We're pleased to announce that we've worked with The Filter Guys to bring to you this October's Group Buy.

To take advantage of this Group Buy, you'll need to be an ARC member and our Combined Group Order must be at least $500.

I will be placing our order by noon on October 31st to try to allow sufficient time to ship these items for our November 14th meeting.

To cover shipping and PayPal, please add to payment the greater of either 12% of your Total Order or $2 per person.

To pay for your item(s), you must:
1) go to https://www.paypal.com
2) send your PayPal Payment before noon on October 31st to Treasurer@AtlantaReefClub.org AND
3) In the PayPal Comment Box, please provide your
........Real Name
........ARC Alias
........Phone #
........Product #
........Product Description
........Quantity
........Total Cost of Your Order
........Amount for shipping and PayPal

For those of you that either will not be at our November 14th Meeting or would like to have your items shipped directly to you, please contact Jim at The Filter Guys by either emailing him at thefilterguys@charter.net or by calling 218.724.5477. Please remember he's in Central Time. Such orders will be factored into our $500 Group Buy Goal. He will be able to confirm that you are an ARC member.

If you have any questions, please call me at 770.310.0551. Please note that I will only be checking this Web site every couple of days, so please call or email me.

Thanks!

Bob

P.S. I will post the items and their related info in another post within this thread.

Here's their website (http://www.thefilterguys.biz/)

wait a sec.... what's the discount on this group order?

I was going to make a payment and realized I was about to pay full price.

Please revisit this thread Sunday evening when I expect to have the prices listed. I may have it updated sooner.

Thanks for your patience.

Bob

Here are the items and the prices included in our Power Buy.

If you have any questions about these items, please contact Jim at The Filter Guys.

Product Number..........Product Description....................................... .....ARC Price/(Regular Price)

THEIR MOST POPULAR RO/DI SYSTEMS
FG OR.............OCEAN WAVE + FIVE STAGE 75 GPD RO/DI SYSTEM ...............$139.50 / ($155)

FG OR +1........OCEAN REEF +1 FIVE STAGE 75 GPD RO/DI SYSTEM................$175.50 / ($195)


DI CARTRIDGES
FG MBDI NONCART.........SEMICONDUCTOR GRADE NON COLOR DI CARTRIDGE.....$15.00 / ($18)
FG DI CART...................NUCLEAR GRADE COLOR CHANGING DI CARTRIDGE........$15.00 / ($18)
FG SC DI CART..............SILICA MASTER MIXED BED DI CARTRIDGE..................$19.00 / ($23)

OUR BEST FILTER PACKAGE
FG STDFL PKG4...................4 PACK 2 FILTER SETS......................................$24.00 / ($28)
..............................2 POLY SEDIMENT FILTERS 5 MICRON
..............................2 CARBON BLOCK +1 MATRIKX .6 MICRON

FG STDFL PK6......................6 PACK 2 FILTER SETS......................................$37.00 / ($44)
..............................2 POLY SEDIMENT FILTERS 5 MICRON
..............................2 CARBON BLOCK CTO2 MATRIKX 5 MICRON
..............................2 CARBON BLOCK +1 MATRIKX .6 MICRON


TDS METERS
FG D TDS DM1..........HM DM1 DUAL INLINE TDS METER...................................$28.00 / ($35)
FGTDS HM4..............HM-4 DIGITAL HANDHELD TDS METER..............................$16.00 / ($21)


MEMBRANES
FG TW30 75..........75 GPD DOW FILMTEC MEMBRANE .....................................$34.00 / ($45)
FG 75 GPD............75 GPD FLOW RESTRICTOR ..............................................$5.0 0 / ($6)


OUR BEST CHLORAMINE FILTER PACKAGE
FG TWO PKG....................4 PACK 2 FILTER SETS.........................................$29.0 0 / ($34)
..........2 POLY SEDIMENT FILTERS 5 MICRON..........
..........2 CARBON BLOCK MATRIKX CR1 .5 MICRON

FG SIX PKG..........6 PACK 2 FILTER SETS.............................................. .......$52.00 / ($62)
..........2 POLY SEDIMENT FILTERS 5 MICRON..........
..........2 CHLORAMINE MASTER CGAC CARBON FILTER
..........2 CARBON BLOCK MATRIKX CR1 .5 MICRON


BULK DI RESIN
FG MBDI SGL..........1 FILL COLOR CHANGING NUCLEAR GRADE….....................$10.00 / ($12)
FG MBDI FOUR........4 REFILL PACK COLOR CHANGING NUCLEAR GRADE............$36.00 / ($42)
FG MBDI NON1.......1 FILL NON COLOR CHANGING SEMICONDUCTOR GRADE.......$10.00 / ($12)
FG MBDI NON4........4 REFILL PACK NON COLOR CHANGING SEMI GRADE...........$36.00 / ($42)


PH PROBE
FG RK2PH ..........PINPOINT PH PROBE WITH 7 AND 10 CALBRATION FLUID..........$35.00/ ($48)


POLY SEDIMENT FILTERS
FG SP10-1........POLY SEDIMENT FILTER 1 MICRON...........................$2.25 / ($3)
FG SP 10-5.......POLY SEDIMENT FILTER 5 MICRON...........................$2.25 / ($3)


FILTER WRENCH
FG WR1........... FILTER WRENCH............. ............................$2.00 / ($3)



If you call The Filter Guys, please be sure to thank them for offering us this Group Buy! ;)

Thanks!

Bob

thanks for the update Bob... do we still get the normal 10% off the items not listed here?

thanks for the update Bob... do we still get the normal 10% off the items not listed here?

Hi Tony!

Yes, ARC Members still receive 10% off at The Filter Guys on all other items that are not included in the above Group Buy.

Their Web site is http://www.thefilterguys.biz/

Bob

Well I placed my order tonight... I got us more than half way to our required goal. Anyone else ordering?

Yes. According to my Holy Oracle TCO Spreadsheet I foresee ordering the 5 stage + on the 18th.

Order placed today for (1) FG OR +1 Ocean Reef +1 Five Stage 75 GPD RO/DI

Thanks guys for ordering!

I ordered a bunch of stuff a couple of days ago they said would apply (second RO upgrade kit, various supplies). They are sending directly to me, as I am rarely ever able to make the meetings.

Thanks for organizing it! It saved me some $$!

-Mike

Hi, Id like to place an order as well. I want the Ocean Wave +5 but Id like to include a few add-ons that are listed below the item description on their website. Are these items discounted 10%?
I dont see the ones I want (pressure gauge, RO bypass, and membrane flush) in the power buy.

Added my $140 order.

Hi, Id like to place an order as well. I want the Ocean Wave +5 but Id like to include a few add-ons that are listed below the item description on their website. Are these items discounted 10%?
I dont see the ones I want (pressure gauge, RO bypass, and membrane flush) in the power buy.

Yes the extra items will be discounted 10% in the form of a refund. Order directly off out site or call me 218 724-5477. The refund will be applied when the order is shipped.

Jim

Just a note on pH probes life expectency is one year but they seem to last longer. But if you have an older probe $35 is an excellent price on a Pinpoint and probes are universal fit. Once your probe starts to go they will not hold a calibration.

Jim

Bob,

I am unsure about the shipping charges. I plan to place an order, but need to consider shipping costs indetermining if I order a product from another site. Are the total shipping charges $2 or 12% of the order?

ed

...I am unsure about the shipping charges. I plan to place an order, but need to consider shipping costs in determining if I order a product from another site. Are the total shipping charges $2 or 12% of the order?
ed

Ed, thanks for asking.

To cover shipping and paypal, please add 12% to your order or $2; which ever is greater (e.g., Total of Items at "ARC Prices" is $100, then add $12. Your total payment to ARC would be $112). Since $12 ($100 x 12%) is greater than $2, you'd add the greater amount (i.e., $12) to your order.

I hope this answers your question.

Bob

Bob,

I am unsure about the shipping charges. I plan to place an order, but need to consider shipping costs indetermining if I order a product from another site. Are the total shipping charges $2 or 12% of the order?

ed

It would be whichever is greater. So if your order is more than $16.75 then use the 12% shipping costs.

Personally I don't think this is a very good deal as far as a group order goes since it will all be shipped at the same time. I made a fairly large order and it doesn't really save me very much money (but at the same time... its still less than retail, so I really can't complain)

...Personally I don't think this is a very good deal as far as a group order goes since it will all be shipped at the same time. I made a fairly large order and it doesn't really save me very much money (but at the same time... its still less than retail, so I really can't complain)

I understand your point Tony. However at these prices, it basically equates to getting your merchandise at or slightly better than the regular ARC-after-discount-price but with shipping included.

I spoke to the owner of TheFilterGuys today about giving us a discount on the ReefKeeper 2 and he agreed to sell them to us at $255 (covers shipping and PP) apiece as long as we ordered 5 of them.

The ARC will have them available for $255 at the Nov 14 ARC Meeting.

We're working for you,

Bob

If someone will show me how this works and what I can do with it..I will buy one. (reefkeeper 2)

BTW, is this buy over? I need some probes..

Is the probe with the Reefkeeper part of the buy?

The power buy will go on through the end of the month - it looks like you have until Tuesday, Oct 31 at noon to get your order in.

There are 4-5 of us on another thread that are about to get a ReefKeeper through this power buy (we need at least 5 to get the deal through FilterGuys). I can run through things with the RK2 after the Nov meeting if anyone wants; it's pretty easy to figure out once you've seen it.

Yes, you can get 10% off on the probe as well.

Todd- you may want to check out this thread (http://www.atlantareefclub.org/forums/showthread.php?p=7613#post7613) as well, as we have a conflict of group / power buys at the moment...

I jumped over there. I am in with the Reefkeeper

I sent money to ARC for my RK2 and Pinpoint pH probe.

Place an order for $76 + 9.12 shipping/Paypal fees = 85.12. Payment sent.
Thank you Bob.

Place an order for $76 + 9.12 shipping/Paypal fees = 85.12. Payment sent.
Thank you Bob.

You're welcome.

Bob

I will be placing our order by noon on October 31st to try to allow sufficient time to ship these items for our November 14th meeting.

To cover shipping and PayPal, please add to your payment the greater of either 12% of your Total Order or $2 per person.

Please remember when making your PayPal Payment, to pay for your item(s) you must:
1) go to https://www.paypal.com
2) send your PayPal Payment before noon on October 31st to Treasurer@AtlantaReefClub.org AND
3) In the PayPal Comment Box, please provide your
........Real Name
........ARC Alias
........Phone #
........Product #
........Product Description
........Quantity
........Total Cost of Your Order
........Amount for shipping and PayPal


Thanks!

Bob

Just sent a payment of $39.20. Just in the knick of time :)

Thanks Bob and the Filter Guys!

Just sent a payment of $39.20. Just in the knick of time :)

Thanks Bob and the Filter Guys!

Thanks Maureen!

I've included yours and Mufret's too.

Bob

Bob...thanks for taking care of this.

any chance this is still going on here in November???