Cohousing-L Mailing List: Communal buying...

[manya (manya]

One of our personal goals for joining the soon to be
completed co-ho project in Calgary, Alberta was
affordability and reduced costs for day to day
expenditures. 

We expect that part of affordability will likely
include some communal buying to achieve volume
discounts, etc.

I would welcome comments on how co-hos approach this
issue of affordability. Does communal buying work?
What do you buy together? How do you work out the
reimbursement issues from purchaser to recipient?
(e.g. If I buy 40 litres  of milk, and give 30 away
to fellow unit holders, and someone else purchased
laundry soap, how do we balance the books relatively
balanced?)

Thanks,

molly (age 3) and her dad Rob (age > 3).

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