Let me share my pt of view:
As we nod BP section is for:
BP section is set up for ANY of the following situations :
a) your direct supplier do not have a website with proper company domain where prices are published ;
b) your direct supplier is a local company ;
c) you intend to recorp your effort or time (etc) spent in terms of money.
BP section is not solely for members to profit. Organiser may choose to share the listing fee with the participants or ask the supplier to pay for the listing fee. The section is open for our advertisers as well to provide extra avenue for them and more supplier source for the community.
If all of us to move over to BP, won' we want to make a profit too as is allowed? In this way all the spreeist will not join as they have to pay 10-20% more then usual in the Overseas sections.
Currently in the overseas section, they need not pay the $25. If to move over to BP, this $25.00 will be split bet spreeist, say abt 8-9 spreeist on the average. Which will cost abt $3.125pp. Futhermore, everybody will start to add in this charges & that charges.
Maybe for instance: their efforts spent.
Organisers will need to cut & paste, write to merchant, cal the shipping charges, ordering, calling, replying emails, send & sorting out the items etc.... Burn mid-nite oil, Get scolding from HB and spreeiest and the list goes on & on.
Look like nothing. But when you hands on, is alot of work.
In my pt of view, if there is some1 willing to start a spree, you should feel grateful for all the time the organisers hv to spend and still able to save on the shipping cos you will be sharing with other spreeist. And not to complain on how the Organisers are charging.
In short, like what the other have said, you can choose whom to join. Don't like, don't join. need not kich a big fuss.
If we Singaporean are so Kiam, how to survive in overseas? Do you nod that in States you will need to give 15% of tips in a resturant for each pp and usually a US$1.00 tip for carrying of heavy bags or other things? In Europe is the same too. (Euro Dollar $1.00= SGD $2.00) Now even Jap are collecting tips too.
I have done lots of sprees, I hvae seen lots of good organisers have stopped doing. I have heard lots of Organisers make a loss while doing sprees including myself. Do you spreeist knows? Why isn't anybody complaining abt this matter instead of profit?
Btw, There are Admin charges incurred by the Credit cards company while using Credit cards to pay for the internet merchants. Which means beside the exchange rates, there is admin charges added in.
I hope I do not offend anyone by saying all this, If I do, I aplogise first. Tks
