[ACademic]

I've conducted group buys before (on other forums). The moment you try to wind down the process, 10 others jump in and want the same thing (word eventually gets out). That's why I'm starting to believe that this particular effort has some teeth to it, and I might as well speculate. Better to have 60 (80?) or so pounds of finely molded magnesium stored in my garage rafters than a stale pile of greenbacks sitting at some too-big-to-fail institution paying me crumbs. Plus it's more fun that way and you only live once.