a local group buy. for up to 5 rounds via Xpresspost.

Totals:
Your total cost will be BTC((2 * n) + s), where n is the number of coins, and s is your shipping cost.
So, for example, 3 coins to Canada would be ((2*3)+), and 5 coins to USA would be ((2*5)+).

How to order:
1) Calculate your total cost, with shipping included, and send the equivalent BTC amount to 1DbQaiCzkD6pjMAc3BGtdNBFuey4gxiVQA.
2) Post your forum nickname, number of coins, total cost, and transaction id to this thread.
3) If we reach 20 coins, I'll order a roll from Casascius, and send out everyone's coins on the day that I receive them.
4) If we don't reach 20 coins after a reasonable amount of time (say, 1 week?), I'll give everyone a full refund.

Orders:
nubbins; 3; BTC6 (local pick-up); no TXID

Who's next?

I've got a dozen 0.5BTC silvers coming to me here in Canada. I'd be willing to peel a few off the roll for you guys, if you were interested in those.

I requested the old Series 2 0.5BTC hologram (from the brass half-BTC rounds), instead of the new Series 3 hologram. Mike has stated he'd only be giving this option for a few weeks and at a maximum of 1 roll per customer.

Exciting! I've just ordered a roll.

Hm. How many 0.5BTC brass holograms are set aside for the silver coins?

No sweat! Feel free to click the "Trust" link under my username 

BTC11, then. RasPi, hub, and USB fan.

For BTC10, you could buy 10 block erupters, equaling ~3.3GH/s. And you get to keep them. 

I've already seen red and black, why wouldn't I want to see silver and gold?   

I was wondering when those would surface!

Seems like the majority of units have been red and black, with a splash of silver at the beginning and some gold coming out now.

Looks like they found the same free cat image that I did

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=230843.0

Actually, further to that:


I've seen supports on actual historical heraldry that depict dragons or other imaginary creatures. Given that fact, would heraldry that includes real animals like boars or lions be permissible?