Understanding that everyone wants to keep the cost of each individual product low, what would be the feasibility of having multiple Co-op managers collecting money and paying the vendor in separate payments for specific parts with shipment occurring to one individual. (i.e. John, Mary, Joe, and Sue take payments for the items. John takes payment for PCBs; Mary takes payments for enclosures, Joe takes payments for 1/2 the parts, Sue takes payments for the other 1/2. All the items are shipped to John for separation, packing, and shipment). Using paypal it would only increase costs by $1.20 for four people to manage. Only issue I would see is communication between those four individuals to ensure that each member has paid the designated amount to each of them. Being a noob to this, I have no clue the total expense of the coops in the past, but above, using 4 people, it'd make an $80,000 buy possible. Of course, if multiple coops were planned, then the responsibility would have to be spread among more people in the community. Of course, this would only be fair too, it shouldn't always be the same people staying up late nights to make the coops happen, we should all share in the responsibility if we want to be a DIY community.