[duma]

this was recently posted by somone on the Other Poker Gear forums and it got me to thinking, Hey why not a group buy for Copags!
Of course we need someone to facilitate this buy and to get a reseller wholesale pricing from Copag itself. Im sure there are enough people here in order to get the best prices possible on these cards. Please share you opinions!

Old pricing
Price Per Box
QUANTITY PER UNIT Total Cost
1 Box 6.67 80
2 Box 6.67 160
3 Box 6.36 229
4 Box 6.31 303
5 Box 6.25 375
6 Box 6.19 446
7 Box 6.14 516
8 Box 6.10 586
9 Box 6.06 655
10 Box 6.03 723
15 Box 5.92 1065
20 Box 5.83 1400
30 Box 5.69 2050
50 Box 5.79 3475
100 Box 5.67 6800
ALL ORDERS OVER $800 RECEIVE FREE SHIPPING!!


New pricing
Quantity Price per Unit Price per Box
1-4 Boxes 8.25 99.00
5-9 Boxes 8.10 97.20
10-14 Boxes 7.90 94.80
15-19 Boxes 7.70 92.40
20-24 Boxes 7.50 90.00
25+ Boxes Call for Quote
All orders over $2000 receive free shipping!!

if we do the math then a Box hold 12 setups. setup = 2 decks. so for the old pricing, its $80 for 12 2-deck setups, or 6.67 per setup (3.33 per deck)

[TomHimself]

good idea, but whats the minimum order? would the minimum be a box? and we should get the signatures cuz everyone has great things to say about them, but i dont know if they are still around

[SirPsycho]

Copag is fairly strict with retailers regarding MAP - that is why the lowest prices from retail is $14.95, including shipping. They will not sell to any retailers that sell below the MAP. Therefore, I am not sure how open they would be to this. If they accept it, they would be hypocrites and in the end would be hurting their retailers.

. . . but, if they agree, then I say "go for it!".

[TomHimself]

Originally Posted by SirPsycho

Copag is fairly strict with retailers regarding MAP - that is why the lowest prices from retail is $14.95, including shipping. They will not sell to any retailers that sell below the MAP. Therefore, I am not sure how open they would be to this. If they accept it, they would be hypocrites and in the end would be hurting their retailers.

. . . but, if they agree, then I say "go for it!".

hmmmm. interesting, never knew about the no lower than 15 dollars

[duma]

interesting about Copags policy i didnt know that. we arent really re-selling these things. i dont see how they could enforce the price though, the only thing is they could refuse to sell to us again, but by that time we would already have our cards in hand. i guess that means they dont want to sell direct to customers. but its worth a shot still to try it.

[goffeebeans]

Originally Posted by SirPsycho

Copag is fairly strict with retailers regarding MAP - that is why the lowest prices from retail is $14.95, including shipping. They will not sell to any retailers that sell below the MAP. Therefore, I am not sure how open they would be to this. If they accept it, they would be hypocrites and in the end would be hurting their retailers.

. . . but, if they agree, then I say "go for it!".

Never heard anything about any questions about pricing.
Perhaps its only something that they demand from their distributors.
Prices that were priced above are from distributors/resllers, not from copag directly.

Price would be $99us (8.25 per double deck) + shippingx2 (from company to group buyer, group buyer to buyer.) After all said and done, you'll probably save maybe a dollar or two instead of buying from those sellers on ebay who sell for 14.95 + free shipping.

I know copagcards.com asks for retailer information such as your gov't business number and such. I'm not too sure about cardsbycopag.com. They dont ask for for a business number, but just your address and all that. Was expecting an email or something, was sorta surprised when they called my cellphone.

[dad604]

I have dealt with companies that have policies as above. It will be very hard to buy outside of the pipeline.

[crholloway]

Copag's pricing policy only refers to online dealers... It is a "advertised pricing" policy. Would not apply to this group purchase.

Chris Holloway

[duma]

anyone still up for this group buy? im more interested now in getting some WSOP Copags and buying them in huge quantities (if they are selling to the public).

Copag has this contact info listed on their site:
For wholesale orders you can contact Jeff Smith directly at 1-800-9-COPAG-1 (1-800-926-7241).

[duma]