I might be ok with Klondike, will there be local pickup in TO?
If I end up paying less to go the group shipping route, and I have some confidence in the receiver and how the units will be handled, I'll do it.
I could offer pickup, but only if an overnight/2day xpresspost isnt a well-priced, easier method. (queen and lansdowne area)
from what I'm looking at:
20 units (If i can arrange some form of groupbuy/sub-groupbuy for at least 10, I can undertake some risk for my resale and own use purposes) : 0.82 BTC each
Shipping to Toronto (average per unit): ~0.04 BTC
Personal risk/time consideration per unit: ~0.08BTC
So approximately 0.94 BTC per unit, plus:
Priority/Xpresspost reshipping within Ontario (per sub-order): ~0.12BTC (plus maybe an extra 0.02 per extra unit if package size/weight is increased )
If this seems reasonable to a few people, I would be willing to go down this path. I have no experience with escrow, so feel free to either vouch confidence in my word, or point me in the direction of setting up escrow (John K.?) I imagine escrow would add a nominal fee, but may also make my up-front payment harder to acrue (who has 16BTC lying around? - not me [yet])
