I want to buy ECs, sell me yours

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Aug 19

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I am going to need some Entrecard credits. I need a 1000 and willing to pay for those. The easiest way would be to go to my Entrecard Dashboard and buy some. Another way would be to go get some from ebay. But I am going to try to do it in a different way, with the set goal of getting them at the best price possible, by involving competetion.

You know how tenders work. When organisations need to buy something, they release an annoucement stating what they are looking for, and asking interested suppliers to send their offers. When it’s not too complicated and the product is simple, the least demanding supplier gets the deal.

I am going to do this experiment and see how good of a deal I can possibly get. For that, I am releasing the following announcement (hmm hmm):

For the needs of my Marketing activities, I am looking to purchase a set of 1000 Entrecard Credits (ECs). Those ECs should be delivered on August 25th, 2008, upon announcement of the winner. All offers need to be sent before Saturday, August 23rd, 2008 at midnight. Any offer sent after that deadline is void.

All offers will be processed August 24th and the supplier offering the smallest price for the 1000 ECs will be selected and I will buy those credits from him/her at the set price.

The bidding will be done through the contact form of this blog. Please put “1000 ECs Price Offer” as the subject and include your information and the offered price. Bids through comments are not permitted. For the sake of equality, I will disable comments on this post to avoid bias. Should you need any further details, I will be happy to answer your emails that you can send through the contact form too, with the subject “Questions about 1000 ECs Price Offer“. For the sake of equality, any question will be answered publicly on this blog, so that all interested suppliers have the same information and chances.

Suppliers Guide For Bidding :
- Evaluate well your offer, by assessing the price on the market and keep in mind that competitors will try and provide the lowest prices.
- Under no circumstance should you send your offer after Saturday, August 23rd, 2008 at midnight.
- Check back the blog often, as answers for questions will be published here. You could subscribe to RSS in order not to miss the updates.
- Group bids ARE accepted. A group of bloggers can gather the 1000 ECs together. However, they need to designate a group leader. If the group is selected for the deal, ECs can be sent separately from each member, or in total from the group leader. In all cases, the money will be sent to the group leader.
- Please note that in the event that I consider the lowest price to be too high for the 1000 ECs, I reserve myself the right to not selecting any offer. This is in the case where I could be havig a better deal buying from Entrecard directly for example. Although this is unlikely, given the nature of the concept of competing offers, the aim is to have the best value for me and the supplier. Suppliers should make sure that they put a price that works for them, and keep in mind that I am looking for a price that works for me as well.

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