OK, so I feel a ganza coming (at least I hope so), but I don't really know much about how they work. Is it the same as at Blade - only a certain number of blades for sale? When it "opens" do you try to get an email to the shop or call to reserve a certain number of orders?
I'd appreciate your advice.
Depends, but generally, yes. They post the blades they'll be selling (or making a limited number of) with pics, specs, and prices. They set a date and a window of time. Jerry posts "GO! GO! GO!" in the Blade Forums Busse manufacturers thread, the Yard, the Swamp, or the Busse forum, and you feverishly hit "send" praying your email makes it in time to get the blade you want. With one offs, you might post your preferred blades in rank order with a "spend no more than" amount listed, and they go down the list getting your preferred blades (if still available) running down the list until either the list or the funds run out. Then you wait to see if you get a confirmation email saying you scored in the Ganza. Then you wait for an eternity until they are ready to ship. They usually offer payment options (PMO, Paypal, credit card, first born child) and (more recently) payment plans (pay it off over three months kinda thing). That's pretty much it in a nutshell. Kinda crazy, but in a fun, squirrelish sorta way.