xiaoyun
agreed with you re organising sprees. did 1 b4 and know the hassle of it. from gathering orders, confirming orders, ask for pyt, check pyt, track shipment, tally goods upon arrival to distributing the items. really need lots of time and efforts. so for the mere 'profit' earned as highlighted by you, it's really not worth it. nevertheless, i did enjoy the one and only spree i've done previously. more so for the experience ordering online. for majority of the sprees, i believe the organisers (like happymum2b and artemis) want to buy some items so organise spree to share out the shipping charges. some organisers even refund the difference in exchange rate once they know how much they were charged by cc coy.
lezy
rightfully, organisers are not supposed to 'profit' from the spree (if small amount due to rounding here and there, there's fine). cos there's a thread for pple who are out to make money and they will hv to pay a fee for it. most of the coach sprees where a handling fee is charged fall under that category. that kind of spree i think is more lucrative. (jeannie - good opportunity for you to eat some pocket $ when you go to US next year)