We've all encountered a situation where we're browsing around and find a place that will only sell great food in bulk. Fundable is a new site meant to help a large group of people pool their money together to make a purchase.
A group manager creates a group for a specific item. Each person joins the group by contributing Cost/Number. If everyone contributes in 2 weeks, the money goes to the manager, who buys the product and divvies up the booty. Otherwise, all the money gets refunded.
Might be useful if someone wants to divvy up something from, say,
www.catalinaop.com or
www.chefswarehouse.com. Perhaps 5 people want to split a 5kg box of mozzarella di bufala for $128. Easy peasy.
http://www.fundable.org
-Ed