At 05:42 PM 5/24/2009, you wrote: >I like this idea too. I also think prepayment of estimated cost is >a good idea, though it introduces the extra problems of making >refunds or collecting differences on insufficient charges. The problem is estimating the shipping cost, which in my experience can run almost equal to the cost of the bulbs themselves, but varies quite a bit. Some of the foreign dealers I've bought bulbs from require payment in advance, and some do not (at least,they billed me on shipment, but it may be because I was personally acquainted with them). By the way, I'm not volunteering to manage one of these projects, at least not in the next 2 years, because I'm still working and also have to get moved to my new house and get my old one sold. I'm going to have one more surplus bulb sale, this summer, and after that will transfer a lot of my stock to a nearby nursery, just keeping as much as I can use in the new garden and bulb house. Jane McGary