That's exactly why I am always concerned with the sustainability of GBs and the level of strain it puts on the organizer. I actually advised Harry to include a modest fee, but that really is nothing compared with the amount of work he has to put in. But if we want Harry to keep doing buys for Tai Hao keycaps we can't let him burn out.
Group Buys are not easy to manage. That's why I have such high respect for their organizers.
Majority here would agree BUT you'll get that particular type of ARSEHOLE who thinks that the keys be delivered FREE to their doorstep and when he finds out he has to pay for shipping as well, goes berserk and starts ripping shreds off the Group Buy organizer. It has happened in the past so I suspect that will never change for the future as well. You can't have all people being generous and nice because you shall get that odd nasty piece of sh1t, masquerading as a so-called "geekhacker", striving to bring down the Group Buy for whatever lame reason.
That is why I suspect no Group Buy organizer wants to ask for extra money, just to avoid that special tight-arse scumbag, looking to get something for free. You've got them here and there's nothing that can be done about it.
If anyone running a Group Buy dares ask for a bit of extra money to make things easier in processing the packaging and sorting you'll get those that will whinge and complain. I remembered in the past a few tried asking for some small amount of money but they got flamed in their sections by those rotten bags of sh1t
. Hence being a Group Buy organizer is truly a thankless task because no one will ever understand the shear amount of work in sorting, packaging and then moving all those boxes down to your local Post Office for shipment.
I for one will be glad to hand over more money during the order process to help out the Group Buy Organizer. So should everyone else, it's the decency that's required here and has to be supplied if everyone wants Group Buys to continue here on Geekhack.