buying big quantity of go stones

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Is there a place to buy a huge quantity of go stones? let's say 3000 black stones and 3000 white stones?
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Depends where you are and where you're shipping to.
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gogameguru wrote:Depends where you are and where you're shipping to.
I need them to ship to Miami.
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dankenzon wrote:
gogameguru wrote:Depends where you are and where you're shipping to.
I need them to ship to Miami.
Addicted to go then, are you? :lol:
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Either that or they're playing 83x83 or something.
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If my calculator app did it right (resp. if I did it right), that’s 16 sets plus a few stones in reserve, meaning that this would enable 32 people to play on 19×19 … so … a Go club perhaps? Or some tournament?
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Or a school planning to include go as a club or even as part of the curriculum << for example, in my immediate area is a "charter school" whose program is "Chinese immersion". So I could easily see them getting a quantity like this.>>
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I see standard size (I think) sets of go stones on Amazon for as low as $15 per set. Depending on what kind of stones you're looking for, something like that might work.
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sybob wrote:
dankenzon wrote:
gogameguru wrote:Depends where you are and where you're shipping to.
I need them to ship to Miami.
Addicted to go then, are you? :lol:
Yes, I am!
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joellercoaster wrote:Either that or they're playing 83x83 or something.
Not. I got some boards to spare and teach. That's the idea.
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Bonobo wrote:If my calculator app did it right (resp. if I did it right), that’s 16 sets plus a few stones in reserve, meaning that this would enable 32 people to play on 19×19 … so … a Go club perhaps? Or some tournament?
Right! A new Go club!
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dankenzon wrote:
Bonobo wrote:If my calculator app did it right (resp. if I did it right), that’s 16 sets plus a few stones in reserve, meaning that this would enable 32 people to play on 19×19 … so … a Go club perhaps? Or some tournament?
Right! A new Go club!
Awesome! Good luck with that, and let us know how it works out :-)

I guess I needn't tell you about the American Go Association (AGA, usgo.org) … I think they’d also support your club with playing material.
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Re: buying big quantity of go stones

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Bonobo wrote:
dankenzon wrote:
Bonobo wrote:If my calculator app did it right (resp. if I did it right), that’s 16 sets plus a few stones in reserve, meaning that this would enable 32 people to play on 19×19 … so … a Go club perhaps? Or some tournament?
Right! A new Go club!
Awesome! Good luck with that, and let us know how it works out :-)

I guess I needn't tell you about the American Go Association (AGA, usgo.org) … I think they’d also support your club with playing material.
Actually I am about to open the 2nd go club in Costa Rica, so I don't think AGA will could help as I am in USA ;-)
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dankenzon wrote:Actually I am about to open the 2nd go club in Costa Rica, so I don't think AGA will could help as I am in USA ;-)
Oh, OK, I jumped to conclusions b/c you said “shipping to Miami” … and in your last comment you meant to write you are NOT in the USA, right?

Anyway, awesome, that!
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@Bonobo

Yes, actually it is a valid conclusion given the context. The reality is that here in Costa Rica (and I guess in several parts in Latin america) there are courier services that allows to have an address in USA, so we can buy, get things there in USA (usually Florida) and get an express delivery to our countries. This is a safer and quickest service than official country mail (wich I strongly don't trust)
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